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THE  LEGAL  AND  MERCANTILE 


OF 


MEXICO 


Written   and  Edited  by 

A.   K.  CONEY,  Consul  General  of  Mexico 
at  San  Francisco,  Cal., 

AND 

JOSE   F.  GODOY,  Attorney  at  Law  and  Vice  Consul 

of  Mexico  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

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TO 

HON.  IGNACIO  MARISCAL, 

SECRETARY  OF  FOREIGN  AFFAIRS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC* 
OF  MEXICO, 

THIS  WORK  IS  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 

BY 

THE  AUTHORS. 


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PREFACE. 


The  growing  importance  of  the  trade  relations  between  the  En- 
glish-speaking countries  and  the  Republic  of  Mexico,  as  well  as  the 
fact  that  every  year  there  is  a  noticeable  increase  in  the  amount  of 
American  and  English  capital  invested  in  that  country,  renders  it 
important  that  there  should  be  published  a  book  containing  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  the  laws  of  Mexico  affecting  foreigners,  and  such 
other  data  and  information  as  may  be  useful  to  the  merchant,  manu- 
facturer, miner,  and  investor  dealing  in  or  with  that  country. 

It  is  with  that  object  in  view  that  this  publication  was  undertaken, 
and  its  authors  hope  that  the  readers  of  the  "L/EGAt,  AND  MERCAN- 
TILE HANDBOOK  OF  MEXICO,"  will  find  in  it,  in  a  convenient  form, 
all  the  information  that  they  may  need  regarding  the  laws  and  com- 
fnercial  usages  of  the  Mexican  Republic. 

The  greatest  care  has  been  taken  in  the  translation  of  official  docu- 
ments, and  all  information  comprised  in  this  book  has  been  obtained 
from  official  sources. 

In  order  to  give  it  a  more  manuable  form,  its  authors  have  been 
compelled  to  give  only  selections  from  the  Custom  House  Ordinance, 
Code  of  Commerce,  Civil  and  Sanitary  Codes,  but  such  selections 
contain  all  matters  affecting  foreigners  in  any  way  whatever.  If  the 
Codes  had  been  translated  in,  their  entirety,  such  translation  would 
have  required  the  publication  of  two  or  three  large  volumes  instead  of 
one,  and  would  have  necessitated  the  abandonment  of  the  plan  of 
this  publication. 

The  original  text  of  the  tariff  in  Spanish  is  placed  side  by  side 
with  the  corresponding  translation,  in  order  that  shippers  may  know 
the  exact  article  to  which  the  law  refers,  as  sometimes  there  is  a  dif- 
ference of  opinion  as  to  the  technical  meaning  of  some  of  the  words 
used  in  the  law,  and  also  so  that  the  reader  nmv  know  exactly  the 


xii  PREFACE. 

item  of  the  tariff  to  which  the  translation  refers.  The  Vocabulary 
in  the  tariff  has  not  been  translated  immediately  after  such  law,  but 
its  translation  has  been  embodied  in  the  General  Index. 

The  Mining  Code  and  other  mining  laws  have  been  carefully 
translated  in  their  entirety,  and  in  the  notes  that  accompany  them 
will  be  found  the  prescriptions  issued  up  to  date  on  the  subject,  as 
contained  in  the  circulars  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

Both  the  law  of  patents  and  of  trade-marks  are  those  lately  ap- 
proved and  now  in  force. 

The  selections  given  from  the  Federal  Constitution  are  such  as 
from  their  general  application  and  importance  must  prove  of  interest 
to  the  readers  of  this  book. 

Among  the  laws  that  it  is  thought  have  never  until  now  been  pub- 
lished in  any  book,  written  in  English,  may  be  mentioned  the  Laiv 
regarding  Foreigners  and  Naturalization,  Code  of  Commerce,  and 
Sanitary  Laivs,  all  of  them  most  important  to  foreigners,  especially 
the  law  first  mentioned,  which  regulates  their  rights  and  obligations 
in  Mexico,  and  tfhe  provisions  of  the  Code  of  Commerce  referring  to 
the  general  obligations  of  merchants,  affecting  corporations  and  reg- 
ulating negotiable  instruments. 

The  portion  of  the  work  devoted  to  the  laws  of  public  lands  aiifl 
colonization  is  complete,  and  will  be  found  very  useful  to  those  who 
may  have  any  dealings  in  real  property  in  Mexico. 

In  the  part  relating  to  "Port  Charges"  merchants  will  find  much 
information  never  before  compiled  and  printed  in  English.  It  has 
been  extracted  from  official  publications  issued  by  the  Department 
of  Public  Works  of  Mexico. 

The  synopsis  of  President  Diaz'  address  is  given  in  order  that  the 
readers  of  this  book  may  obtain  a  clear  idea  of  the  financial  status 
of  Mexico  and  its  present  era  of  improvement. 

The  tables  of  Mexican  coins,  weights,  and  measures  have  been 
carefully  compiled,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  the  statistical  in- 
formation regarding  population,  coinage,  importations,  and  exporta- 
tions,  etc.,  all  being  obtained  from  the  latest  official  publications  on 
such  subjects. 

The  Official  Directory,  as  well  as  the  data  regarding  the  Diplo- 
matic and  Consular  service,  have  likewise  been  revised  and  taken, 


PREFACE.  xiii 

not  only  from  publications  of  the  various  departments,  but  from 
special  information  kindly  furnished  to  the  authors  by  such  depart- 
ments. 

The  Legal  and  Mercantile  Directories  included  in  this  work  will, 
it  is  thought,  prove  quite  useful,  and  have  been  compiled  from  the 
latest  directories  issued  in  the  Republic,  rectified  in  many  cases  by 
means  of  private  information  on  the  subject. 

As  to  the  data  relative  to  railways,  it  may  be  said  that  most  of 
that  information  has  been  obtained  from  the  railway  officials  them- 
selves. 

The  work  contains,  likewise,  the  internal  revenue  stamp  duties  now 
in  force  and  never  included*  before  in  any  I?ook  published  in 
English. 

Knowing  how  important,  or,  rather,  how  necessary,  it  is  for  works  of 
the  character  of  the  present  publication  to  be  accompanied  by  as 
full  and  complete  an  index  as  possible,  great  pains  have  been  taken 
in  the  formation  of  the  one  that  is  to  be  found  at  the  end  of  this 
volume.  That  index  is  quite  exhaustive,  and  it  is  thought  will 
enhance  the  value  of  the  publication. 

Before  closing  this  rather  lengthy  preface,  the  authors  beg  to  ex- 
press their  thanks  to  the  various  State  Departments  of  the  Mexican 
Government  and  to  the  Bureau  of  American  Republics  at  Washing- 
ton for  the  kind  assistance  given  them  in  the  preparation  of  this  work 

The  -authors  of  "THE  LEGAL  AND  MERCANTILE  HANDBOOK  OF 
MEXICO"  issue  it,  hoping  that,  with  all  its  shortcomings,  it  may  prave 
useful  to  the  legal  profession  and  to  the  mercantile  classes  dealing  in 
or  with  the  Mexican  Republic. 

A.  K.  CONEY, 
JOSE  F.  GODOY. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 

Preface 11 

New  Ordinance  of  Maritime  and  Frontier  Custom  Houses 17 

Table  of  Money  Values ....     63 

Tariff  of  Importation  Duties 64 

Additions  to  the  Tariff 133 

List  of  Custom  Houses  and  of  Customs  Sections  or  Ports. . 135 

Mining  Code ' 137 

Regulations  for  Mining  Deputations  and  Schedule  of  Fees 184 

Law  to  Foster  Mining  and  Agriculture 198 

Law  of  Patents 202 

Trade-mark  Law 210 

The  Federal  Constitution 212 

Extradition  Treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Mexico 223 

Postal  Convention  between  the  United  States  and  Mexico 227 

Convention   for  a  Parcel    Post  between   the   United  States  and 

.         Mexico 233 

Law  Regarding  Foreigners  and  Naturalization 239 

Law  of  Occupation  and  Sale  of  Public  Lands 251 

Circular  as  to  Public  Lands 257 

Price  List  of  Public  Lands r 259 

Law  as  to  Public  Lands  for  Colonization  Purposes 261 

Regulations  for  Importation  of  Articles  Belonging  to  Colonists  . . .   268 

Code  of  Commerce 275 

Sanitary  Code 318 

Regulations  for  the  Transportation  of  Dead  Bodies  by  Railroads..  322 

Port  Charges 327 

Synopsis  of  the  Address  of  President  Diaz 349 

Mexican  Coins,  Weights,  and  Measures 353 


CONTENTS. 

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Service 359 

The  Federal  Administration 376 

State  Administrations 391 

Statistical  Information 393 

Legal  Directory  of  the  Leading  Cities  of  the  Republic 404 

Mercantile  Directory  of  the  Leading  Cities  of  the  Eepublic 410 

Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.'s  Express — List  of  Agents  and  Tariff 491 

Postal  Eates 495 

Principal  Railways  of  the  Republic 600 

Principal  Steamship  Lines 508 

Telegraphs  in  the  Republic 510 

Revenue  Stamp  Tax 511 

General  Index..  .  515 


NEW  ORDINANCE 

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MARITIME  AND  FRONTIER  CUSTOM  HOUSES. 


THE  Tariff  and  the  Custom  House  Ordinance  now  in  force  in  the 
Republic  of  Mexico  are  contained  in  the  law  approved  on  the  12th  of 
June,  1891,  and  which  took  effect  on  the  1st  of  November,  1891. 
It  repealed  the  former  law  approved  on  the  1st  of  March,  1887. 

Chapter  I  of  the  present  law  treats  of  the  general  conditions  of 
commerce  with  the  Mexican  Republic.  This  chapter  is  divided  into 
two  sections.  Tlie  first  of  these,  containing  ten  articles,  is  entitled 
"General  Provisions."  It  prescribes  that  Mexico  has  opened  its 
ports  of  the  high  seas  and  frbntier  custom  houses  to  the  commerce  of 
all  nations;  that  the  importation,  exportation,  re-exportation,  and 
the  transit  of  merchandise  is  regulated  by  said  law;  that  in  the 
republic  there  is  no  prohibition  against  the  importation  of  foreign 
goods  of  any  kind,  excepting  w*ar  material,  when  prohibited  by  the 
Federal  Executive;  that  foreign  goods  imported  to  the  republic 
through  the  frontiers  or  in  foreign  vessels  shall  pay  the  duties 
stated  in  the  tariff,  or  in  default  thereof  those  that  may  be  fixed 
according  to  the  rules  established  by  said  tariff;  that  foreign  goods 
imported  in  national  vessels,  whether  sail  or  steam,  shall  enjoy  the 
prerogatives  specified  in  the  special  laws  relating  thereto;  and 
finally  that  the  Treasury  Department  is  the  only  legal  authority  to 
transmit  to  the  Federal  custom  houses  orders  as  to  the  exemption 
of  duties,  as  also  all  classes  of  prescriptions  relative  to  the  tariff. 

Section  II  of  Chapter  1  treats  of  the  powers  and  duties  of  th« 
Federal  Executive,  which  give  it  authority  to  order  the  exemption 
of  duties  in  certain  cases,  permit  it  to  explain  or  amend  the  exist- 

(17) 


18  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

ing  tariff  and  to  prescribe  duties  on  merchandise  as  yet  not 
to  any. 

Chapter  II  of  the  law  treats  "Of  the  cargoes  of  vessels  abroad," 
and  the  following  is  a  translation  of  that  entire  chapter: — 

SECTION  I — Rules  to  which  vessels  coming  from  foreign  countries 
are  subject^  and  duties  which  they  must  pay  in  Mexican  ports. 

ARTICLE  12.  Vessels  of  all  classes  and  nationalities,  in  ballast  or 
laden  with  merchandise,  destined  to  the  United  States  of  Mexico, 
shall  be  precisely  dispatched  to  some  one  of  the  ports  qualified  for 
commerce  in  the  high  seas. 

ART.  13.  National  and  foreign  vessels  can  carry  mail,  passengers, 
and  cargoes  for  one  or  more  ports  of  the  republic,  even  though 
they  may  likewise  carry  mail  and  passengers  for  foreign  ports,  pro- 
vided always  that  said  vessels  shall  comply  with  what  this  law 
provides,  npon  arriving  at  the  Mexican  ports. 

ART.  14.  Vessels  in  ballast  coming  from  abroad  which  are  to  be 
used  in  diving  or  fishing  on  Mexican  coasts,  or  which  come  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  and  carrying  passengers  and  mail,  or  to  load 
with  cattle,  wood,  or  any  other  national  product,  must  precisely  go 
first  to  ports  of  entry,  that  there  they  may  be  dispatched  to  their 
destination. 

ART.  15.  When  a  vessel  in  ballast  solicits  permission  to  go  and 
load  national  effects  at  a  place  where  there  is  no  custom  house,  the 
collector  of  customs  at  the  proper  port  may  grant  such  permission, 
npon  compliance  with  the  prescriptions  specified  in  article  336  of 
this  law. 

ART.  16.  Foreign  and  national  vessels  may  freely  enter  at  the 
ports  of  the  republic  to  winter,  water,  take  in  fresh  provisions,  or 
repair  damages  without  being  subject  to  the  payment  of  tonnage  or 
any  other  dues,  with  tlie  exception  of  pilotage,  that  foreign  vessels 
must  pay  in  all  cases,  and  national  ships  only  when  they  solicit 
pilots,  being  subject  to  the  general  prescriptions  of  this  law  and  to 
the  special  ones  which  the  collectors  of  customs  may  deem  proper 
to  issue. 

ART.  17.  Merchant,  sail  or  steam  vessels,  national  or  foreign,  are 
subject  to  the  payment  of  pilotage  dues,  which  will  be  collected  by 
the  captain  of  the  port,  according  to  the  prescriptions  issued  by  the 
War  and  Navy  Department  which  may  be  in  force  at  the  time  of 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  1& 

their   arrival,    and  to  lighthouse  dues,  wherever  there  may  be  a 
lighthous0    which  will  be  collected  as  follows: — 

I.  On  sti-am  vessels,  carrying  merchandise,  $100  upon    entering 
and  a  similar  amount  upon  leaving,  even  if  they  g  o  in  ballast. 

II.  On  sailing  vessels,  carrying  merchandise,  $25  upon  entering 
and  a  similar  amount  upon  leaving,  even  if  they  go  in  ballast. 

III.  Foreign  vessels  which  having  been  dispatched  in  ballast  come 
directly  to  some  port  of  the  republic,    to  load   national    products 
shall  pay  as  lighthouse  dues  upon  leaving,  $100  if  steam,  and  $25 
if  sailing  vessels. 

IV.  Vessels  coming  with  merchandise  destined  to   two  or  more 
ports  of  the  republic,  shall  pay  for  one   time  only,  the  lighthouse 
dues,  and  having  paid  the  same  at  the  first  port  where  a  lighthouse 
may  exist,  they  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  any  at  the  other  ports 
where  they  may  go  to  unload  the  rest  of  the  merchandise  that  they 
carry;    provided    they   shall    obtain    the   proper    certificate   which 
shows  such    payment,  and  care  being  taken    that  the   custom   house 
collecting  said  dues  shall  notify  that  fact  officially  to  the  other  ports 
to  which  the  vessel  may  go. 

ART.  18.  Foreign  sailing  vessels  coming  from  abroad  bringing 
merchandise,  excepting  mineral  coal,  will  pay  once  in  the  first  port 
that  they  touch,  the  tonnage  dues  established  at  the  rate  of  $1.50  on 
the  measurement  tonnage,  which  shall  be  determined  according  to 
the  regulations  issued  for  the  purpose  by  the  War  and  Navy  Depart- 
ment. 

ART.  1.9.  Foreign  sailing  vessels  destined  to  ports  of  the  republic, 
bringing  merchandise  and  mineral  coal,  shall  only  enjoy  an  exemp- 
tion of  the  payment  of  tonnage  dues,  for  the  tonnage  occupied  by  the 
coal  that  they  may  bring. 

In  order  that  the  tonnage  dues  to  be  paid  by  vessels  mentioned 
in  this,  and  the  preceding,  article  be  not  collected  again  in  the  other 
national  ports  at  which  they  may  touch  during  the  same  voyage,  for 
whatever  purpose  it  may  be,  the  captains  shall  provide  themselves 
with  a  certificate,  which  must  be  given  to  them  by  the  custom  house 
which  may  have  collected  such  dues,  which  certificate  shall  in  all 
cases  prove  the  payment  made. 

ART.  20.  The  following  are  exempted  from  the  payment  of  ton- 
nage dues: — 


20  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

I.  Vessels  referred  to  in  articles  14  and  16  of  this  chapter. 

II.  Steam  vessels. 

III.  Foreign  sailing  vessels  arriving  at  the  republic  and  bringing 
only  mineral  coal. 

IV.  National  vessels. 

V.  Foreign  war  vessels. 

ART.  21.  National  or  foreign  vessels  after  having  fully  discharged 
the  merchandise  which  they  may  have  brought,  and  after  having 
complied  with  the  payment  of  the  corresponding  duties,  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  vessels  in  ballast,  as  specified  in  articles  14  and  15,  and 
may  be  employed,  under  like  duties,  in  the  same  operations;  but 
such  foreign  vessels  shall  remain  subject  to  pilotage  dues  and 
national  vessels  only  when  they  ask  for  a  pilot. 

ART.  22.  National  and  foreign  merchant  vessels,  from  the  moment 
that  they  enter  into  the  waters  of  the  republic,  are  subject  to  the 
vigilance,  inspection,  and  visits  that  the  Mexican  custom  houses  are 
obliged  and  think  proper  to  exercise  over  them. 

SEC.  II — Obligations  of  captains  of  vessels  abroad. 

ART.  23.  The  captain  of  any  ship  receiving  a  cargo  abroad  to  be 
taken  to  any  port  of  the  republic  is  obliged  to  prepare  a  general 
manifest  of  the  cargo  that  he  may  bring,  separately  for  each  one  of 
the  ports  of  his  destination,  in  conformity  with  model  No.  1  an- 
nexed to  this  law.  Said  manifests  shall  contain — 

I.  The  name,    class   and  nationality   of  the   vessel,   tonnage    of 
measurement,  the  name  of  the  captain,  of  the  consignor  and  of  the 
Mexican  port  to  which  the  vessel  is  destined.     In  cases  of  trans- 
shipment, when  the  vessel  mentioned  in  the  manifest  is  not  the  same 
as  that    taking  the   cargo  to  the  Mexican  port,  the  custom  house 
shall,  at  the  bottom  of  said  manifest,  make  the  proper  entry,  with- 
out requiring  from  the  parties  concerned  to  rectify  such  information. 

II.  The    marks,  countermarks,    and  numbers   of   the   packages, 
partial  quantities  of  these,  their  classes,  gross  weight,  the  generic 
classification  of  the  merchandise,  and  the  total  amount  of  packages. 
Items  of  the  same  class  of  packages  that  may  contain  merchandise 
of  the  same  generic  classification,  machinei-y,  iron,  steel,  plates  of 
metal  and   merchandise  free   of  duty,  may  be   stated  with    their 
corresponding  gross  weight  as  a  whole. 

III.  The  names  of  the  partial  consignees  of  the  merchandise,  and 


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the  date  and  signature  of  the  captain,  with  the  protest  set  forth  in 
the  said  model  No.  1. 

ART.  24.  Captains  of  vessels  consigned  to  order  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  consignees  thereof,  if,  within  twenty -four  hours  after  the 
vessel  has  communicated  with  the  port,  they  have  not  designated  for 
this  purpose  a  person  residing  at  such  port.  Within  the  same  time 
the  captains  may  designate  a  resident  of  the  port  as  consignee  of 
the  goods  which  they  may  bring  to  order.  Should  they  not  do  so, 
the  proper  custom  house  shall  proceed,  as  in  the  case  of  lack  of 
consignee,  in  conformity  with  article  45  of  this  law. 

ART.  2o.  Whenever  in  the  manifests  there  shall  be  interlinea- 
tions, erasures,  blots,  or  corrections,  a  fine  shall  be  imposed  not  to 
exceed  $50,  excepting  in  the  following  cases: — 

I.  When  the  parties  concerned  may  have  corrected  the  same,  by 
explanatory  notes  placed  at  the  foot  of  the  documents,  before  receiv- 
ing the  certificate  mentioned  in  article  68. 

II.  When,  despite  the  corrections,  the  various  copies  of  the  same 
document  may  be  found  to  agree  among  themselves. 

III.  When  the  interlineations,  erasures,  etc.,  occur  or  refer  to 
data  which  are  not  of  any  importance  for  the  payment  of  the  duties. 

ART.  26.  The  captains  shall  present  for  their  certification,  to  the 
Mexican  consul,  or  consular  or  commercial  agent  who  resides  in  the 
place  where  the  vessel  loads,  four  copies  of  the  general  manifest  of 
the  merchandise  which  they  may  bring  to  the  Mexican  port  to  which 
they  are  bound,  leaving  three  copies  of  the  document  in  the  consu- 
late or  agency,  and  taking  the  other  copy,  with  the  proper  certifi- 
cate, and  corresponding  receipt,  that  the  Mexican  official  must  de- 
liver to  them.  Such  copy  and  receipt  shall  be  brought  by  captains 
for  the  purposes  stated  in  subdivision  II  of  article  81. 

ART.  27.  If  at  the  place  where  the  vessel  loads  there  should  be  no 
Mexican  official  authorized  to  certify  the  general  manifest,  the  cap- 
tains shall  merely  prepare  three  copies  of  that  document,  two  of 
which  they  shall  put  in  the  post  office  of  the  place,  under  registered 
envelope  or  specially  recommended,  and  respectively  addressed  to  the 
Treasury  Department  at  Mexico,  and  to  the  collector  of  the  custom 
house  of  the  port  of  their  destination;  they  having  to  exact  the  receipts 
that  are  prescribed  in  subdivision  II  of  article  6  of  the  Postal  Union, 
so  that,  after  being  annexed  to  the  third  copy  of  the  manifest,  they 


22  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

may  present    the    same  to  the   Mexican   custom  house  where  the 
vessel  is  to  unload. 

ART.  28.  Captains  are  obliged  to  deliver  to  the  custom  house  of- 
ficials, upon  their  presenting  themselves  on  board  to  make  the  visit 
previous  to  the  anchorage  of  the  vessel,  the  following  documents: — 

I.  The  general  manifest  of  the  merchandise  that  they  may  bring 
for  the  port  in  which  they  are,  with  its  respective  consular  receipt, 
or  the  postal  receipts  to  which  reference  is  made  in  article  27. 

II.  A  detailed  account  of  the  packages  of  samples  in  their  charge, 
according  to  model  No.  2. 

III.  A  list  of  the  passengers,   if    there  should   be  any,  with  a 
statement  of  the  packages  which  constitute  their  baggage,  according 
to  model  No.  3. 

IV.  A  detailed  statement  of  the  excess  of  ship  stores  and  of  the 
goods  that  they  may  have  on  board  for  the  economical  service  of  the 
vessel,  in  conformity  with  model  No.  4. 

V.  A  statement  of  the  packages  that  they  bring  which  contain 
inflammable  or  corrosive  substances,  in  conformity  with  model  No.  5. 

VI.  A  list  of  the  packages  that  may  have  been  delivered  to  them 
to  be  carried  and  that  may  belong  to  the  ship's  cargo,  when  it  has 
been  impossible  to  make  such  packages  appear  in  the  manifest  with 
its  corresponding  note. 

VII.  The  manifests  or  specification  of  the  merchandise  which  they 
may  bring  on  board,  with  destination  to  other  ports  of  the  republic 
•or  abroad,  in  conformity  with  what  is  provided  in  article  34  of  this 
Ordinance. 

ART.  29.  I.  The  absolute  lack  of  the  manifest  with  the  consular 
receipt  shall  be  punished,  when  the  vessels  carry  merchandise,  by  a 
tine  not  to  exceed  $500,  and  when  they  shall  arrive  in  ballast,  by  a 
fine  not  to  exceed  $100,  in  the  discretion  of  the  collectors  of  cus- 
toms. 

II.  The  lack  of  the  postal  receipts  referred  to  in  article  27   shall 
be  punished  the  same  as  the  absolute  lack  of  manifest,  if  when  the 
latter  is  presented  the  proper  copy  is  not  found  in  the  custom  house 
of  the  place  for  which  the  ship  may  have  been  cleared. 

III.  The  nonpresentation  and  delivery  of  the  manifest  with  the 
consular  receipt  or  the  postal  receipts,  whenever  the  custom  house  of- 
ficials shall  present  themselves  on  board  to  make  their  first  visit 


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previous  to  the  anchorage  of  the  vessel,  shall  be  punished  by  a  line 
that  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  dollars. 

IV.  Tue  nonpresentation  of  any  of  the  other  documents  to  which 
reference  is  made  in  subdivisions   II,  III,  IV,  V,  and  VI  of  the 
foregoing  article,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars. 

V.  All  the  penalties  that  the  custom  houses  may  impose  for  non- 
compliance  of  the  requirements  heretofore  stated,  are  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Treasury  Department. 

ART.  30.  When  the  captains  present  the  general  manifest  with  the 
consular  receipt  or  the  postal  receipts,  and  the  custom  house  has 
not  received  its  corresponding  copy,  the  custom  house  collectors 
shall  demand  the  exhibition  of  the  vessel's  log-book,  the  bills  of 
lading,  and  the  other  documents  which  are  necessary,  to  compare 
the  date  of  departure  of  the  vessel  with  that  of  the  custom  house 
documents.  If  the  dates  agree,  they  shall  order  that  two  copies  be 
made  of  the  manifest,  so  as  to  proceed  with  the  unloading  of  the 
vessel,  rendering  an  account  thereof  to  the  Treasury  Department  so 
that  it  may  make  inquiry  of  the  corresponding  consulate,  as  to  the 
cause  of  such  noncompliance. 

ART.  31.  If  the  dates  of  sailing  of  the  vessel  and  of  the  documents 
<lo  not  agree,  and  if  it  be  not  plainly  proved  that  these  differences 
were  caused  by  superior  force,  the  custom  house  collectors  shall  in- 
stitute an  inquiry  to  ascertain  the  facts,  by  having  the  passengers 
(if  there  be  any)  and  the  ship's  crew  declare  what  did  occur  during 
the  voyage,  and  give  a  prompt  and  full  account  of  the  proceedings 
to  the  Treasury  Department  for  its  information  and  decision. 

The  irregularity  which  this  article  mentions  shall  not  prevent  the 
unloading  and  departure  of  the  vessel,  if  it  be  so  asked,  provided 
that  the  captains,  or  their -representatives,  shall  give  satisfactory 
bonds  to  the  custom  house  collector  to  accept  the  determination  of 
the  Government  thereon. 

ART.  32.  When  captains  do  not  present  the  copy  of  the  general 
manifest  that  they  should  bring,  and  those  of  the  custom  house  or 
of  the  Treasury  Department  shall  have  been  received,  an  exact  copy 
of  the  one  existing  in  either  of  said  offices  shall  be  issued,  and  this 
copy,  signed  by  the  captains,  shall  fill  the  place  of  the  one  that  they 
should  hava  delivered  at  the  time  of  the  visit  of  inspection,  upon 
the  anchorage  of  the  vessel. 


24  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

ART.  33.  The  formalities  set  forth  in  the  foregoing  articles  are 
obligatory  to  the  captains, 'even  when  the  vessels  which  they  com- 
mand are  dispatched  without  cargo,  or  in  ballast  for  ports  of  the 
republic;  but  in  case  that  they  carry  merchandise  for  foreign  ports, 
the  captains  shall  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  following  article. 

ART.  34.  Captains  of  vessels  which  carry  merchandise  to  Mexican 
and  to  other  foreign  ports,  shall  deposit  at  the  custom  house  of 
each  port  of  Mexico  which  they  may  touch  at,  while  remaining 
therein,  the  corresponding  manifests  of  the  other  cargoes  that  they 
may  have  on  board.  The  collectors  of  the  custom  houses  at  the 
ports  touched  shall  make  a  note  that  the  deposit  was  made. 
Should  the  goods  destined  for  another  port  be  not  protected  by  a 
manifest,  the  captain  of  the  vessel  is  obliged  to  make  a  detailed 
statement  of  such  goods,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  custom  house 
officials,  in  conformity  with  the  prescriptions  of  subdivision  VII  of 
article  28  of  this  Ordinance;  it  being  understood  that  any  merchan- 
dise found  in  the  vessel  and  not  comprised  in  the  manifest  by  the 
captain  or  whoever  perfornis|his  duties,  shall  be  considered  as  an  arti- 
cle of  contraband. 

ART.  35.  All  documents  that  the  captains  of  vessels  must  j  ire- 
sent  in  conformity  with  this  law  shall  be  written  in  Spanish,  or  in 
the  language  of  the  vessel's  nationality,  or  in  that  of  the  port  from 
which  they  proceed. 

ART.  36.  Manifests  authorized  after  the  departure  of  the  vessels 
carrying  merchandise  which  the  former  protect,  shall  be  considered 
absolutely  null  by  the  custom  house  collectors,  who  shall  act  there- 
upon as  if  the  said  document  were  lacking.  The  Treasury  Depart- 
ment alone  can  overlook  this^fault,  upon  examination  of  the  report 
which  may  justify  the  cast*,  as  being  due  to  superior  force. 

ART.  37.  Captains  shall  take  care  that  the  packages  for  Mexican 
ports  containing  samples,  shall  appear  in  a  separate  document  from 
the  cargo  which  they  carry. 

ART.  38.  When  a  vessel  carries  packages  which  belonged  to  the 
cargo  of  another  vessel,  and  that  had  remained  fo>  gotten,  or  through 
some  other  cause  shall  not  have  been  embarked,  the  captain  shall 
take  care  to  enter  them  in  the  general  manifest  with  the  correspond 
ing  note;  but  should  they  be  delivered  to  him  at  some  port  where 
he  is  not  to  take  up  any  cargo,  he  must  make  a  list  of  such 


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packages,  which  upon  their  arrival  he  shall  deliver  at  the  same 
time,  as  the  other  documents  mentioned  in  article  28  of  this  Ordi- 
nance. 

ART.  39.  Captains  are  obliged  to  preserve  in  good  condition  the 
seals  that  the  officials  of  the  custom  house  may  place  on  the  hatch- 
ways and  bulkheads;  the  breaking  of  such  seals,  except  in  cases 
of  superior  force,  which  must  be  proved,  shall  be  punishable  by  a 
tine  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  dollars,  besides  having  to  be  subject 
to  the  other  penalties  appropriate  thereto,  should  the  above  be  done 
intentionally. 

ART.  40.  Captains  of  vessels,  or  those  who  perform  their  duties, 
are  obliged  to  exhibit  the  log-book,  bills  of  lading,  and  all  the  other 
documents  that  they  are  required  to  have  on  board,  whenever  they 
are  demanded  by  the  collectors  of  the  custom  houses,  in  order  to 
explain  away  any  difficulties  that  may  arise. 

The  captain,  or  the  person  who  may  perform  his  duties,  who  shall 
make  any  opposition  to  the  presentation  of  the  above  documents, 
which  fact  shall  be  certified  by  the  officials  of  the  custom  house  by 
means  of  the  corresponding  report,  shall  be  sent  before  the  judicial 
authority,  that  will  proceed  against  him  in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Penal  Code,  relative  to  the  punishment  of  offenses  of 
disobedience  and  resistance  on  the  part  of  private  individuals. 

ART.  41.  Captains  of  vessels  are  required  to  treat  with  due 
civility  all  the  officials  that  the  custom  house  may  appoint  to  in- 
spect the  operations  on  board,  and  must  treat  them  as  first-class 
passengers. 

A  violation  of  the  foregoing  provision  in  this  article  shall  be 
punished  by  the  custom  house  officers  by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  one 
hundred  dollars. 

ART.  42.  When  the  vessels  shall  be  unloaded,  the  captains  are 
under  the  obligation  of  preparing  for  each  boat  a  list  in  writing  of 
the  packages  that  they  may  be  unloading,  with  the  details  stated  in 
model  No.  6.  These  lists  shall  be  numbered  consecutively,  and  be 
delivered  to  the  person  in  charge  of  the  boat  taking  the  load  to  the 
shore. 

ART.  43.  Persons  who  legally,  or  as  a  matter  of  fact,  take  the 
place  of  the  captains,  when  these  are  not  present,  shall  be  responsi- 
ble and  incur  in  the  obligations  that  are  prescribed  in  this  chapter. 


26  CUSTOM  HOUSK  ORDINANCE. 

SEC.   Ill — Obligations  of  shippers. 

ART.  44.  Shippers  of  merchandise  for  ports  of  the  republic  are 
obliged  to  make  invoices  of  the  articles  which  they  send,  even  in  case 
that  these  are  for  the  public  service  of  the  Federation  or  of  the 
States,  by  special  concession,  or  if  they  refer  to  those  articles  which 
this  law  exempts  from  the  payment  of  duties,  the  shippers  having 
to  make  them  separately  for  each  one  of  their  consignees,  in  tripli- 
cate or  quadruplicate,  according  to  the  cases  which  this  law  deter- 
mines. These  invoices  shall  be  prepared  in  conformity  with  model 
No.  7,  and  shall  contain: — 

I.  The  class,  nationality,  and  name  of  the  vessel  in  which  the  mer- 
chandise is  shipped,  the  name  of  the  captain  and  of  the  consignee 
of  the  articles  and  the  port  to  which  the  vessel  is  bound. 

II.  The  marks,  countermarks,  and  number  of  packages. 

III.  A  statement  in  words  and  figures  of  the  number  of  packages, 
boxes,  barrels,  or  any  other  class  of  wrappings  in  which  the  mer- 
chandise may  be  brought,  with  its  corresponding  gross  weights,  in 
words  and  figures  likewise. 

IV.  The  net  or  legal  weight,  in  words  and  figures,  of  the  mer- 
chandise that  pay  duty  by  such  respective  weights. 

V.  The  number,  in  words  and  figures,  of  the    pieces,   pairs,  or 
thousands  of  goods  quoted  by  the  piece,  pair,  or  thousand. 

VI.  The  length  and  width  of  the  merchandise  that  pay  by  meas- 
ure, in  words  and  figures,  stating  the  unity  of  measurement  which 
serves  as  a  basis  for  that  statement. 

VII.  The  net   weight  of  each  square  meter,  and  the   total  net 
weight  of  each  class,  of  woolen  fabrics,  in  conformity  with  the  item 
of  the  tariff,  to  which  each  piece  of  merchandise  may  correspond. 

VIII.  The  name,  material,  and  class  of  the  merchandise,  stated 
according  to  the  nomenclature  of  the  tariff  or  vocabulary;  or  the 
name,  material,  and  subdivision  of  the  tariff,  if  they  are  comprised 
within  it,  and  all  the  necessary  details,  if  the  statement  refers  to  ar- 
ticles not  quoted,  and  for  which  no  subdivision  can  be  found  to  apply. 

IX.  The  nation  from  which  the  articles  proceed,  their  correspond- 
ing values,  and  the  sum  total  of  the  packages. 

X.  The  name  of  the  place  where  the  invoice  was  made,  the  cor- 
responding date,  and  the   signature  of   the  shipper  or   forwarder, 
with  a  statement  wherein  he  declares  that  the  same  is  true  and  that 
he  acts  legally  and  in  good  faith. 


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XI.  In  order  that  shippers  may  have  a  proper  understanding  of 
the  manner  in  which  invoices  are  to  be  made,  they  shall  also,  when 
making  their  statements  regarding  the  merchandise,  consider  the 
provisions  contained  in  the  tariff  of  this  law  for  the  payment  of 
importation  duties.  . 

ART.  45.  When  the  shippers  or  forwarders  do  not  state  in  the 
consular  invoices  the  names  of  the  consignee  or  consignees  of  the 
merchandise,  or  when  it  is  stated  that  they  are  consigned  to  order 
and  the  captains  of  vessels  shall  riot  avail  themselves  of  the  power 
given  them  by  article  24  of  this  law,  the  custom  house  collector 
shall  act  as  consignee  and  shall  discharge  the  trust  so  imposed  in 
conformity  with  the  following  provisions: — 

I.  The  collector  of  the  custom  house  shall  name  a  person  in  whom 
he  has  confidence,  to  act  as  a  provisional  consignee  of  the  merchan- 
dise which  came  without  consignment,  or  that  are  consigned  to  order. 
This  commissioner  shall  take  care  to  comply  with  the  general   pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  until  the  true  consignee  presents  himself, 
and,  in  case  that  the  latter  does  not  appear,  until  the  sale  of  the 
merchandise. 

II.  The  owners  of  goods  consigned  to  order  or  whose   consign- 
ment is  not  stated,  shall  present  themselves  to  the  custom  house 
collector  within    twenty-four   consecutive    hours,    calculated   from 
the  moment  that  the  vessel  which  brought  the  merchandise  shall 
have  been  entered,  to  verify  their  identity,  and  must  exhibit  the 
corresponding  documents  and  state  at  the  foot  of  them,  and  under 
their  signature,  that  they  constitute  themselves  consignees  of  the 
merchandise. 

III.  If  the  period  specified  shall  have  expired,  and  the  owner  or 
consignee  shall  not  have  presented  himself,  the  collector  shall  ap- 
point the  consignee,  and  deliver  to  him  a  certified  copy  of  the  in- 
voice that  the  custom  house  may  have  received  from  the  consul,  so 
that  he  may  be  present  at  the  inspection  to  which  reference  is  made 
in  subdivisions  V  and  VI  of  this  article,  and  may  prepare  and  im- 
mediately present  the  corrections  and  amendments  that  the  invoice 
may  require,  in  conformity  with  the  prescriptions  of  article  44,  as 
well  as  make  demand  for  the  clearance  of  the  merchandise,  thereby 
avoiding  any  damage  that  might  result  to  the  owner. 

In  that  case  the  merchandise  shall   remain   warehoused,  as   this 


28  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

Ordinance  prescribes,  until  the  sale  thereof  at  public  auction  is  ef- 
fected, should  the  merchandise  be  not  claimed. 

IV.  If,  after  the  consignee  appointed  by  the  collector  shall  have 
taken  charge  of  the    consignment,  the   owner  of  the  merchandise 
should  appear  and  show  his  identity,  he  will  be  admitted  as  such, 
and  may  proceed  to  clear  the  merchandise,  after  having  paid  all  ex- 
penses incurred  including  an  adequate  commission  to   the   provis- 
ional consignee 

V.  In  all  cases  when  the  consignee  of  the  merchandise  is   not 
named  in  the   manifest  of  the  vessel,  or  when  they  come  to  order, 
care  should  be  taken  to  separate,  while  unloading  the   vessel,  the 
packages  that  may  be  without  being  consigned,  so  that  when  the 
discharge  shall  have  been  made,  an  inspection  of  them  b«  had,  be- 
fore they  are  put  into  a  warehouse,  in  order  to  verify  their  agreement 
with  the  consular  invoice  received  at  the  custom  house. 

If  the  custom  house  has  not  received  said  invoice,  a  detailed  state- 
ment of  the  merchandise  shall  be  made  in  the  document  to  which 
reference  is  made  inthe  succeeding  subdivision. 

VI.  The  inspection  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  subdivision  shall 
be  made  by  the  inspector  which   the  collector  may  designate,  there 
being  present  at  such  inspection  beside  the  collector  himself,  or  an 
officer  who  acts  in  his  stead,  the  provisional  consignee  appointed 
and  the  captain  of  the  vessel  importing  the  merchandise,  if  he  should 
so  demand  it;  and  a  document  in  triplicate  shall  be  made,  wherein 
the  result  of  the  inspection  shall  be  stated,  and  which  shall  be  signed 
by  the  persons  mentioned.    Thereupon  they  shall  proceed  to  close  and 
tie  up  the  packages  with  wire  and  lead  seals,  in  such  manner  that 
they  cannot  be  opened  without  breaking  the  seals;  and  the  goods 
shall  be  deposited  in  a  warehouse  under  special  care. 

VII.  All  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  inspection,  packing,  sealing? 
unloading,  carrying,  etc.,  shall  be  for  account  of  the  consignees  or 
owners  of  the  merchandise,  or  of  the  latter  if  sold,  as  provided  in 
this  law. 

ART.  46.  Shippers  of  merchandise  may  put  together  in  the  same 
package  several  bundles,  boxes,  bags,  bales,  or  any  other  class  of 
packages,  containing  goods  of  the  same  kind,  provided  that  the  con- 
sular invoice  shall  state  the  number  of  packages  contained  within 
each  bale,  bundle,  or  box.  If  this  statement  should  be  wanting,  and 


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the  proper  amendment  is  not  made  within  the  time  granted  to  con- 
signees under  article  129  of  this  law,  the  latter  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  make  the  above  statement  with  reference  to 
the  following  merchandise: — 

I.  Coarse  goods  commonly  fastened,  as  iron  and  steel  bars,  pipes, 
metal  plates,  staves  and  shingles,  buckets  of  metal  or  wood,  pieces 
of  machinery   and  all    merchandise  of  a   similar  kind,  and  goods 
which  are  admitted  free  from  the  payment  of  duties. 

II.  Cases  oi-  interior  wrappings  of  the  merchandise  contained  in 
each  package. 

III.  Pieces  of  cloth  that  come  in  bales  or  boxes;  bottles,  casks, 
And  jars  containing  canned  goods,  drugs,  perfumery,  etc.,  and,  gen- 
erally, small  packages,  sacks,  boxes,  or  any  other  class  of  packages 
that  may  be  found  within  one  strong  packing. 

ART.  47.  The  consular  invoices  shall  designate  separately  the 
gross,  net,  or  legal  weights  of  the  packages  as  the  case  may  be,  even 
if  they  should  be  of  the  same  merchandise,  if  they  come  under  dif- 
ferent coverings. 

Packages  containing  cotton,  linen,  woolen,  or  silk  frabrics  or  arti- 
cles may  be  united  in  one  item  with  their  weights  or  measures  as  a 
whole,  provided  they  are  articles  subject  to  the  payment  of  the  same 
importation  duties,  and  if  the  difference  of  weight  between  them 
does  not  exceed  ten  kilograms. 

A  violation  of  this  article  shall  be  punished  by  a  tine  not  to  ex- 
ceed fifty  dollars,  if  the  consignees  do  not  enjoy  the  prerogatives 
granted  to  them  under  article  129  of  this  Ordinance. 

ART.  48.  The  statement  as  to  the  width  of  fabrics  which  have  to 
pay  duties  by  the  square  meter,  can  only  be  made  in  a  single  item, 
if  the  upper  and  lower  width  do  not  differ  more  than  six  centimeters 
between  them. 

Should  the  limits  of  width  stated  as  to  any  of  the  fabrics  men- 
tioned, differ  between  them  moi-e  than  six  centimeters,  and  the  party 
concerned  does  not  correct  the  error  within  the  time  allowed  by 
law,  it  shall  be  considered  that  the  cloth  has  only  the  width  of  the 
upper  limit  stated,  and  in  that  case,  when  the  goods  are  examined, 
an  inspection  shall  be  had  of  all  the  merchandise  which  is  affected 
,by  such  mistake. 


30  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

ART.  49.  Interlineations,  erasures,  blots,  or  additions  are  prohib 
ited  in  consular  invoices,  when  they  shall  produce  a  difference  be- 
tween the  various  copies  of  the  same  invoice. 

Should  the  difference  relate  to  data  necessary  for  the  adjustment 
of  duties,  the  latter  shall  be  paid  in  conformity  with  the  statement 
which  shall  entail  higher  duties  as  to  those  that  may  differ  among 
themselves. 

They  shall  only  be  tolerated  in  the  following  cases : — 

I.  When  the  corrections  have  been  made  by  the  parties  concerned 
and  placed  at  the  end  of  the  document  with  explanatory  notes,  be- 
fore obtaining  the  certificate  mentioned  in  articles  68  and  69. 

II.  When,  notwithstanding  the  corrections,  all  the  copies  of  the 
documents  are  found  to  be  alike. 

III.  When  the  interlineations,  erasures,  etc.,  occur  or  refer  to 
data  which  has  no  importance  in  the  payment  of  the  duties. 

ART.  50.  When,  in  the  same  package,  there  are  different  articles 
which  are  subject  to  the  payment  of  different  duties,  and  among 
them  any  article  that  pays  on  gross  weight,  besides  a  statement  of 
the  total  weight  of  the  package,  the  invoice  must  likewise  state  the 
legal  weight  of  each  one  of  the  articles  contained  in  the  package,  in 
order  to  be  able  to  make  the  proportional  estimate  as  to  the  gross 
weight. 

This  statement  as  to  legal  weight  shall  be  made  independent  of 
the  statement  referring  to  net  weight,  piece,  pair,  thousand,  or  meas- 
ures required  for  the  computation  of  duties  and  the  adjustment  of 
each  one  of  the  other  articles  not  quoted  under  gross  weight. 

If  in  the  case  stated  there  should  be  an  omission  as  to  the  legal 
weight  of  some  of  th«  merchandise  not  subject  to  the  payment  o* 
duties  by  virtue  of  said  weight,  the  estimate  of  subdivision  of  tare  in 
order  to  obtain  the  proportional  gross  weight  of  each  merchandise, 
shall  be  made  by  computing  only  the  legal  weights  that  may  be 
stated  in  the  invoice,  excepting  in  case  that  the  parties  concerned 
shall  make  the  proper  addition  within  the  time  provided  by  law. 

ART.  51.  Invoices  of  packages  only  containing  samples  of  the  kind 
stated  in  section  IV  of  Chapter  V  shall  not  need  a  consular  certifi- 
cate. There  shall  be  a  statement  in  them  of  the  name  of  the  vessel 
in  which  the  samples  were  shipped,  the  name  of  the  consignee  of  such 
samples,  the  port  for  which  they  are  bound,  the  mark  and  number. 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  31 

quantity  and  kind  of  packages,  gross  weight  of  each  and  generic 
designation  of  the  class  of  samples. 

A  fine  not  exceeding  five  dollars  for  package  shall  be  levied  on 
the  consignee,  if  this  document  is  lacking. 

ART.  52.  Shippers  of  merchandise  shall  present  for  their  certifica. 
tion,  before  the  sailing  of  the  vessel,  four  copies  of  each  invoice  to 
the  Mexican  consul,  consular  or  commercial  agent,  residing  in  the 
place  whence  the  goods  are  shipped,  or  at  the  port  where  tiie  vessel 
takes  its  cargo,  leaving  three  copies  in  the  consulate,  and  receiving 
the  one  which  must  be  given  to  them  by  the  Mexican  official,  with 
proper  certification  and  receipt.  This  copy  of  the  invoice,  with  the 
consular  receipt,  shall  be  sent  by  the  shipper  to  the  consignees  of 
the  merchandise,  so  that  the  latter  in  their  turn  may  at  the  Mexican 
ports  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  law. 

ART.  53.  The  invoices  may  be  presented  for  their  certification  to 
any  Mexican  consul  or  consular  agent  abroad,  but  this  should  be  done 
before  the  departure  of  the  merchandise  with  destination  to  the  re- 
public. 

ART.  54.  In  places  where  there  is  no  Mexican  consul  or  consular 
agent,  shippers  shall  make  their  invoices  only  in  triplicate;  and  in 
other  respects,  according  to  the  preceding  provisions,  sending  on  the 
same  day,  by  certified  letter  or  with  indorsed  envelopes  by  the  post 
office  of  the  place  (subdivision  II  of  article  6  of  the  Postal  Union) 
one  copy  of  the  invoice  to  the  Treasury  Department,  and  another  to 
th"e  collector  of  the  custom  house  of  the  port  to  which  the  mer- 
chandise is  destined. 

The  shipper  shall  take  care  to  demand  from  the  postmaster  the 
proper  receipts,  which  he  will  forward  to  the  consignee  at  the  port 
to  which  the  merchandise  is  sent,  who  shall,  when  received,  present 
them  to  the  collector  of  the  custom  house  with  the  third  copy  of  the 
invoice  when  asking  for  a  permit  to  unload  the  merchandise.  The 
fact  that  the  invoices  are  certified  by  the  consul  of  some  friendly  na- 
tion, does  not  exempt  the  shippers  from  the  obligation  of  complying 
with  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

ART.  55.  The  absolute  lack  of  an  invoice  with  the  consular  certifi- 
cate or  the  postal  receipts,  which,  in  conformity  with  article  54,  the 
consignee  of  the  goods  must  present  to  the  custom  house,  shall  be 
punished  by  the  collection  of  double  duties  on  the  merchandise  im- 
ported. 


32  CUSTOM  HOUHK  ORUIXANCK. 

ART.  56.  It'  the  consignee  should  present  his  invoice  with  the 
proper  consular  receipt  attached  and  the  custom  house  has  not  re- 
ceived theirs,  a  copy  of  that  of  the  consignee  shall  be  made  to  place 
it  with  the  records  of  the  case;  but  if  the  latter  does  not  present  it 
and  the  custom  house  should  have  the  one  that  belongs  to  it,  the 
consignee  may  demand  in  writing  a  certified  copy  of  such  invoice,  and 
thereby  shall  supply  the  want  of  his  copy. 

When  the  custom  house  shall  have  prepared  the  certified  copy 
and  canceled  the  revenue  stamps  that  the  document  may  have  af- 
fixed, of  the  value  of  fifty  cents  for  each  leaf  of  legal  dimensions,  the 
consignee  shall  subscribe  it  with  his  own  signature. 

The  petition  for  a  copy  to  which  this  article  refers,  shall  have  rev- 
enue stamps  of  the  value  of  fifty  cents  for  each  leaf  of  paper  of  legal 
dimensions. 

ART.  57.  When  the  goods  proceed  from  a  place  where  there  is  no 
Mexican  consul  or  consular  agent,  and  the  vessel  which  carries  them 
comes  also  from  a  place  where  there  are  no  such  Mexican  officials, 
the  presentation  of  the  postal  receipts  is  indispensable,  it  being  un- 
derstood that  its  default  shall  only  be  excused  when  the  custom 
house  or  the  Treasury  Department  shall  have  received  its  cor- 
responding inclosures  by  mail.  If  the  invoice  presented  by  the 
consignee  of  the  merchandise  <loes  not  agree,  either  through  an  ex- 
cess or  a  decrease  with  the  contents  stated  in  the  documents  in  pos- 
session of  the  custom  house  or  of  the  Treasury  Department,  the 
payment  of  duties  shall  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  statement 
that  implies  the  payment  of  higher  duties  of  those  that  differ  among 
themselves. 

ART.  58.  In  default  of  the  invoice,  either  of  the  custom  house,  or 
of  the  party  concerned,  or  the  one  intended  for  the  Treasury  De- 
partment, proceedings  shall  be  had  in  the  same  manner  as  in  the 
case  of  consular  invoices. 

ART.  59.  The  custom  house  invoices  should  be  written  in  the 
Spanish  language;  but  it  may  be  permitted  to  present  them  in  any 
other  known  language,  if  the  shippers  are  ignorant  of  the  official  lan- 
guage of  the  republic. 

ART.  60.  .Noncornpliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  law  with 
reference  to  consular  invoices,  shall  be  punished  by  the  custom 
house  collectors  with  the  penalties  established  in  the  articles  rela- 
tive to  the  same. 


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» 

ART.  61.  The  consignees  of  goods  in  Mexican  ports  are  legally 
responsible,  by  virtue  of  the  law,  for  the  mistakes  incurred  by  the 
shippers  or  forwarders  of  merchandise.  ' 

ART.  62.  The  shipper  who  should,  before  the  departure  of  the  ves- 
sel carrying  the  merchandise,  notice  any  error  in  his  invoices,  after 
the  consular  certificate  shall  have  been  issued,  may  present  to  the 
consul  who  certified  the  invoice,  a  statement  regarding  the  error 
committed,  made  out  in  quadruplicate.  The  consul  shall  return  one 
of  the  copies  of  the  statement  to  the  party  concerned,  sealed  and 
certified  to,  in  order  that  it  may  be  sent  to  the  consignee  of  the  mer- 
chandise, and  the  latter  must  present  it  with  the  consular  invoice  to 
the  proper  custom  house,  when  he  shall  ask  for  the  permit  to  land 
the  goods. 

This  statement  certified  to  shall  excuse  the  error  committed  in  the 
invoice. 

ART.  63.  If  the  statement  be  made  after  the  departure  of  the  ves- 
sel carrying  the  merchandise  and  before  its  arrival  at  the  port  of 
destination,  the  certificate  shall  nevertheless  be  made  out  by  the 
consul;  but  its  admission  in  the  proper  custom  house  shall  only  be 
decided  by  the  Treasury  Department. 

ART.  64.  When  through  unforeseen  accident,  the  shipper  may  not 
be  able  to  obtain  the  certification  of  his  invoices,  although  there  rtiay 
be  a  Mexican  consul  or  consular  agent  at  the  place  of  his  residence, 
he  shall  proceed  as  is  prescribed  in  article  54  of  this  Ordinance,  it 
.  remaining  within  the  discretion  of  the  Treasury  Department  to  de- 
termine whether  or  not  said  invoices  should  be  received,  in  view  of 
the  causes  that  might  be  alleged  in  justification  of  such  failure  and 
default. 

ART.  65.  Packages  of  merchandise  should  only  contain  one  mark 
and  number  so  that  they  may  be  easily  identified.  When  the  pack- 
ages shall  have  other  marks  and  numbers  than  those  stated  in  the 
consular  invoice  and  manifest,  a  fine  shall  be  imposed  on  the  con- 
signee not  to  exceed  one  dollar  for  each  package  that  may  be  in  that 
condition.  The  name  or  address  of  the  factory  which  may  be  uni- 
formly stamped  on  all  the  packages,  shall  not  be  considered  as  a 
mark  under  this  provision,  but  the  initials,  figures,  and  numbers  with 
which  each  one  is  to  be  distinguished  from  the  rest. 

ART.  66.  When  cattle  of  any  class  are  to  be  sent  to  the  republic, 
the  proceedings  thereon  shall  be  as  follows: — 
3 


34  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

I.  The  shipper  must  present  himself  before  the  Mexican  consul  re- 
siding at  the  place  whence  the  animals  are  forwarded,  stating  his  in- 
tention to  make  that  traffic. with  the  markets  of  the  republic. 

II.  The    consul  shall  appoint  a  veterinary  surgeon,  who,  at  thp 
expense  of  the  party  concerned,  shall  examine  the  cattle  referred  to 
and  issue  the  proper  certificate  of  sanity. 

III.  This  certificate  shall  be  approved  by  said  consul  and  must  be 
annexed  to  the  consular  invoice  that  the  party  concerned  must  pre- 
sent at  the  custom  house  of  entry. 

IV.  Upon  the  arrival  of  the  cattle  at  the  custom  house  of  entry, 
the  collector  of  the  port  shall  appoint  a  veterinary  surgeon,  who,  at 
the    expense  of    the   party    concerned,    shall   proceed    to    make    a 
proper  examination  of  the  same,  and  issue  a  certificate  therefor. 

V.  If  the  cattle  should  be  found  to  be  in  a  perfect  sanitary  condi- 
tion, the  procedings  for  their  debarkation  and  delivery  shall  be  com- 
menced; otherwise,  if  the  disease  which  the  cattle  are  suffering  from 
is  sufficiently  proved,  the  collector  of  the  custom  house  shall    not 
issue  the  order  for  their  landing,  but  must  give  notice  immediately 
to  a  competent  authority  that  may  take  the  proper  steps,  so  that  said 
cattle  shall  immediately  be  taken  out  of  the  country. 

VI.  No  importation  duties  shall  be  collected  whenever,  in  conform 
ity  with  the  foregoing  subdivision,  the  cattle  are  not  allowed  to  be 
introduced  in  the  republic. 

ART.  67.  The  following  prescriptions  shall  be  observed  in  the  send- 
ing of  fresh  meats  to  the  republic: — 

I.  The  shipper  must  present  himself  to  the  Mexican  consul  resid- 
ing at  the  place  wherefrom  the  cattle  are    to   be  sent,  stating  that 
he  desires  to  make  that  traffic  with  the  markets  of  the  republic. 

II.  The  consul  shall  thereupon  appoint  an  expert  veterinary,  who, 
at  the  expense  of  the  party  concerned,  shall  examine  the    meats 
before  and  after  they  shall  have  been  cut  from  the  animals,  and  issue 
the  proper  certificate  of  sanity. 

III.  This  certificate,  approved  by  said  consul,  ought  to  be  annexed 
,to  the  consular  invoice  that  may  be  presented  at  the  custom  house 
of  the  port  of  entry  by  the  party  concerned. 

IV.  Fresh  meats  must  be  forwarded  in  special  apparatus  for  re- 
frigeration or  by  using  any  other  physical  or  chemical  device  for 
preservation,  that  may  sufficiently  insure  the  unchangeable  condition 
of  the  articles  and  their  sanitary  condition. 


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V.  Upon  the  arrival  of  the  meats  at  the  point  of  destination,  the 
custom  house  collector  of  the  proper  Federal  office  shall  give  notice 
to  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  place,  so  that,  without  loss  of  time 
and  at  the  expense  of  the  party  concerned,  the   Board  may  proceed 
by  means  of  proper  experts  to  the  most  scrupulous  examination  of 
said  meats,  and  thereupon  issue  the  proper  receipt  therefor. 

VI.  If  the  meats  are    in  perfect  condition,  the   proceedings  for 
unloading  and  delivering  them  shall  be  commenced;  but  if  it  is  just 
the  opposite,  and  their  bad  condition  is  sufficiently  proven,  a  proper 
report  thereon  shall  be  prepared,  and,  with  the  intervention  of  the 
local  authority,  they  shall  thereupon  be  destroyed  by  fire. 

VII.  No  importation  duties  shall  be  collected  when,  in  conformity 
with   the    foregoing   sxibdivision,  the   destruction  of   the    meats  is 
to  be  effected. 

VIII.  Small  introductions  of  fresh  meats  for  the  exclusive  use  of 
the  towns  situated   along  the  frontiers,  may  be  excepted  from  the 
obligation  stated  in  subdivision  IV  of  this   article,  if  the  collector 
of  the  proper  custom  houses  deem  it  advisable. 

SEC.  IV — Duties  of  Mexican  consuls  abroad. 

ART.  68.  The  duties  of  Mexican  consuls  or  commercial  agents 
abroad,  with  reference  to  the  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance,  are  the  following: — 

I.  To  receive  the  four  copies  of  the  manifest  which  may  be  pre- 
sented to  them  for  their  certification,  examining  if  the  sum  total  of 
packages  is  correct  and  is  alike  in  the  four  copies,  if  these  have  ex- 
plained  at  the   bottom  any  corrections,  interlineations  or  erasures, 
and  if  the  signature  is  the  same  in  the  four  copies. 

II.  To  certify  on  each  one  of  the  four  copies,  on  the  very  paper  of 
the  invoice,  and  immediately  after  the  last-  line  written,  the  fact  of 
their  having  been  presented,  with  the  name  of  the  captain  who  signs 
the  manifest,  the  number  of  packages  which  it  indicates,  of  the  folios 
which  it    may  comprise,  the    date  of  the  presentation,  and  if  they 
have  any  explanations  at  the  end,  and  in  what  number;  sealing,  dat- 
ing, and  signing  at  the  end  thereof  (model  No.  9). 

III.  Of  the  four  copies  of  the  manifest  they  shall  deliver  one  to 
the  party  concerned,  with  a  receipt  having  a  stub  united  thereto  in 
the  form  shown  in  model  No.  1,  which  is  found  annexed  to  this  law; 
said  receipt  to  contain  the  consecutive  number  corresponding  to  the 


36  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

manifest,  the  date  of  the  delivery  of  the  latter,  and  the  seal  of  the 
consulate. 

IV.  To  receive  and  certify  the  four  copies  of  any  statement  of 
erroneous  information  or  data  omitted  in  the  invoice,  which  the 
shippers  may  present,  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  articles 
62  and  63  of  this  Ordinance.  In  the  certificate  the  date  of  the  pre- 
sentation must  be  stated,  and  it  must  be  shown  whether  it  was  before 
or  after  the  sailing  of  the  ship  carrying  the  merchandise. 

Of  these  four  copies,  one  they  shall  return  to  the  party  concerned, 
and  as  to  the  three  others  they  shall  be  used  as  is  provided  in  the 
case  of  consular  invoices. 

ART.  69.  All  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  article  about  the 
manifests  of  the  vessels,  are  applicable  to  the  invoices  which  the 
shippers  or  consignors  must  present  to  the  consuls  for  their  certifica- 
tion. 

ART.  70.  Consuls  shall  proceed  with  the  three  manifests  and  the 
invoices,  which,  in  compliance  with  this  law,  should  be  left  in  their 
hands  by  the  captains  and  shippers,  in  the  following  manner: — 

I.  They  shall  form  two  collections  subdivided  in  groups,  each  one 
comprising  the  manifest  and  invoices  relating  to  the  same  vessel  and 
to  merchandise  destined  for  the  same  port.     These  groups  of  man- 
ifests and  invoices  they  shall  send,   respectively  inclosed  in   sealed 
envelopes,  and  by  the  vessel  if  it  is  a  steam  vessel,  to  the  Treasury 
Department  and  to  the  collector  or  collectors  of  the  custom  houses  of 
the  ports  to  which   the  vessel  carries  merchandise;  if   the  vessel 
carrying  the  goods  should  not  be  a  steamship,  the  consuls  will  avail 
themselves  of  the  first  direct  mail  to  forward  the  corresponding  doc- 
uments. 

II.  With  the  third  copy  of  the  manifest  and  the  third  series  of 
invoices,  they  shall  proceed  to  form  two  records,  wherein  there  shall 
separately  appear  these  documents  in  the  same  order  followed  in  the 
stub  receipt  books. 

ART.  71.  Should  some  manifest  or  invoice  referring  to  goods  that 
may  have  already  left  the  port  of  departure,  be  presented  to  the 
consuls  for  their  certification,  when  it  would  not  be  possible  that  said 
goods  should  have  reached  the  Mexican  port  to  which  they  are  des- 
tined, they  shall  certify  such  documents  in  conformity  with  what  is 
provided  in  article  68,  stating  thereon  the  date  of  the  departure  of 


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the  vessel  which  carries  the  goods,  and  the  reason  that  the  parties 
concerned  may  have  presented  to  justify  their  delay;  but  th«  admis- 
sion of  those  documents  by  the  proper  custom  houses  can  only  take 
place  if  the  Treasury  Department  so  determines  it,  in  view  of  the 
reasons  stated  to  excuse  the  delay. 

ART.  72.  Consuls  residing  in  foreign  towns  situated  opposite  to 
frontier  Mexican  custom  houses,  shall  certify  the  four  copies  of  each 
"permit  for  importation,"  issued  by  the  custom  house,  when  pre- 
sented to  them.  They  shall  return  the  duplicate  of  the  permit  to 
the  party  concerned,  with  the  proper  certificate,  keeping  the  orig- 
inal and  the  two  remaining  copies. 

ART.  73.  At  the  end  of  each  hionth  the  consuls  shall  prepare  a 
statement  wherein  may  be  comprised  the  number,  date,  amount  of 
packages,  generic  class  of  the  merchandise,  origin,  value,  and  con- 
signee of  each  one  of  the  permits  which  they  may  have  certified. 

They  shall  send  a  copy  of  this  statement,  with  the  original  of  the 
corresponding  permits,  to  the  proper  custom  house,  and  another 
copy  with  the  triplicate,  to  the  Treasury  Department.  The  quadru- 
plicate shall  serve  to  form  part  of  the  records  of  the  consulate. 

ART.  74.  Consuls  and  consular  agents  of  Mexico  are  under  the 
obligation  of  explaining  everything  pertaining  to  this  Ordinance 
to  whoever  may  ask  such  information,  and  to  give  to  the  captains 
of  vessels  and  to  the  shippers,  all  possible  data  and  information 
regarding  the  laws  of  the  country  and  the  requirements  exacted  by 
the  nation  with  regard  to  its  international  commerce. 

ART.  75.  Consuls  are  authorized  to  use  in  the  certification  of 
manifests  and  invoices  seals  with  blanks  for  writing,  provided  they 
shall  take  care  to  advise  the  Treasury  Department  of  it,  sending  an 
impression  of  the  seal  that  they  may  have  adopted. 

These  seals  shall  be  precisely  stamped  on  the  paper  of  the  invoice. 
ART.  76.  Consuls  must  only  issue  a  certified  copy  of  the  documents 
which  may  be  of  record  in  their  office,  at  the  request  of  the  party 
concerned;  but  these  documents  shall  not  be  received  by  the  custom 
house,  unless  the  approval  therefor  shall  have  been  obtained  from  the 
Treasury  Department. 

Only  under  the  same  circumstance  of  petition  made  by  the  party 
concerned,  shall  the  consuls  issue  the  other  certificates  which  are 
for  the  purpose  of  pi-oving  facts  of  which  they  have  knowledge  and 


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statements  made  to  them  with  reference  to  the  documents  that  they 
may  have  already  certified. 

ART.  77.  So  as  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  II 
of  article  68  and  for  other  analogous  uses,  consuls  shall  use  a  seal 
with  the  national  arms  and  around  it  the  following  inscription: 
Consulate  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico,  at  —  — . 

ART.  78.  Consuls  shall  charge  for  the  certifications  in  the  docu- 
ments which  the  captains  of  vessels  and  shippers  of  merchandise 
must  present: — 

I.  For  the  certification  of  a  manifest  referring  to  a  vessel 

carrying  merchandise  to  the  republic $10  00 

II.  For  the  certification  of  a  manifest  of  a  ship  dispatched 

in  ballast 4  00 

III.  For  the  certification  of  each  set  of  custom  house  invoices     4  00 

IV.  For  a  certificate  which  for  any  purpose  may  be   issued 

to  the  captains  or  shippers 2  00 

V.  When  the  certificates  to  which  the  preceding  subdivision 

refers,  are  asked  in  duplicate,  triplicate,  etc.,  they  shall 
charge  for  each  additional  copy 1   00 

VI.  For  certifying  each  set  of  statements  referred  to  in  arti- 

cles 62  and  63 2  00 

VII.  For   certifying   each    set    of  permits    of    importation 

through  the  frontier  custom  houses 25 

The  value  of  the  certificates  that  under  any  head  may  be  charged 
by  the  consuls  or  consular  agents,  must  be  paid  in  cash  and  in 
money  of  the  country  where  theste  officials  reside,  in  accordance 
with  the  table  that  is  to  be  found  at  the  end  of  this  law,  which  estab- 
lishes the  equivalent  values  of  foreign  coins,  as  compared  with  the 
Mexican  dollar,  which  is  the  monetary  unit  of  the  republic. 

ART.  79.  Consuls  must  place  exactly  the  same  certificates  on  the 
four  copies  of  each  manifest  or  invoice,  without  charging  more  fees 
on  that  account,  than  those  fixed  in  the  preceding  article. 

ART.  80.  The  following  likewise  constitute  duties  of  Mexican 
consuls:-*— 

I.  To  inquire  into  all  the  circumstances  of  importance  in  regard 
to  mercantile  shipments  which  are  directed  to  ports  of  the  repub- 
lic, especially  those  which  proceed  from  the  place  of  their  residence. 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  39 

II.  To  forward  to  the  Treasury  Department  a  monthly  statement 
of  the  vessels  sent  to  Mexican  ports,  with  the  relative  number  of  the 
manifest  and  those  of  the  invoices  of  each  one  of  them,  as  it  is  shown 
in  model  No.  10.  <    ' 

III.  To  send  likewise  a  statement  of  the  vessels  which   arrive  at 
the  ports  of  their  residence,  coming  from  the  republic,  with  all  the 
details  indicated  in  model  No.  11,  and  the  others  which  they  may 
think  of  interest. 

IV.  To  send  to  the  Treasury  Department  on  the  first  days  of  each 
month,  duplicate  notes  of  the  current  prices  of  merchandise  in  the 
place  of  their  residence,  and  information  as  to  the  new  articles  and 
industrial  products  which  may  be  found  in  the  market. 

V.  To  give  information  to  the  Treasury  Department  regarding 
all  data  which  they  may  obtain   concerning  national  articles   that 
may  be  returned  to  the  republic,  and  whose  invoices  they  may  cer- 
tify. 

VI.  To  appoint  a  veterinary  surgeon  for  the  inspection  of  cattle 
and  fresh  meats  that  from  the  place  of  his   residence   may  be  for- 
warded to  the  republic,  and  to  legalize  the  corresponding  certificates. 

Chapter  III  of  the  law  treats  of  the  "  Obligations  of  captains  of 
foreign  vessels  and  their  consignees  to  the  Mexican  custom 
houses.1'  It  is  divided  into  three  sections.  The  first  section  refers 
to  the  "Arrival  and  unloading  of  vessels  coming  from  abroad,"  and 
gives  the  rules  to  be  observed  by  the  captain  and  the  custom  house 
officials  upon  the  arrival  of  a  vessel  from  abroad,  and  the  steps  to  be 
taken  to  get  the  permit  to  unload  the  ship  and  perform  that  opera- 
tion in  conformity  with  the  law.  The  second  section  refers  to  the 
"Consignees  of  vessels  and  merchandise,"  showing  what  their  duties 
are  and  prescribing  that  they  are  the  only  persons  whom  the  custom 
houses  or  any  other  authorities  will  allow  to  take  any  steps  in  mat- 
ters relating  to  custom  house  operations.  And  section  3  treats  of 
"Renouncing  the  consignment,"  and  gives  to  the  consignees  the  priv- 
ilege of  renouncing  their  consignments  within  the  period  of  twenty- 
four  hours,  calculated  from  the  time  that  the  mail  from  the  vessels 
reaches  the  shore  and  before  making  the  petition  for  permission  to 
unload,  and  section  3  furthermore  shows  the  manner  and  circum- 
stances for  exercising  that  right. 

Chapter  IV  of  the  law  gives  rules  for  the  "Additions  and  correc- 


40  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

tions  in  manifests  and  consular  invoices,1'  to  be  made  by  the  cap- 
tains and  consignees  of  vessels,  after  their  arrival  at  the  Mexican 
port. 

Chapter  V  of  the  law  treats  of  the  "Dispatch  of  foreign  goods, 
collecting  duties  of  analogy,  appraisements  by  experts,  samples, 
baggage  of  passengers  and  damages" 

The  first  section  of  said  chapter  gives  the  rules  for  dispatching  or 
unloading  foreign  goods  from  vessels  arriving  at  Mexican  ports,  and 
the  second  section  establishes  regulations  of  duties  by  analogy,  when 
an  article  is  brought  011  a  vessel  to  a  Mexican  port,  whose  form,  class, 
or  material  is  not  determined  in  the  tariff;  while  the  third  section 
prescribes  the  manner  in  which  the  controversies  regarding  disputes 
as  to  the  classification  of  some  merchandise,  arising  when  the  vessel 
is  to  unload,  between  the  consignees  and  the  fiscal  authorities,  must 
be  settled. 

Section  IV  of  Chapter  V  treats  of  "  Samples,"  and  a  translation 
of  the  entire  section  is  as  follows : — 

ART.  213.  Samples  intended  to  make  known  the  merchandise 
which  they  represent,  shall  be  granted,  on  their  importation,  the 
privileges  stated  in  the  articles  of  this  law  relative  thereto. 

ART.  214.  Remnants  of  cloth  not  exceeding  twenty  centimeters 
in  length,  even  when  having  all  the  width  of  the  cloth,  and  any  article 
which,  not  being  entire,  cannot  be  used  for  sale,  shall  be  considered  as 
samples  exempt  from  the  payment  of  duties. 

ART.  215.  Samples  of  entire  articles,  such  as  manufactured  goods 
of  any  material  whatever,  articles  of  hardware,  ironware,  lampware, 
handkerchiefs,  small  and  large,  stockings  and  socks,  shirts,  etc., 
shall  pay  the  duties  corresponding  to  such  articles,  or  shall  be  ren- 
dered useless  for  their  sale,  by  cutting  or  perforating  them  in  sev- 
eral places. 

ART.  216.  When  the  sample  cases  of  iron  and  hardware  shall  con- 
tain articles  paying  different  kinds  of  duties  and  the  weight  of  each 
class  cannot  be  ascertained,  the  whole  sample  case  shall  pay  at  the 
highest  rate  assessed  on  any  of  the  articles  contained  in  the  case. 

ART.  217.  In  regard  to  samples  which  an  importer  wishes  to  pre- 
serve for  re-exportation,  their  entrance  shall  be  permitted  without 
the  payment  of  duties,  provided  that  the  custom  house  believes  that 
they  can  be  identified  when  they  shall  be  taken  out  of  the  country  ; 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  41 

and  in  such  case  the  custom  house  collector  shall  demand  a  bond  for 
twice  the  amount  of  the  duties  which  should  be  paid  on  such  mer- 
chandise, giving  the  party  concerned  a  period  of  six  months,  that 
the  re-exportation  of  them  may  be  made  through  the  same  custom 
house. 

If  within  the  time  granted  the  party  concerned  presents  himself 
to  pay  the  corresponding  duties,  those  which  should  be  paid  on  said 
merchandise  shall  be  collected;  but  if  at  the  expiration  of  the  time 
granted  they  are  not  re-exported,  nor  the  duties  are  paid,  the 
bond  for  the  payment  of  double  duties  which  was  given  shall  be 
declared  forfeited,  and  collection  made  thereon. 

ART.  218.  When  it  may  be  to  the  interest  of  the  owner  of  the 
samples  te  which  reference  is  made  in  the  foregoing  article  to  re- 
export them  by  another  custom  house  different  from  that  at  which 
the  merchandise  passed  on  entering  the  republic,  he  shall  make  ap- 
plication therefor  to  the  Treasury  Department,  that  shall  pass  upon 
that  application  and  decide  the  case  in  conformity  to  what  it  may 
deem  just  and  proper. 

Section  V  of  Chapter  V  in  its  entirety  may  be  translated  as  fol. 
lows: — 

Section  V — Oj  passengers  and  their  baggage. 

AKT.  219.  Passengers  upon  their  arrival  at  the  republic  are 
obliged  to  present  their  baggage  to  the  custom  house  employer  who 
has  their  inspection  in  charge;  and  if  th«y  bring  small  quantities  of 
articles  as  presents  or  for  their  private  use,  upon  which  duties  are 
to  be  paid,  they  shall  so  state  in  writing  to  said  employe  before  the 
baggage  is  opened,  for  which  purpose  they  shall  be  informed  of  the 
obligation  already  mentioned. 

If  they  are  able  to  give  the  necessary  information  for  the  adjust- 
ment of  duties,  they  shall  state  it  in  writing  in  the  blank  docu- 
ment that  will  be  delivered  to  them  for  that  purpose;  but  if  they 
are  not  able  to  give  such  information,  it  shall  be  sufficient  if  they 
make  their  statement  in  the  terms  that  may  be  possible. 

ART.  220.  The  document  or  manifest  to  which  reference  is  made 
in  the  foregoing  article,  shall  be  made  out  in  triplicate,  and  will  serve 
as  a  petition  for  the  clearance  of  the  articles;  but  it  shall  not  be  neces- 
sary to  place  any  revenue  stamps  thereon,  nor  shall  any  penalties 
be  incurred  in,  should  not  sufficient  information  be  furnished  for 
the  adjustment  of  duties. 


42  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

ART.  221.  When  a  passenger  shall  state  that  he  brings  among  his 
baggage  small  quantities  of  articles  as  presents,  or  for  his  private  use, 
on  which  duties  should  be  paid,  the  examination  shall  be  made  by 
the  inspector  that  the  collector  of  customs  may  desiginate,  who  shall 
make  an  entry  of  the  articles  upon  which  duties  should  be  charged 
under  the  law,  so  that  they  shall  be  immediately  adjusted  and  paid, 
without  detaining  the  passenger  any  more  time  than  what  is  indis- 
pensable for  these  operations. 

ART.  222.  When  the  passengers  do  not  bring  in  their  baggage 
articles  on  which  duties  should  be  paid,  but  merely  articles  of  their 
personal  use,  they  shall  so  state  it  verbally  before  the  inspection  of 
their  packages  takes  place. 

ART.  223.  Passengers  who  bring  with  them  in  their  baggage,  or 
outside  of  it,  articles  of  commerce  on  which  duties  exceeding  $100 
may  be  charged,  shall  be  obliged  to  have  them  accompanied  by  con- 
sular invoices,  in  compliance  with  the  prescriptions  of  this  ordinance 
for  the  importation  of  merchandise. 

Those  articles  are  considered  as  articles  of  commerce  which,  ow- 
ing to  their  class  or  quantity,  may  be  considered  as  not  being  for  the 
personal  use  of  the  passenger. 

ART.  224.  The  baggage  of  a  passenger,  for  the  purposes  of  being 
free  from  the  payment  of  duties,  may  consist  of: — 

I.  Clothing  for  personal  use,  if  not  excessive,  and  the  determina- 
tion whereof  is  left  to  the  judgment  of  the  collector  of  customs  in 
accordance  with  the  circumstances  of  the  passengers. 

II.  Articles  which  they  wear,  or  of  their  personal  use,  such  as  jew- 
elry, a  watch  and  chain,  buttons,   cane,  etc.,  and  one  or  two   fire- 
arms, with  their  accessories  and  one  hundred  shots. 

III.  The  instruments  or  tools  more  essential  or  indispensable  to 
exercise  their  profession  or  trade,  if  the  passengers  are  professors, 
artists  or  artisans;  it  being  understood  that  this  exemption  does  not 
extend  to  pianos,  organs,  or  hand  organs,  nor  to  materials  or  acces- 
sories for  the  establishment  of  laboratories,  shops,  or  offices. 

IV.  Ninety-nine  cigars,  forty  packages  of  cigarettes,  and  a  half 
kilogram  of  snuff  or  chewing  tobacco,  if  the  passengers  are  adults. 

ART.  225.  If  the  passengers  should  be  artists  of  some  opera, 
comedy,  circus,  or  other  company,  besides  the  free  articles  granted  in 
general  in  the  foregoing  articles,  they  shall  be  permitted  to  intro- 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  43 

duce  to  the  republic,  free  from  duties,  their  costumes  and  scenery, 
coming  as  part  of  their  baggage,  under  the  obligation  of  re-exporting 
them  within  the  period  of  one  year,  and  under  the  following  condi- 
tions:— 

I.  The  manager  or  representative  of  the  company  shall  present 
to   the   corresponding   custom    house    a    detailed  statement  of  the 
costumes,  scenery,  etc.,  that  they  may  bring  with  them,  showing, 
furthermore,  in  the  statement  the  marks  or  special  signs  that  may 
be  placed  on  each  one  of  the  articles. 

II.  The  custom  house  shall  proceed  to  the  inspection  and  adjust- 
ment of  the  said  articles  in  conformity  with  the  tariff  of  the  Ordi- 
nance in  force,  requiring  from  the  representative  a  bond  that  shall 
be  deemed  sufficient  for  the  total  amount  at  which  the  duties  may 
be  estimated. 

III.  In  case  that  the  manager  of  the  company  declares  that  the 
articles  are  going  to  be  sent  out  of  the  country  by  another  point 
different  from  that  of  their  entrance,  the  custom  house   collector 
shall  inform  that  fact  to  the  head  of  the  custom  house  mentioned 
by  the  manager,  and  must  immediately  send  a  certified  copy  of  the 
manifest  or  statement,  so  that  the  articles  may  be  compared  there- 
with when  they  shall  be  r«-exported. 

IV.  If  the  re-exportation  is  effected  through  the  custom  house 
where  the  articles  entered,  a  minute  examination  of   the   articles 
shall  be  made,  and  if  they  shall  agree  with  the  statement  presented, 
the  permit  for  their  re-exportation  shall   be  entered  on  the  docu- 
ment itself,  and  the  bond  deposited  shall  be  returned;    but  if  the 
articles  leave  the  country  through  another  custom  house,  the  clear- 
ance shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner,  by  delivering  to  the  repre- 
sentative a  certificate  wherein  the  departure  of  the  articles  may  be 
stated,  and  advice  of  the  result  of  the  examination  shall  be  given 
to  the  custom  house  through  which  the  goods  entered,  sending  thereto 
a  statement  mentioning  the  articles  that  may  have  been  re-exported,, 
so  that  upon  showing  the  same  and  the  presentation  of  the  certifi- 
cate,  the  party  concerned   or  the  person  who  may  represent  him 
shall  withdraw  the  bond  already  given. 

V.  Any  article  that  may  not  be  presented  for  re-exportation  shall 
be  subject  to  the  payment  of  the  proper  importation  duties,  except 
in  cases  of  superior  force,  duly  proved. 


44  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

VI.  When  the  custom  house  collectors  notice  that  among  the 
articles  introduced  there  are  some  that  should  not  enjoy  the  privi- 
lege granted,  they  shall  make  an  invoice  and  collect  the  correspond- 
ing duties  thereon,  they  being  allowed,  in  case  that  the  articles  may 
be  damaged,  to  make  a  reduction  of  the  duties,  according  to  the 
condition  in  which  the  articles  may  be  found. 

ART.  226.  When  the  passengers  bring  with  them  some  of  their 
household  effects,  which  show  that  they  have  been  long  in  use,  the 
custom  house  collectors  are  authorized  to  grant  a  reduction  on  the 
duties  according  to  the  damaged  condition  of  the  articles,  proceed, 
ings  therefor  being  taken  as  is  prescribed  in  section  IV  of  this 
chapter. 

ART.  227.  When  a  passenger  declares  that  in  her  baggage  there 
is  any  package  which  she  does  not  think  proper  to  be  inspected 
by  the  male  officials,  it  shall  be  granted  to  her  that  it  may  be  exam- 
ined by  a  person  of  the  female  sex,  appointed  by  the  custom  house 
collector.  This  person  shall  be  paid  by  the  Treasury,  and  shall 
share  in  the  smuggled  articles  which  she  may  seize. 

ART.  228.  The  searching  of  the  passenger's  person,  and  especially 
if  pertaining  to  the  feminine  sex,  shall  only  be  made  in  very  excep- 
tional cases,  and  by  another  of  the  same  sex,  when  there  is  very 
specific  information  given,  or  when,  for  reasonable  cause,  the  person 
is  suspected;  but  in  either  of  these  cases  the  search  shall  not  be 
made,  without  pi-eviously  advising  the  custom  house  collector. 

ART.  229.  Packages  on  which  the  passengers  may  make  a  state- 
ment must  correspond  in  numbers,  marks,  and  countermarks  with 
those  which  the  list  presented  by  the  captains  of  the  vessels  or  rail- 
way conductors  contain;  otherwise  a  presumption  arises  that  they 
are  smuggled  articles  and  the  custom  house  collectors  shall  proceed 
at  once  to  make  the  corresponding  investigation. 

ART.  230.  The  employes  of  the  custom  houses  shall  be  cai-eful  to 
inform  the  passengers  that  they  have  nothing  to  pay  for  the  exam- 
ination of  baggage,  excepting  the  duties  which  should  be  paid  on 
their  articles,  or  of  the  wire  and  seals  for  the  sealing  of  the  baggage 
whenever  it  is  asked  and  this  law  requires  it. 

ART.  231.  The  examination  of  baggage  shall  be  made  in  a  conven- 
ient and  secure  place,  gradually,  and  of  each  passenger  one  after  an- 
other, without  offensive  distinctions,  and  strictly  in  turn.  Not  with- 


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standing  this  the  collectors  shall  see  that  this  operation  is  hastened 
as  much  as  is  possible,  so  as  not  to  a  detain  the  passengers  any  longer 
than  necessary. 

ART.  232.  When  passengers  from  abroad  come  to  the  capital  of 
the  republic  or  to  any  point  in  the  interior,  where  there  are  counter 
custom  inspectors,  the  examination  of  their  baggage  may  be  per- 
mitted to  be  made  at  those  places,  provided  that  the  packages  are 
sent  directly  by  the  custom  house  to  a  proper  fiscal  office,  at  the 
risk  and  expense  of  the  party  concerned. 

ART.  233.  Transportation  or  express  companies  may  be  likewise 
allowed  that  the  baggage  intrusted  to  their  care  be  dispatched  at  the 
capital,  or  other  point  of  the  interior  where  there  may  be  some 
counter  customs  inspectors;  but  in  that  case  the  packages  shall  be 
sealed  up  and  tied  up  with  wires,  said  transportat  io  company  be- 
ing responsible  under  bond,  to  the  payment  of  a  fine  in  an  amount 
not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)  for  each  package  that  may 
be  found  tampered  with,  besides  being  subject  to  the  other  penalties 
that  may  properly  be  imposed  on  them  therefor. 

ART.  234.  In  the  cases  specified  in  the  two  preceding  articles, 
when  the  sending  of  baggage  for  examination  in  the  interior  of  the 
country  is  solicited,  the  packages  which  contain  articles  on  which 
duties  have  to  be  paid  shall  be  stated. 

The  interior  offices  which  have  charge  of  the  examination  and 
dispatch  of  baggage  are  exclusively  responsible  for  the  result  of  such 
examination,  and  consequently  they  must  take  care  to  collect  the 
amounts  properly  due  for  duties,  issue  the  certificate  showing  that 
such  payment  has  been  made,  and  notify  the  result  to  the  custom 
house  which  granted  the  permit  to  let  the  baggage  pass  into  the 
interior  of  the  republic. 

ART.  235.  When  railroad  companies,  conductors  of  trains,  or  ex- 
press companies  as  carriers  of  baggage,  take  charge  of  them  without 
the  passenger  coming,  they  must  ask  from  the  latter  the  keys  and 
the  information  that  may  be  necessary  to  dispatch  and  clear  the  bag- 
gage. If  those  requisites  are  not  complied  with,  the  baggage  shall 
be  deposited  at  the  custom  house,  and  if  six  months  elapse  without 
their  being  claimed,  they  will  be  considered  as  abandoned,  and  pro- 
ceedings may  be  had  in  reference  thereto,  in  conformity  with  what 
is  pi-escribed  in  Chapter  XX  of  this  Ordinance. 


46  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

ART.  236.  It  is  prohibited  in  every  way,  and  under  tlie  strictest 
responsibility  of  the  subordinate  officials  who  do  it,  or  the  superiors 
who  tolerate  or  permit  it,  to  look  over  and  read  the  private  papers 
of  the  passengers,  their  professional  or  property  titles,  books,  and 
accounts,  whether  private  or  of  any  mercantile  or  industrial  estab. 
lishment  or  society.  The  examination  of  those  articles  shall  be 
limited  to  what  is  indispensable  in  order  to  ascertain  that  there  be 
no  dutiable  articles. 

ART.  237.  Custom  house  collectors  shall  take  care  that  the  em- 
ployes who  are  under  their  orders  shall  treat  passengers  who  arrive 
in  the  republic  with  all  politeness  and  urbanity,  making  them  un- 
derstand, before  the  examination  of  their  baggage,  the  obligations 
which  custom  house  laws  impose  on  them,  never  permitting  the  sub- 
ordinate employes  to  make  the  examination,  unless  a  superior  offi- 
cer oversees  it.  The  federal  officers  shall  neither  permit  passengers 
to  behave  disrespectfully  or  improperly _,  with  regard  to  the  country 
which  they  have  entered,  or  the  government  which  said  officers  rep- 
resent; they  can  even  take  before  the  local  authority  any  passenger 
who  may  commit  such  faults,  in  order  that  the  merited  punishment 
may  be  applied. 

ART.  238.  The  revision  of  baggage  shall  be  made  without  greatly 
disarranging  the  articles,  and  when  passengers  desire  to  make  such 
revision  themselves,  they  shall  be  permitted  so  to  do,  provided  the 
officers  are  satisfied  that  there  are  no  other  articles  besides  those 
which  the  passenger  has  shown. 

ART.  239.  The  free  entrance  without  examination  of  their  baggage 
and  articles  of  private  use,  and  the  exemption  of  duties  to  the  articles 
that  they  may  import  for  their  use,  in  conformity  with  the  law  ap- 
plicable to  the  case,  shall  only  be  granted  through  courtesy  and  re- 
ciprocity to  the  foreign  ministers  or  diplomatic  representatives 
accredited  to  the  republic. 

In  each  case  the  Treasury  Department,  upon  notice  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Foreign  Relations,  shall  communicate  to  the  proper  custom 
house  the  orders  that  may  be  necessary  to  more  properly  carry  out 
the  prescriptions  contained  in  this  article. 

ART.  240.  Custom  house  collectors  are  authorized  to  permit  that 
the  baggage  of  passengers  may  be  landed  at  the  same  time  as  they 
do,  if  the  captain  has  already  delivered  a  statement  of  their  baggage, 


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and  even  to  dispatch  them  at  unusual  hours,  provided  the  pas- 
senger is  obliged  to  continue  his  journey  at  once,  and  if  the  packages 
are  not  very  numerous  and  do  not  contain  so  many  articles  that 
they  require  a  long  and  minute  examination.  As  a  general  rule, 
custom  house  collectors  shall  make  all  possible  concessions  in  favor  of 
passengei-s,  provided  that  they  do  not  result  to  the  detriment  of  the 
fiscal  interests.  .  •» 

ART.  241.  When  passengers  make  the  statement  that  they  do  not 
bring  in  their  baggage  anything  but  articles  for  their  personal  use, 
and  the  examination  shows  that  they  bring  merchantable  articles 
that  are  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties,  the  penalty  of  double  du- 
ties shall  be  applied  on  said  articles  as  a  punishment  for  the  conceal- 
ment. 

ART.  242.  If  the  passengers  are  accused  of  being  smugglers,  or  if 
their  too  frequent  trips  render  them  suspicious,  the  custom  house 
collectors  are  authorized  to  restrict,  as  far  as  may  be  necessary,  the 
privileges  granted  in  this  chapter,  but  must  advise  the  Treasury  De- 
partment what  they  shall  have  done  and  the  reasons  that  they  may 
have  for  so  doing. 

ART.  243.  Mail  messengers,  mail  carriers,  civil  and  military 
officers,  on  their  arrival  at  the  country,  are  subject  to  the  same  pre- 
scriptions as  other  passengers.  Federal  custom  house  employes 
may  inspect  the  departments  assigned  to  mail  carriers,  not  opening, 
however,  any  letters,  mail  bags,  or  mail  boxes  which  may  be  duly 
closed  and  sealed.  They  can  also  examine  the  mail  bags  through  an 
officer  appointed  by  the  custom  house  collectors  for  the  purpose; 
but  this  examination  can  only  be  made  at  the  post  office  itself,  before 
its  postmaster  or  the  employer  who  represents  him,  in  conformity 
•with  the  provisions  of  the  Ordinance  of  that  department,  and  with- 
out opening  or  injuring  any  mail  package. 

ART.  244.  Custom  house  collectors  shall  take  care  to  have  this 
chapter  printed  in  French,  English,  German,  and  Italian,  in  sepa- 
rate copies  for  each  language,  the  Spanish  text  being  in  each,  so 
that  it  may  serve  as  a  notice  to  passengers  who  come  to  this  coun- 
try. Those  notices  shall  be  fixed  in  public  places,  and  especially 
where  the  examination  of  baggage  is  made.  These  notices  shall  be 
distributed  to  steam  companies  making  trips  at  stated  times,  to  rail, 
road  companies,  and  to  express  companies  carrying  baggage,  so  that 


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passengers,  if  possible,  may  know  them  before  their  arrival  to  the 
national  territory. 

Section  VI  of  Chapter  V  gives  the  rules  for  determining  the 
"Damage  done  to  merchandise." 

Chapter  VI  treats  of  the  "Adjustment  and  payment  of  custom 
house  duties. 

Chapter  VII  is  entitled :  "Other  marine  operations  in  maritime 
Custom  Houses."  Its  first  section  refers  tcthe  "Arrival,  discharge 
and  dispatch  of  vessels  due  to  their  arrival  through  damage  and 
other  accidents,  and  the  reloading  of  the  merchandise;"  and  sec- 
tion II  to  the  "  Transhipment  of  merchandise." 

Section  III  of  said  Chapter  VII  treats  "  Of  the  coasting  trade  " 
and  commences  as  follows: — 

ART.  291.  By  coasting  trade  is  understood,  for  the  purposes  of 
the  law,  the  transportation  of  national  or  nationalized  goods  from 
one  port  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico  to  another,  and  that  of 
national  goods  between  any  point  on  the  coast  and  a  national  port, 
whether  it  be  of  entry  or  for  the  coast  trade. 

ART.  292.  The  transportation  of  the  baggage  of  passengers  travel- 
ing from  one  national  port  to  another  cannot  be  considered  as  coast- 
ing trade. 

ART.  293.  Only  national  vessels  can  engage  in  the  coasting  trade, 
except  in  the  following  cases,  when  it  may  be  permitted  to  foreign 
vessels  that  ask  such  privilege:— 

I.  When  at  the  port  there  is  no  national  vessel  with  open  register, 
and  carrying  goods  to  the  place  to  which  the  foreign  vessels  ask  to 
be  permitted  to  go. 

II.  When,  although  there  is  a  national  vessel  with  open  register 
for  the  same  destination,  its  sailing  cannot  take  place  until  eight 
days  after  the  date  fixed  by  the  foreign  vessels  that  ask  the  permit. 

III.  When   merely   reference  is  made   to  the.  transportation  of 
coin,  fruits,  and  fresh  vegetables. 

IV.  When,  owing  to  some  public  calamity,  the  carrying  of  provis- 
ions or  other  class  of  assistance  may  be  of  urgent  necessity. 

ART.  294.  If  there  is  a  national  line  dedicated  to  the  coasting 
trade,  that  may  make,  with  due  regularity,  at  least  two  round  trips 
every  month,  with  fixed  time-table  and  stated  day  of  sailing,  no 
permit  shall  be  granted  to  any  foreign  vessel  to  carry  on  such  coast- 


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ing  trade  between  the  points  of  the  itinerary  of  the  former,  unless 
upon  the  express  condition  that  it  will  open  its  register  at  least  three 
days  before  the  departure  of  the  national  vessel,  and  that  it  will  sail 
at  furthest  six  days  after  the  arrival  of  such  vessel  upon  its  re- 
turn trip. 

ART.  295.  The  permit  to  a  foreign  vessel  for  carrying  on  coasting 
trade  in  the  cases  stated  in  subdivisions  I  and  II  of  article  293,  can 
only  be  granted  by  the  Treasury  Department,  based  on  the  report 
relative  thereto  sent  by  the  corresponding  custom  house. 

ART.  296.  In  the  cases  referred  to  in  subdivisions  III  and  IV  of 
article  293,  the  custom  house  collector  shall  grant  the  corresponding 
permit,  giving  immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  Treasury  Department. 

The  remaining  articles  of  said  Chapter  VIII  refer  to  the  manner 
in  which  mei'chandise  may  be  carried  in  and  unloaded  from  vessels 
engaged  in  the  coasting  trade. 

Chapter  IX  treats  "  Of  exportation  in  general" 

Its  first  two  sections  are  as  follows: — 

ART.  321.  All  national  products,  articles  and  manufactures  are 
free  from  duty  on  their  exportation,  with  exception  of  those  that 
may  be  specially  assessed  by  the  laws. 

ART.  322.  The  exportation  of  national  antiquities  is  prohibited. 

The  remaining  articles  of  said  Chapter  IX  give  the  rules  and 
regulations  for  all  exportation,  from  the  ports  of  the  republic. 

Chapter  X  treats  of  the  '•'•Transit  of  national  or  nationalized 
•merchandise  across  foreign  territory"  and  Chapter  XI  of  the  "Return 
of  national  merchandise  coming  from  abroad."  In  Chapter  XII, 
entitled  "  Introduction  into  the  interior  of  foreign  merchandise 
coming  from  ports  of  entry,"  and  in  Chapter  XIII,  which  treats  of 
the  "Introduction  of  foreign  merchandise  for  its  examination 
in  places  in  the  interior  of  the  republic,"  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions relating  to  those  subjects  are  laid  down. 

Chapter  XIV,  entitled  "  International  transit  of  foreign    mer- 
chandise through  the  territory  of  the  republic,"  begins  as  follows: — 
ART.  368.  The  international  transit  of  foreign  goods  through  the 
territory  of  the  republic  is  permitted,  in  conformity  with  the  regu- 
lations laid  down  in  this  chapter. 

ART.  369.  All  merchandise  destined  for  transit  through  the  terri- 
tory of  the  republic  must  necessarily  make  its  entrance  and  de- 


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parture   thi-ough  the  points  previously  designated   by  the  general 
government. 

ART.  370.  Goods  for  transit  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  corre- 
sponding consular  invoices  in  the  form  and  terms  prescribed  for  the 
trade  of  importation,  in  the  articles  of  this  law  relative  thereto: 
and  the  officers  at  the  port  or  frontier  custom  house  through  which 
they  shall  enter,  shall  observe  the  same  formalities  with  reference 
thereto  that  this  law  prescribes  for  the  articles  intended  for  con- 
sumption in  the  republic. 

The  remaining  articles  of  said  Chapter  XIV  fully  explain  the 
proceedings  for  effecting  the  transit  of  foreign  merchandise  through 
the  territory  of  the  republic. 

Chapter  XV  treats  "  Of  warehouses  for  the  deposit  of  foreign 
goods;"  the  manner  of  establishing  and  the  rules  to  govern  said 
warehouses  and  the  goods  deposited  therein. 

Chapter  XVI  relates  to  "Frontier  custom  houses."  Its  first  sec- 
tion, entitled  "Traffic  in  General"  may  be  translated  as  follows: — 

ART.  443.  Traffic  through  the  frontiers  of  the  republic  cannot 
take  place,  excepting  through  the  points  where,  frontier  custom  houses 
may  be  established,  and  through  the  paths  and  fords  designated  by 
the  collectors  of  the  corresponding  custom  houses. 

ART.  444.  Railroad  trains  carry  ing  freight  cars  or  empty  flat  cars, 
cannot  cross  the  Mexican  frontier,  excepting  from  five  o'clock  in  the 
morning  till  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  from  the  15th  of  April  t 
to  the  15th  of  September,  and  from  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  till 
four  in  the  afternoon  from  the  Itith  of  September  to  the  14th  of 
April. 

ART.  445.  Trains  carrying  passengers  only  may  be  permitted  to 
cross  till  ten  o'clock  at  night;  but  the  custom  house  must  keep  the 
baggage  cars  in  deposit  to  be  examined  on  the  following  day,  at  the 
hour  for  their  dispatch,  and  will  only  permit  the  passengers  to  carry 
with  them  the  small  packages  of  baggage  that  they  bring  in  their 
hands. 

ART.  446.  A  train  may  also  be  permitted  to  ci-oss  at  some  other 
time  of  the  day  or  night  in  case  of  urgent  necessity  for  the  public 
servic-;,  but  only  by  virtue  of  a  special  order  from  the  executive  of 
the  Union,  communicated  by  the  Treasury  Department. 

ART.  447.   At  the   places  on  the  frontier    where   there  may  be    . 


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tramways  for  Intel-national  transit,  such  tramways  shall  be  subject 
to  the  prescriptions  of  article  445.  After  ten  o'clock  at  night  the 
transit  can  only  be  permitted  by  the  collector  of  the  corresponding 
custom  house,  but  he  must  give  notice  to  the  Treasury  Department 
that  he  has  granted  such  permit. 

.  ART.  448.  Public  hacks  and  private  carriages  shall  be  subject  to 
what  is  provided  in  article  445,  and  it  is  only  the  custom  house 
collectors  who  may  permit  political  authorities  and  their  agents,  and 
the  physicians  of  both  towns,  to  cross  at  any  time  of  the  night,  pro- 
viding, however,  that  no  one  shall  be  exempt  from  the  fiscal  regu- 
lations established  by  this  law. 

ART.  449.  Traffic  through  the  paths  and  fords  designated  by  the 
corresponding  custom  houses,  where  boats,  canoes,  horses,  and  mules, 
and  common  wagons,  etc.,  are  employed,  shall  only  be  permitted 
from  the  break  of  day  till  nightfall,  at  any  season  of  the  year. 

The  infringement  of  this  prescription  shall  be  punished  in  con- 
formity with  the  articles  of  this  Ordinance  relative  to  clandestine 
traffic. 

ART.  450.  Tramway  companies,  carriages,  and  other  means  of 
international  transportation  of  passengers,  are  obliged  to  announce 
by  means  of  notices  placed  within  their  conveyances  that  it  is  not 
permitted  to  carry  therein  any  merchandise,  unless  accompanied  by 
the  corresponding  custom  house  document!-;  Ilie  conductor  srd 
their  conveyances  being  subject,  in  case  of  an  infraction,  to  the 
•penalties  established  for  smuggling. 

ART.  451.  The  owners  of  cars  for  transportation  of  merchandise 
that  pass  them  from  foreign  to  Mexican  territoi-y  within  a  stated 
time,  shall  solicit  from  the  custom  house  collector  the  proper  permit 
therefor,  and  execute  a  bond  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  officer, 
for  the  importation  duties  that  may  be  applicable  thereto,  so  that 
in  case  they  shall  not  have  returned  them  to  the  starting-place 
within  the  time  granted,  the  bond  shall  be  enforced.  The  time 
granted  by  the  custom  house  collectors  shall  merely  be  that  strictly 
necessary  to  facilitate  the  operations  of  international  trade  in  which 
they  may  be  engaged,  and  shall,  in  no  instance,  exceed  a  period  of 
eight  days. 

ART.  452.  Persons  who  may  come  from  abroad  for  the  purpose  of 
making  surveys,  mining  explorations,  etc.,  and  bring  with  them 


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wagons,  carriages,  tools,  or  instruments  for  their  investigations,  and 
ask  a  permit  to  go  into  the  interior  of  the  country,  may  obtain  it 
from  the  Treasury  Department,  if  the  latter  deems  proper  to  grant 
it;  provided  they  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
corresponding  custom  house  collector,  conditioned  that  if,  at  the  ter- 
mination of  the  period  stated  by  the  Treasury  Department,  the  re- 
exportation has  not  been  made,  the  duties  that  may  have  been 
assessed  on  the  arrival  of  the  articles  shall  be  collected. 

ART.  453.  Wagons  and  carriages,  and  their  teams  or  spans  of 
animals  that  may  be  taken  into  the  interior  of  the  republic  in  con- 
formity with  the  privilege  granted  in  the  foregoing  article,  shall  be 
described  as  accurately  as  possible  in  the  bond  that  may  be  executed, 
so  that  they  can  be  identified  when  they  are  re-exported. 

ART.  454.  It  is  unequivocally  forbidden  to  the  owners  of  wagons 
and  carriages  taken  into  the  interior  of  the  republic,  under  the  terms 
stated  in  articles  451  and  452,  to  use  them  for  hire  to  carry  mer- 
chandise or  passengers  within  the  republic  in  mines,  farms,  roads,  or 
towns.  Should  this  prohibition  be  violated,  the  bond  shall  be  en- 
forced. 

ART.  455.  The  collectors  of  the  corresponding  custom  houses  may 
grant  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  Mexican  frontiers  a  temporary  per- 
mit in  writing,  to  pass  to  foreign  territory  their  wagons  or  carriages, 
it  being  necessary  to  accurately  describe  in  the  permit  the  convey- 
ances and  their  teams  or  spans  of  animals.  If,  after  the  expiration 
of  the  period  granted,  the  parties  concerned  have  not  returned 
them  to  their  starting-place,  the  permit  for  their  return  shall  be- 
come void,  and  thereafter  they  cannot  be  returned,  except  upon  the 
payment  of  the  corresponding  duties  as  foreign  articles. 

ART.  456.  Should  there  arise  a  material  impossibility  to  comply 
with  the  prescriptions  of  articles  451,  452,  and  453,  owing  to  supe- 
rior force  duly  proven,  the  Treasury  Department  shall  determine 
what  it  may  deem  just  in  the  premises. 

Section  II  of  said  Chapter  XVI  treats  of  "Transportation  of 
foreign  merchandise  through  frontier  custom  houses,"  and  may  be 
translated  as  follows: — 

AKT.  457.  All  merchandise  imported  through  any  one  of  the  in- 
ternational railways  must  be  accompanied  by  the  corresponding 
manifests  and  consular  invoices,  as  is  stated  in  articles  23  and  44  of 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  53 

this  Ordinance,  and  must  contain  all  the  requisites  stated  in  models 
45  and  46. 

These  manifests  do  not  require  a  consular  certificate. 

ART.  458.  Shippers  of  articles  who  employ  some  other  means  of 
transportation,  must  accompany  the  articles  sent  with  the  proper 
consular  invoice,  excepting  in  case  of  small  importations,  to  which 
reference  is  made  in  article  468  of  this  Ordinance. 

ART.  459.  The  conductor  of  a  freight  train,  upon  arriving  to 
national  territory,  shall  deliver  to  the  chief,  inspector  or  to  the  of- 
ficer who  may  perform  his  duties,  a  general  manifest,  in  accordance 
with  model  No.  45,  of  all  the  packages  that  he  brings,  stating  the 
number  and  mark  of  the  freight  and  flat  car  loaded  and  those  empty, 
if  the  train  brings  any,  and  a  list  of  the  packages  with  inflammable 
materials,  in  conformity  with  model  No.  5. 

The  chief  inspector  shall  immediately  deliver  the  documents  to 
the  custom  house  collector,  together  with  a  note  stating  the  hour  of 
the  arrival  of  the  train  and  any  other  circumstance  which  he  may 
deem  of  interest. 

ART.  460.  Should  the  manifest  be  not  delivered  upon  the  arrival 
of  the  train,  such  failure  shall  be  punished  by  a  tine  not  to  exceed 
$500,  in  the  discretion  of  the  custom  house  collector  and  with  the 
approval  of  the  Treasury  Department.  The  failure  of  presentation 
of  a  list  of  inflammable  articles  shall  be  punished  with  a  fine  not  to 
exceed  $50.  \ 

ART.  461.  The  consignee  of  the  train  named  in  the  manifest,  has 
the  duty  to  present  to  the  custom  house  within  twenty- four  hours 
after  the  arrival  of  the  articles,  a  simple  copy  of  said  manifest, 
which  will  be  preserved  by  the  custom  house  in  its  archives,  while 
the  original  is  used  to  prove  the  account  relative  thereto. 

ART.  462.  As  soon  as  the  custom  house  collector  deems  it  con- 
venient, he  may  order  that  the  packages  be  unloaded,  for  which 
purpose  a  division  of  inspectors  shall  make  a  list  of  the  marks  and 
numbers  of  each  one  of  the  packages,  so  that  after  the  train  is  un- 
loaded, the  list  so  made  may  be  compared  with  the  general  manifest. 

ART.  463.  Whenever  there  are  differences  owing  to  a  lack  or  ex- 
cess of  packages  when  unloading  the  train,  th«  prescriptions  of 
articles  125,  126,  and  127  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  carried  out, 
with  the  modification  of  time,  as  laid  down  in  article  465. 


54  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

ART.  464.  Packages  containing  explosive,  inflammable,  or  corro- 
sive matters  shall  have  a  label  that  may  state  the  same  in  large 
letters,  the  provisions  of  article  85  of  this  Ordinance  being  appli- 
cable to  this  class  of  articles. 

ART.  465.  Conductors  or  consignees  of  the  train  have  the  power 
to  add  or  amend  their  manifest  within  twenty-four  hours  immedi- 
ately after  the  arrival  of  the  goods. 

These  additions  or  amendments  shall  be  passed  upon  by  the  collec- 
tors of  the  custom  houses,  in  accordance  with  the  prescriptions  of 
article  124  of  this  Ordinance,  and  they  must  be  presented  in  dupli- 
cate and  in  writing,  one  of  the  copies  to  have  revenvie  stamps  of 
the  value  of  twenty-five  cents. 

ART.  466.  Consignees  of  merchandise  shall  have  the  power  of 
making  additions  and  amendments  to  their  consular  invoices  within 
the  time  stated  in  the  foregoing  article.  These  amendments  must 
be  presented  in  quadruplicate,  one  of  such  copies  to  have  revenue 
stamps  of  the  value  of  twenty-five  cents,  and  must  contain  the  other 
requisites  mentioned  in  article  137  of  this  Ordinance. 

These  additions  and  amendments  shall  be  passed  upon  by  the 
custom  house  collectors,  in  accordance  with  the  prescriptions  of 
articles  130  and  133  of  this  law,  complying  in  all  particulars  with 
Chapter  IV  thereof. 

ART.  467.  In  order  to  dispatch  the  merchandise,  consignees  must 
present  their  respective  petitions  in  the  terms  stated  in  articles  147 
to  150  of  this  Ordinance,  and  the  custom  house  when  it  receives 
them  shall  act  as  is  shown  in  section  I  of  Chapter  V  of  the  same 
Ordinance;  the  dispatching  of  the  merchandise  being  made  in  strict 
accordance  with  the  prescriptions  of  said  chapter. 

ART.  468.  Small  importations  of  foreign  merchandise  coming 
from  towns  situated  opposite  to  the  Mexican  custom  house,  and 
destined  for  consumption  in  frontier  towns,  when  the  duties  due 
on  the  merchandise  sent  at  one  time  do  not  exceed  the  sum  of  $100, 
shall  be  made  by  virtue  of  "importation  permits"  to  be  issued  by 
the  corresponding  custom  house. 

ART.  469.  In  order  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing 
article,  the  following  rules  should  be  observed : — 

I.  Importers  shall  present  a  petition  in  quadruplicate  to  the 
custom  house  collector,  in  accordance  with  model  No.  47.  In  these 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  55 

petitions  the  merchandise  shall  be  described,  by  complying  with  all 
the  requisites  that  article  44  of  the  Ordinance  exacts  with  reference 
to  consular  invoices,  each  leaf  thereof  of  legal  size  to  have  revenue 
stamps  of  the  value  of  twenty-five  cents. 

II.  The  custom  house  collector  shall  place  on  the  stamped  peti- 
tion a  note  in  the  following  words:  "Let  it  pass  to  the  controller  for 
revision  and  comparison"  and  the  latter  shall  subscribe  his  approve)] 
if  everything  is  in  order,  but  should  something  be  wanting,  the  per- 
mit shall  not  be  granted,  and  the  party  concerned  shall  be  instructed 
to  make  his  petitions  anew,  either  because  they  differ  among  them- 
selves or  because  they  lack  the  information  necessary  for  the  adjust, 
ment  of  the  duties,  all  of   which  shall  be  explained  to  the  party 
concerned. 

III.  If  the  petitions  are  correct,  the  controller  shall  place  on  the 
original,  which  is  the  stamped  one,  the  number  which  in  its  order 
may  correspond  thereto,  by  taking  it  from  a  stub  book,  which  for 
that  purpose  the  custom  houses  will  receive,  properly  stamped  by 
the  Treasury  Department,  by  registering  on  that  portion  of  the  stub 
which  should  remain  on  the  book  all  the  data  therein   stated,  and 
shall  send  such  petitions  to  the  custom  house  collector,  in  order  that 
said  official  may  write  his  signature  under  the  words,  "  The  importa- 
tion is  allowed." 

IV.  When  the  permits  are   issued,  the  parties   concerned  must 
present  them  to  the  Mexican  consul  or  consular  agent  resident  in 
the  foreign  town  opposite  to  the  Mexican  custom   house,  in  order 
that  they  may  be  certified  in  the  following  manner:  "  This  permit 

was  presented  in written  folios, and  contains packages" 

with  the  date,  signature  of  the  consul  or  consular  agent  and  seal  of 
the  consulate. 

V.  When  the  certificate   is  issued,  the  consuls  shall    return  to 
the  parties  concerned,  one  of  the  copies  of  the  permit,  which  shall 
serve  as  consular  invoice  for  the  purposes  of  the  importation. 

VI.  All  merchandise  accompanied  by  the  corresponding  permit 
for  importation,  shall  be  presented  to  the  watchman  at  the  custom 
house  gate  where  the  entry  is  to  be  effected,  so  that  he  may  com- 
pare the  marks,  numbers,  and  packages  with  the  corresponding  per- 
mit, and  if  he  finds  them  to  be  correct,  he   shall  register  in  a  book 
to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  legalized  by  the  custom  house  officials, 


56  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

the  nun  her  of  the  document,  the  name  of  the  importer,  the  quantity 
of  packages,  the  generic  class  of  the  merchandise  and  the  total  value 
thereof.  Having  done  this,  he  shall  write  on  the  permit  the  follow- 
ing words:  "  Compared  and  registered  on  folios of  the  corre- 
sponding book,"  with  the  date,seal,and  signature  of  the  custom  officer. 

VII.  If  upon  comparing  there  is  a  difference  as  to  the  class  and 
number  of  packages  from  those  stated  in  the  permit,  or  should  the 
watchman  notice  any  other  irregularity,  he  shall  immediately  give 
notice  thereof  in  writing  to  the  custom  house  collector,  and  this  of- 
ficial shall,  like  in  every  other  case,  send  the  articles  to  the  custom 
house  under  the  custody  of  a  customs  inspector. 

VIII.  When  the  merchandise  shall  arrive  at  the  custom  house, 
the  collector  shall  appoint  an  appraiser,  who  may  make  the  examina- 
tion and  dispatch  the  articles,   which  operations  shall  be  carried 
out  by  this  officer  in  strict  accordance  with  the  prescriptions  of  Chap- 
ter V  of  this  law. 

ART.  470.  Importers  of  articles  with  "importation  permits" 
shall  have  the  power  to  amend  and  add  to  such  permits,  provided 
they  do  it  within  twenty-four  hours  after  they  may  have  been  issued, 
and  precisely  befoi'e  the  articles  are  dispatched  by  the  custom  house 

These  amendments  and  additions  must  comply  with  the  require- 
ments of  article  137  of  this  Ordinance,  and  they  shall  be  passed  upon 
in  conformity  with  article  130  thereof. 

ART.  471.  The  "importation permits"  shall  become  void  three  days 
after  their  date,  if  during  that  time  the  merchandise  regarding 
which  the  permits  were  granted,  shall  not  have  been  introduced  into 
the  country;  but  in  that  case  the  parties  concerned  are  obliged  to 
return  them  to  the  custom  house,  stating  at  the  bottom  thereof,  and 
under  their  signature,  that  they  desist  from  making  the  importation. 

ART.  472.  Any  importers  who  do  not  comply  with  the  prescrip- 
tions of  the  foregoing  article  shall  not  thereafter  be  granted  any 
"importation  permits"  until  they  return  those  that  the  custom 
house  issued  and  became  void. 

Should  it  be  impossible  to  return  such  documents,  because  they 
may  have  been  mislaid  or  owing  to  superior  force,  the  parties  con- 
cerned must  so  state  it,  under  writing,  to  the  custom  house  so  as  not 
to  incur  in  the  penalty  prescribed  in  this  article. 

ART.  473.  At  the  end  of  every  month,  when  the  consuls  shall, 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  57 

in  compliance  with  what  is  prescribed  in  article  73  of  this  Ordinance, 
transmit  to  the  proper  frontier  custom  house  the  statement  and 
original  of  the  permits  which,  they  may  have  certified,  tlie  latter  office 
shall  make  the  corresponding  revision,  declaring  void  those  which,  ac- 
cording to  the  prescriptions  of  article  471,  may  have  become  null. 

ART.  474.  All  the  failures  incurred  in  by  the  importers  in  the 
preparation  of  their  documents,  as  well  as  the  cases  of  fraud  and 
smuggling,  shall  be  punished  in  conformity  with  the  prescriptions  of 
this  Ordinance. 

Section  III  of  Chapter  XVI  treats  of  the  "Introduction  of  for- 
eign merchandise  coming  from  frontier  custom  houses." 

Section   IV  of  said   Chapter  XVI  is   as  follows: 

Of  passengers  and  their  baggage  at  the  frontier  custom  houses  on 
entering  the  country. 

ART.  479.  Upon  the  arrival  of  a  passenger  train  at  the  Mexican 
frontier,  the  head  of  the  division  of  inspectors  established  at  the  rail- 
way station  shall  direct  one  or  more  inspectors  to  board  the  cars  and 
examine  the  packages  which  the  passengers  may  carry  by  hand, 
placing  in  those  already  examined  and  that  do  not  contain  any 
articles  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties,  a  ticket  or  tag  with  the 
following  inscription,  "Dispatched  by  the  inspectors  of  the  custom. 

house  at "  When  some  of  such  packages 

contain  articles  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties,  they  shall  be  taken 
under  the  care  of  the  officer  who  makes  the  examination,  to  the 
place  dedicated  to  tlie  dispatch  of  baggage,  where  the  passenger 
shall  immediately  prepare  a  statement  in  writing,  in  the  form  shown 
in  model  No.  24,  with  the  information  which  he  can  obtain,  for  the 
adjustment  of  the  duties.  Printed  blanks  of  these  statements  shall 
be  kept  at  the  custom  houses,  so  as  to  give  them  to  the  passengers 
whenever  it  may  be  required. 

ART.  480.  Until  the  examination  of  the  packages  which  the 
passengers  may  carry  by  hand  is  concluded,  no  package  can  be  taken 
out  of  the  train. 

ART.  481.  All  the  baggage  carried  in  the  baggage  car  of  the  train 
shall  be  unloaded  at  the  place  designated  for  such  purpose,  at  the 
expense  of  the  railroad. 

ART.  482.  The  unloading  of  the  baggage  shall  be  done  in  presence 
of  one  of  the  inspectors  appointed  by  the  custom  house  collector, 


58  CUSTOM  HOUSK  ORWNANOK. 

and  this  officer  is  obliged,  when  that  operation  is  finished,  to  visit 
the  car  where  the  baggage  was  placed,  so  as  to  determine  whether 
any  of  the  packages  remain,  without  having  been  taken  to  the  place 
where  the  examination  is  to  take  place. 

ART  483.  Passengers  are  under  the  obligation  of  opening  their 
packages  and  delivering  the  keys  to  open  them,  so  that  the  appraiser 
appointed  by  the  custom  house  collector  may,  together  with  the 
chief  of  the  inspectors,  examine  those  that  may  correspond  to  each 
one  of  them. 

ART.  484.  Before  the  examination  of  the  packages  unloaded  from 
the  baggage  car  is  commenced,  the  passengers  must  state  whether 
they  bring  any  articles  that  are  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties. 
Should  they  state  that  there  are  any,  they  must  make  their  declaration 
in  writing  in  conformity  with  the  prescriptions  of  article  479,  relat- 
ing to  the  small  bundles  carried  by  hand. 

When  it  has  been  stated  that  some  articles  are  subject  to  the  pay- 
ment of  duties,  proceedings  may  be  had  thereon  as  prescribed  in 
article  221. 

ART.  485.  Should  the  owner  of  the  articles  refuse  to  pay  the 
duties  due  thereon,  they  shall  be  sent  to  the  custom  house,  where 
they  may  be  kept  deposited  during  thirty  days.  After  that  time 
has  elapsed,  without  their  being  claimed,  they  shall  be  sold  at  public 
auction,  and  the  balance  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale,  after  deducting 
the  importation  duties,  warehouse  and  other  expenses,  shall  be  kept 
in  deposit  to  be  returned  to  the  owner  of  the  merchandise,  as  is 
stated  in  Chapter  XX  of  this  Ordinance. 

ART.  486.  As  the  various  pieces  of  baggage  are  dispatched,  the 
inspector  designated  by  the  custom  house  shall  fix  upon  each  pack- 
age a  ticket  or  tag  with  this  inscription,  "Examined  at  the  custom 

house  of ,"  whilst  the  watchman  at  the 

door  shall  permit  that  the  packages  dispatched  be  taken  out  and 
shipped. 

ART.  487.  If  when  the  baggage  is  dispatched  some  package  re- 
mains, on  which  no  request  for  examination  has  been  made,  the 
appraiser  or  inspector  shall  order  that  it  be  taken  to  the  custom 
house  under  the  care  of  one  of  the  inspectors,  who  may  be  on  duty 
at  the  railway  station. 

ART.  488.  The  custom  house  collector,  upon  receiving  the  package 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  59 

or  packages  sent  by  the  appraiser,  shall  order  that  before  they  are 
,  deposited  in  the  custom  house,  they  may  be  tied  up  crosswise  with 
wire  with  lead  seals  affixed  on  their  extreme  ends. 

ART.  489.  If  a  piece  of  baggage  remains  in  the  warehouses  of  the 
custom  house  during  six  months  without  being  claimed,  the  pack- 
ages shall  be  opened  and  the  articles  contained  therein  shall  be 
examined;  the  custom  house  collector  will  then  order  that  the  ar- 
ticles be  sold  at  public  auction  and  proceedings  had  thereon  in 
conformity  with  the  prescriptions  of  Chapter  XX  of  this  Ordinance. 

ART.  490.  Both  in  cases  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  article,  as  in 
those  stated  in  articles  45,  118,  119,  and  235,  the  custom  house 
collector  shall  order  that  public  notice  be  given  to  the  owners  of  the 
articles  detained,  by  publishing  advertisements  thereof  in  the  news- 
papers of  the  place,  stating  the  time  when  they  shall  be  sold  at  public 
auction. 

ART.  491.  When  the  owner  of  a  piece  of  baggage  refuses  to  open 
it  for  its  examination,  the  package  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  ware- 
houses, to  be  deposited  therein,  and  proceedings  had  thereon  in  con- 
formity with  the  prescriptions  of  article  485  of  this  chapter,  the 
penalty  of  double  duties  to  be  applied  if  it  is  found  to  contain  arti- 
cles for  trade. 

ART.  492.  The  inhabitants  of  the  towns  situated  along  the  fron- 
tiers shall  not  be  considered  as  passengers,  owing  to  their  simple 
transit  between1  the  frontier  towns  of  the  republic,  and  those  of 
foreign  countries,  and  in  such  cases  they  shall  not  be  entitled  to  en- 
joy the  prerogatives  granted  under  article  224  of  this  Ordinance,  re- 
garding baggages;  free  passage  being  granted  only  to  the  articles 
that  in  the  discretion  of  the  corresponding  custom  house  collectors 
may  be  indispensable  for  such  transit. 

ART.  493.  The  inhabitants  and  passers  by  along  the  foreign  front- 
iers shall  be  permitted  to  cross  to  Mexican  territory  with  a  horse  or 
carriage,  without  requiring  the  payment  of  duties  therefor,  provided 
that  the  person  bringing  it  comes  with  the  special  object  of  return- 
ing on  the  same  horse  or  carriage  on  the  same  or  following  day. 

ART.  494.  The  inhabitants  of  the  Mexican  frontier  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  cross  into  foreign  territory  with  a  horse  or  carriage,  with- 
out exacting  therefor  the  formalities  in  cases  of  exportation,  nor  re- 
garding importation  on  their  return,  if  made  within  a  period  not  to 


518? 


60  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

exceed  eight  days.  The  permit  shall  contain  an  exact  description 
of  the  carriage,  horses  and  harness,  for  their  identification  upon 
their  return. 

If  under  cover  of  this  privilege  a  substitution  of  horses,  carriages, 
or  harness  should  be  made  in  foreign  territory,  in  order  to  introduce 
them  fraudulently  upon  the  return  to  the  republic,  the  penalties  pre- 
scribed by  this  Ordinance  for  cases  of  fraud  shall  be  applied  to  the 
infringer. 

ART.  495.  Besides  the  special"  proceedings  prescribed  in  this 
chapter,  in  other  matters  compliance  shall  be  had  of  the  prescrip- 
tions contained  in  section  V  of  Chapter  V  of  this  Ordinance. 

Chapter  XVII  of  the  law  treats  of  "Revenue  stamps;"  Chapter 
XVIII  relates  to  the  "  Violations  of  the  law  and  penalties ;"  Chap- 
ter XIX  regulates  "Law proceedings"  under  the  Ordinance;  Chapter 
XX  prescribes  rules  for  the  "  Sale  of  merchandise  at  public  auction, 
and  Chapter  XXI  prescribes  the  rules  for  the  "Disposal  of  the 
penalties  imposed  for  infractions  of  this  law." 

Chapter  XXII  of  the  law  treats  of  the  "Free  Zone."  The  first 
articles  of  the  first  section  of  said  chapter  entitled  "Special  Conces- 
sions" are  as 'follows: — 

ART.  675.  By  Free  Zone  is  understood  a  strip  of  national  terri~ 
tory  which  extends  along  the  northern  frontier  of  the  republic,  in 
the  States  of  Tamaulipas,  Coahuila,  Chihuahua,  Sonora,  and  Terri- 
tory of  Lower  California,  from  Matamoros  to  Tiajuana,  stretching 
twenty  kilometers  in  width  towards  the  interior,  starting  from  the 
frontier  line. 

ART.  676.  As  special  concession  to  the  Free  Zone  all  arti- 
cles imported  by  its  inhabitants  for  consumption  within  said  zone 
shall  pay  for  importation  duties  ten  per  cent  of  the  amount  stated 
in  the  tariff  of  this  Ordinance,  excepting  in  case  of  cattle  subject  to 
the  payment  of  duties,  regarding  which  the  entire  amount  of  duties 
shall  be  levied. 

Merchandise  which  according  to  the  law  has  to  pay  the  interior 
income  tax,  shall  be  subject  to  the  payment  of  this  entire  tax,  calcu- 
lated upon  the  importation  duties  in  conformity  with  the  tarift'  and 
additions  made  thereto,  in  the  terms  stated  in  article  505  of  this 
Ordinance,  because  the  concession  granted  by  this  article  only  refers 
to  importation  duties. 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE.  61 

ART.  677.  The  importation  of  foreign  articles  for  consumption  in 
the  Free  Zone  shall  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  prescriptions 
of  this  Ordinance  regarding  frontier  custom  houses,  and  such  foreign 
merchandise  cannot  be  introduced  into  said  Zone,  excepting  through 
the  custom  houses  for  the  general  entry  of  merchandise. 

In  the  dispatch  of  said  articles  the  following  rules  must  be  ob- 
served : — 

I.  The  consignees  must  present  their  petitions  in  conformity  with 
the  prescriptions  of  Chapter  V  of  this  Ordinance.     Only  in  cases  of 
small  importations   accompanied    by  an    "importation  permit,"  to 
which  reference  is  had  in  article  468  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  the 
consignees  be  exempted  from  the  obligation  of  preparing  petitions 
for  the  dispatch  of  merchandise,  the  presentation  of  the  correspond- 
ing "permit"  being  sufficient  for  that  purpose. 

II.  After  the  necessary  requisites  for  the  documents  are  complied 
with,  and  the  appraiser  is  designated  for  the  examination  and  dis- 
patch of  the  articles,  the  latter  operation  shall  be  made  in  conform- 
ity with  the  prescriptions  of  Chapter  V  of  this  Ordinance. 

The  rest  of  said  section  I  of  Chapter  XXII  regulates  the  manner 
of  ascertaining  the  duties  to  be  paid  and  how  they  are  to  be  distrib- 
uted. 

Section  II  of  said  chapter  treats  of  the  "Transportation  of  for- 
eign goods  within  the  Free  Zone;"  section  III  refers  to  the  "Con- 
sumption of  merchandise  in  those  places  in  which  neither  frontier 
,  custom  house  nor  customs  sections  are  established;"  and  section  IV 
treats  of  the  "  Introduction  into  the  interior  of  the  republic  of 
merchandise  coming  from  the  Free  Zone." 

Chapter  XXIII  is  the  last  of  the  Ordinance,  is  entitled  "  General 
Provisions,"  and  may  be  translated  as  follows: — 

ART.  697.  Collectors  and  employes  of  the  custom  houses  and 
customs  inspections  shall  treat  all  persons  who  have  business  with 
their  offices  with  due  consideration,  and  shall  not  occasion  them 
any  more  delay  than  such  as  is  indispensable  for  the  fulfillment  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance. 

ART.  698.  The  head  watchmen  of  the  warehouses  are  responsible 
for  the  articles  that  mav  be  mislaid  before  they  are  dispatched  by 
the  owners  or  consignees,  if  the  articles  have  been  placed  in  deposit 
in  the  warehouses;  and  the  inspectors,  for  those  that  may  have  re- 


62  CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 

mained  in  their  care  outside  of  the  warehouses.  In  every  case  the 
claim  shall  be  presented  to  the  head  of  the  proper  department. 

ART.  699.  Manifests,  consular  invoices,  and  the  other  custom 
house  documents,  may  be  prepared  by  means  of  reproducing  appa- 
ratus and  systems,  even  if  violet  inks  of  methyl  and  other  anil  nes 
be  used  therein,  provided  the  reproduction  is  sufficiently  distinct 
and  the  writing  plainly  legible. 

ART.  700.  When  any  packages  are  to  be  tied  with  wire  and  sealed 
up,  an  employe  of  the  customs  inspection  shall  watch  the  operation 
of  placing  the  wires,  both  in  order  that  they  may  see  that  each 
package  is  well  secured,  and  to  prevent  that,  through  a  defect  in  the 
tying,  they  might  easily  become  unfastened,  owing  to  the  operations 
required  for  their  transportation. 

ART.  701.  All  the  expenses  of  moving  and  fastening  the  packages 
shall  be  on  account  of  the  parties  concerned,  who  shall  furthermore 
pay  to  the  custom  house  the  value  of  the  lead  seals  at  the  rate  of 
five  cents  apiece. 

ART.  702.  For  the  purposes  of  this  law  all  merchandise  must  be 
considered  foreign,  if  they  appear  as  such  by  means  of  coverings, 
marks,  or  signs,  even  though  they  may  be  products  or  manufactures 
of  national  origin. 

ART.  703.  The  receipts  of  foreign  merchandise  through  postal 
pai-cels  shall  be  regulated  by  the  prescriptions  of  the  corresponding 
Postal  Conventions,  and  of  the  regulations  issued  by  the  Interior 
and  Treasury  Departments. 

ART.  704.  The  Treasury  Department  is  authorized  to  diminish  in 
exceptional  cases,  and  when  justice  may  demand  it,  the  penalties  that 
this  Ordinance  imposes,  and  even  to  release  from  them  those  who 
may  have  committed  some  violation  thereof. 

ART.  705.  All  laws  and  regulations  that  may  contravene  the  ful- 
fillment of  this  Ordinance  are  repealed. 


CUSTOM  HOUSE  ORDINANCE. 


63 


TABLE  OF  MONEY  VALUES 

(Applicable  to  Art.  78  of  the  Ordinance  of  Maritime  and  Fron- 
tier Custom  Houses),  showing;  the  Equivalents  of  Different 
Foreign  Coins,  as  Compared  with  the  Mexican  Peso  (Dol- 
lar), which  is  the  monetary  unit  of  the  Republic. 


COUNTRIES. 

COIN. 

METALS. 

Equivalents 
in  Mexican 
dollars 
and  cents. 

Argentine  Republic  .... 

Dollar  

Gold  and  silver.  . 

$1  00 

Austria. 

Florin  

Silver  

0  50 

Belgium  .      .    .            

Franc  .  .  .'  

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

Bolivia  

Bolivian  

Silver  

0  90 

Brazil 

Milreis 

Gold. 

0  55 

British  America. 

Dollar.. 

Gold.              ..    . 

1  00 

Central  America,. 

Dollar  

Silver  

0  90 

Chile 

Dollar  . 

olold  and  silver.  . 

0  95 

China    .  .  . 

Tael  . 

Silver. 

1  25 

Colombia  

Dollar.. 

Silver  

0  90 

Cuba  

Dollar  

Gold  and  silver.  . 

1  00 

Denmark  .        

Crown 

Gold  

/         0  27 

Ecuador      

Dollar  .  . 

Silver  

0  90 

Egypt  .  .              

Piaster  

Gold  

0  05 

•JiVance  

Franc 

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

Germany  

Mark      

Gold  

0  25 

Great  Britain  

Pound  sterlin1* 

Gold  

5  00 

Greece  .  .       

Dracon  

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

Haiti  

Gourde  

Gold  and  silver.  . 

1  00 

India                  .... 

Rupee 

Silver  

0  40 

Italy  .            

Lire  . 

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

Japan  

Yen 

Silver  

1  00 

Netherlands  

Florin  

Gold  and  silver  .  . 

0  40 

Norway  .•  

Crown  . 

Gold  

0  27 

Paraguay  

Silver  

Gold  

1  00 

'Peru  

Sol  

Silver  :  

0  90 

Porto  Rico  

Dollar  

Gold     

1  00 

Portugal  

Milreis  

Gold  

1  08 

Russia.  .        

Ruble 

Silver           

0  70 

Sandwich  Islands  

Dollar.. 

Gold  

1  00 

Spain                  

Peseta* 

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

Dollar 

Gold  and  silver.  . 

1  00 

St.  Thomas  

Dollar.  . 

Gold  and  silver.  . 

1  00 

Sweden  

Crown.  .  .  . 

Gold  

0  27 

Switzerland  

Franc 

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

Turkey.               

Piaster  .         .... 

Gold  

0  05 

United  States  of  America  .... 

Dollar         

Gold  and  silver.  . 

1  00 

Uruguay  .  . 

Patacon 

Gold.    ... 

1  00 

Venezuela  

Bolivar  

Gold  and  silver.  . 

0  20 

64  TARIFF. 

\ 

TARIFF  OF  IMPORTATION  DUTIES. 

GENERAL    RULES    FOR    THE    APPLICATION    OF    THE    TARIFF. 

I.  All  merchandise  annotated  in  the  vocabulary  annexed  to  this 
Ordinance,  shall  pay  the  rate  assigned  in  the  subdivision  to  which 
it  corresponds  in  this  tariff. 

II.  Merchandise  not  comprised  in  the  nomenclature  of  the  tariff 
or  vocabulary  shall  pay  duties  in  conformity  with  section  II  of 
Chapter  V  of  this  Ordinance. 

III.  Merchandise  annotated  in  the  tariff*  or  vocabulary  annexed 
to  this  Ordinance,  with  the  words  "of  all  classes,"  without  having 
after  it  the  exception  "of  those  not  specified,"  shall  pay  the  rate 
corresponding  to  the  subdivision  to  which  they  belong,  even  if  they 
contain  other  materials  which  are  not  gold,  silver,  or  platinum. 

IV.  Manufactures  composed  of  two  or  more  materials,  which  are 
not  expressly  specified  in  the  tariff  or  vocabulary,  shall  pay  the  rate* 
corresponding  to  the  material  that  exists  in  a  large  amount  in  such 
manufactures,  excepting  those  that  contain  ornaments  or  accesso- 
ries of  gold,  silver,  or  platinum. 

V.  When  a  manufactured  article  made  up  of  several  things  quoted 
in  the  tariff  or  vocabulary  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  come  unmounted* 
and  each  thing  is  referred  to  separately  in  the  invoice,  even  if  all 
are  found  in  the  same  package,  provided  that  the  weight  of  each  of 
those  things  can  be  ascertained,  the  duties  payable  thereon  shall  be 
adjusted  in  conformity  with  those  which  correspond  to  each  one  of 
them. 

VI.  Scientific  instruments,  such  as  barometers,  thermometers,  or 
others,  which  may  come  affixed  to  some  manufactured  article  such 
as  statues,  candelabra,  inkstands,  watches,  etc.,  shall  pay  the  duties 
that  are  applicable  to  the  article  of  which  they  form  a  part. 

VII.  Mirrors  which  form  part  of  a  piece  of  furniture  are  those 
which  constitute  an  essential  portion  thereof,  and  that  could  not  be 
separated  from  it  without  becoming  incomplete;  therefore  mirrors 
cannot  be  considered  part  of  furniture  such  as  those  that  are  placed 
on  side  tables,  are  in  no  way  affixed  to  the  piece  of  furniture,  and 
may  be  used  entirely  by  themselves. 


TARIFF.  65 

VIII.  By  net  weight  must  be  understood  the  intrinsic  weight  of 
the  merchandise,  without  the  interior  casings,   packages  or    wrap- 
pings. 

IX.  By  legal  weight  must  be  understood  the  weight  of  the  goods 
including  only  the  interior  casings,  wrappings,  casks,  boxes  of  card- 
board, wood,  or  tin  in  which  they  may  be  packed  inside  of  the  ex- 
terior box,  which  serves  as  the  outside  or  general  receptacle. 

When  goods  taxed  on  the  legal  weight  have  no  interior  covering, 
but  come  simply  with  an  exterior  package,  the  intrinsic  weight  of 
the  merchandise  must  be  considered  its  legal  weight.  In  ascertain- 
ing the  legal  weight,  no  account  shall  be  taken  of  the  straw  or  shav- 
ings with  which  the  articles  may  have  been  packed  within  the  ex- 
terior or  general  case,  nor  of  the  legal  weight  of  the  latter. 

X.  By  gross  weight  must  be  understood  the  weight  of  the  mer- 
chandise with  all  its  wrappings  and  cases,  interior  and    exterior, 
without  allowance  for  packing,  filling,  or  hoops. 

When  a  package  contains  several  articles  taxed  on  the  gross 
weight,  the  custom  house  will  apportion  the  tare  among  them  ac- 
cording to  their  respective  legal  weight,  complying,  however,  with 
what  is  prescribed  in  article  50  of  this  Ordinance. 

XI.  Articles   which  are    taxed    on    the    gross   weight  shall    pay 
duties  upon  the  total   weight  of  the  merchandise,  when  they  come 
without  wrappings  or  packages  or  are  contained  in  cases  which  are 
assessable. 

•  XII.  When  manufactured  articles  having  fringes  are  dutiable  on 
the  square  meter,  the  measurement  shall  include  such  fringes.  If 
they  are  dutiable  according  to  weight,  the  weight  must  include  that 
of  the  fringe. 

XIII.  -By  ordinary  casings  or  wrappings  are  understood  the  flasks, 
earthen  or  glass  bottles  or  receptacles,  iron,  zinc,  copper,  and  lead 
cases,  boxes  of  wooden,  pasteboard,  tin,  etc.,  which  are  appropriate 
to  the  merchandise  which  they  may  contain,  and  do  not  by  them- 
selves constitute  a  merchandise  giving  greater  value  to  the  contents, 
or  which  may  be  used  separately  without  it. 

When  merchandise  contained  in  ordinary  casings  or  wrappings 
pays  duties  on  the  net  weight,  number,  or  measurement,  such  casings 
or  wrappings  shall  not  pay  any  importation  duties. 

If    the  merchandise  contained  is   that  taxed  on  the  legal  or    on 


66  TARIFF. 

the  gross  weight,  then  the  said  ordinary  casings  or  wrappings  shall 
pay  the  duties  correspomding  to  the  merchandise  contained  therein. 

XIV.  Casings  or  wrappings  which  are  not  of  the  customary  class 
stated  in  the  foregoing  subdivision,  and  are  plainly  shown  not  to 
correspond    to    the  merchandise  which    they  contain,  but  that   by 
themselves  have  a  merchantable  value,  either  because  they  constitute 
a  fashionable  casing  or  wrapping,  or  because  they  have  a  different 
application    to  that  to  which  they  are  then  placed,  shall  pay  the 
duties  corresponding  thereto,  and  must  be  stated  in  the  invoice  so 
as  to  be  taxed. 

XV.  When  articles  taxed  in  the  tariff'  come  serving  as  exterior 
casings  or  wrappings,  such   as  boxes  for  coin,  trunks,  valises,  furni- 
ture, etc.,  they  shall  pay  their  corresponding  duties,  but  in  this  case 
no  tare  shall  be  taken  into  account. 

XVI.  Cloths  .which  come  as  wrappings  to  the  merchandise  in  the 
interior  of  the  packages,  shall  be  stated  in  the  invoices  and  pay  the 
duties  corresponding  thereon  in  conformity  with  the  tariff,  no  matter 
what  their  amount  and  class  may  be,  excepting  impermeable,  tarred, 
or  waxed  cloths  which  are  merely  used  for  the  purpose  of  protect- 
ing the  merchandise  from  the  exterior  dampness,  and  may  come  in 
an  amount  indispensable  for  such  purpose. 

XVII.  Cloths  and  articles  of  linen,  hemp,  or  analogous  vegetable 
fibers,  with  a  mixture  of  cotton  in  any  proportion,  not  determined 
in  this  Tariff  or  the  Vocabulary  annexed  hereto,  shall  pay  the  duty 
which  corresponds  to  cloths  or  articles  of  pure  linen. 

XVIII.  Cloths  of  wool  with  mixture  of  any  material  which  is  not 
fine  metal,  as  well  as  those  which  contain  in  the  texture  a  mixture  of 
cotton,  linen,  flax,  or  other  analogous  vegetable  fiber,  in  whatever 
proportion,  shall  pay  the  duty  corresponding  to  the  c)oth,s  of  pure 
wool. 

XIX.  Silk  ribbons  with  mixture  of  cotton,  linen,  or  wools  are 
considered  merely  those  wherein  the  warp  or  woof  is  formed  in  their 
entirety  by  threads  of  cotton,  linen,  or  wool. 

XX.  Cloths  and  articles  of  silk  with  mixture  of  cotton,  linen,  or 
wool  shall  be  considered  those  in  which  the  mixture  is  found  in  the 
texture  or  in  many  portions  thereof.     Those  which  have  said  mix- 
ture only  on  the  edges   shall  pay  the  duties  which  correspond   to 
cloths  or  articles  of  silk. 


TARIFF.  67' 

XXI.  By  dresses  partly  made  are  considered  those  which,  placed 
on  cardboard  or  in  any  other  manner,  are  wrapped  up,  basted,  or 
pinned  in  such  way,  shall  form  a  pattern  of  the  waist  or  skirt  for 
which  they  are  intended,  and  their  ornaments  are  so  appropriate  to 
that  object  that  it  is  plain  that  the  arrangement  constitutes  by  itself' 
a  portion  of  the  merit  of  the  whole.     If  these  conditions  ax-e  want-' 
ing,  when  the  case  refers  to  cloths  wrapped  up  without  the  artistic 
form  of  a  model  and  with  ornaments  apart  or  placed  in  such  a  way 
that  they  might  be  used  separately,  then  duties  shall  be  paid  on  the 
cloth  in  accordance  with  its  class  and  also  those  corresponding  on 
the  ornaments. 

XXII.  Handkerchiefs  of  cotton  or  linen  cloth,  with  plain  texture, 
although  they  have  an  ornamented  or  worked  border,  if  it  is  not 
embroidered  or  in  Spanish   I  ace  work,  shall  be  considered  as  of  plain 
texture. 

Handkerchiefs  having  only  a  small  embroidery  of  cotton,  linen, 
wool,  or  silk  in  one  corner  alone,  shall  be  taxed  as  belonging  to  the 
class  of  texture,  and  not  as  embroidered. 

Handkerchiefs  with  white  background  and  having  merely  a  strip 
of  fringe  in  colors,  shall  be  considered  as  made  of  white  cloth. 

XXIII.  Jewelry  and  every  kind  of  manufactured  articles  which 
may  be  contained  in  cases,  shall  be  placed  in  the  invoice  having  the 
weight  and  class  of  such  cases  separately  stated  so  that  they  may  be 
taxed  respectively. 

,  By  cases  are  to  be  considered  the  wooden  or  cardboard  boxes 
Jined  with  cloth  or  leather,  as  well  as  the  wooden  ones  varnished 
and  polished,  lined  in  their  interior  with  cloth  or  leather,  and  suit- 
able to  contain  one  or  several  objects  in  their  corresponding  divis- 
ions or  receptacles. 

XXIV.  Mounting  or  setting  must  be   understood  as  being  the 
part  of  metal  which  adheres  to  an  article  of  glass  or  porcelain,  and 
serving  as  ornament  or  support  and  forming  an  essential  part  thereof. 

The  screws  or  caps  which  unite  two  or  more  pieces,  the  small  caps 
at  the  extremities,  the  covers  or  stoppers  of  bottles  or  flasks  or  gilt 
or  silver  ornaments  laid  precisely  on  the  glass  cannot  be  considered 
as  mountings  or  settings. 

XXV.  Nickel-plated  articles  of  metal  shall  pay  the  rate  assigned 
to  those  of  the  metal  which  constitutes  the  article. 


68 


TARIFF. 


XXVI.  When  medicinal  drugs  and  chemical  products  have  on  their 
interior  wrappings  a  label  or  ticket  different    from    the   contents 
stated  in  the  invoice,  even  though  the  merchandise  agree  with  the 
statement  so  made,  they  shall    be    rated    with    the   highest   duty, 
whether  it  be  of  the  article  stated  in  the  invoice  or  of  the  article 
mentioned  in  the  ticket  or  label. 

XXVII.  When  coming  with  industrial  machinery  or  apparatus 
there  are  as  accessories  articles  rated  in  the  tariff,  in  amounts  in  ex- 
cess of  what  is  indispensable  to  make  them  begin  operations,  what- 
ever is  found  in  excess  shall  be  rated  in  conformity  with  the  duties 
appropriate  thereto. 


TARIFF. 


NOTE.—X  kilogram=:2.2046  pounds.        i  square  meter=i.i96  square  yards. 


ARTICLE  OF    MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


,     Animal  substances. 

I.    LIVE  ANIMALS. 

Animals,  alive,  not  specified 

Geldings per  head . , 

Stallions,  mares,  and  colts  more 
than  one  year  old. . .  per  head . . 

Swine  and  sucking  pigs 

per  kilogram . 

Neat  cattle  and  their  calves 

per  kilogram . 

Sheep  and  goats per  head . 

Mules per  head. 

Asses per  head . 

Sucklings  of  the  above  men- 
tioned, with  the  exception  of 
calves  and  sucking  pigs,  pay 
25  per  cent  of  the  duties  on 
the  grown  animals,  in  conform- 
ity with  this  tariff. 


Materias  Animates 

I.    ANIMALES   VIVOS. 

Animates  vivos,  no  especificados. 
Caballos  castrados...por  cabeza. . 
Caballos  enteros,  yeguas  y  po- 

tros  de  mas  de  un  afio 

por  cabeza . . 

Cerdos  y  lechoncillos kilo. . 

Ganado  vacuno  y  sus  crias 

kilo  .. 

Ganado  cabrio  y  ovejuno, 

por  cabeza . . 

Ganado  mular por  cabeza . . 

Ganado  asnal por  cabeza. . 

Las  crias  de  leche  de  los  gana- 
dos  especilicados,  con  excep- 
ci6n  de  los  becerros  y  lechou- 
cillos,  causaran  por  derechos 
de  importaci6a  el  25  por  ciento 
de  los  que  correspondan  con- 
forme  ;i  esta  tarifa. 


Dollars. 

Free. 
40.00 


30.00 
.03 


.03 

1.50 
5.00 
3.00 


TARIFF. 


69 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


Animal  substances — continued. 

II.    ANIMAL  PARTS. 

Articles  of  food. 

Meat,  fresh,  all  kinds,  including 
fowl,  net  weight . . .  .per  kilo. . . 

Fish,  fresh,  including  that  kept 
in  ice 

Meats,  smoked  or  salted,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Fish  and  shellfish,  dry, -salted, 
smoked,  or  pickled,  legaj 
weight per  kilogram .  . 

Industrial. 

Animals  prepared  for  cabinets  of 
natural  history,  gross  weight 

ppr  kilogram . . 

Whalebone  in   the  rough,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Wool  waste,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Tortoise  shell  in  the  rough,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Bristles    for    shoemakers,    le«al 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Cochineal,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Hair,  horse  and  c  >w,  aud  bristles, 

gross  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 
Horn,  in  tii e  rough,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Spermaceti,  crude,   legal  weight 

per  ki'ogram. . 

Animal  fats  not  specified,  gross 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Bone,  ia  the  rough,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Wool,  in  the  fleece,  net  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Wool, carded,  net  weight 

per  kilogram  . . 

Ivory,  in  the  rough,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Mother-"  f  pearl,    in    the  rough, 

legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . , 


Pesoado  fiesco  aun  cuando  est6 

conservado  en  hielo 

'arnes,  ahumadas  6  saladas, 
pe«o  legal kilo . . 

Pescados  y  mariscos  secos,  sa- 
lados,  ahumados  6  salpresos, 
peso  legal kilo. . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Materias  animales— contintia. 

II.  DESPOJOS  DE  ANIMALES. 

• 

A  timenticios. 

)arne  fresca   de   res   de  pelo   6 
cerda  y  de  aves,  peso  neto 

..kilo. 


Industriales. 

Animales  preparados  para  gabi- 
netes  de  historia  natural,  peso 
bruto kilo. 

Barbas  de  ballena  en  bruto,  peso 
legal kilo. , 


Sorra  de  lana,  peso  bruto 


kilo. 


!arey  en  bruto,  peso  legal 


kilo. 


)erda  para  zapatero,  peso  legal 

kilo. 

/ochinilla,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . 


rin,  cerda  y  pelo  de  vaca,  peso 

bruto kilo . . 

Cuerno  en  bruto,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Esperma  de  ballena  en  marqueta, 
peso  legal kilo.. 

Grasas  animales  no  especificadas, 
peso  bruto kilo . 

Hueso  en  bruto,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. 


Lana  en  vellon,  peso  neto 


kilo. 


Lana  cardada,  peso  neto 


.kilo. 


Marfil  en  bruto,  peso  legal 


kilo. 


Nacar  en  bruto,  peso  legal 


.kilo. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights 
and 
measures. 


Dalian:. 

.10 

Free. 
.20 

.12 


.01 
.10 
.02 
.25 
.10 
.10 
.03 
.10 
.25 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.15 
.25 
.26 


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ARTICLE  OF    MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Animal  substances— continued. 

ii.  ANIMAL  PARTS — continued. 

Industrial — continued. 

Hair,  human,  net  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Hair,  poat  or  camel,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Fur,  beaver,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Fur  or  hair,  vicuna,  rabbit,  hare, 
mnskrat,  and  the  like,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Pearls,  uaset per  carat .  . 

Skins,  of  all  kinds,  untanned. 

gross  weight.. .  .per  kilogram. . 
Feathers,  for  ornaments,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Feathera  and  down,  for  pillows, 

legal  weight.  .  ..per  kilogram.. . 
Sepia,  legal  weight.  .  ..per  kilo. . . 

Medicinal. 

Musk,  legal  weight. .  ..per* kilo. . . 
Cantharides,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Castoreum,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 

III.    ANIMAL  PRODUCTS. 

A  lirnentary  substances. 

Sausages  of  all  kinds,  and  hams, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Meats,    nVh,   and   shellfish,  pre- 
served, legal  weight, 
per  kilogram . . 

Eggs,  fresh 


Milk,  fresh 

Milk,    condensed,     legal   weight 

per  kilogram. . 

Lard,  net  weight,  per  kilogram. . 

Butter,  legal  weight. .  .per  kilo. .  . 


Materias  animates— contintia. 

II.    DESPOJOS    DE   ANIMALES — Cunt. 

fndustriales— contimia. 

Pelo  humano,  peso  neto 

kilo.. 

Pe!o  de  cabra  y  de  camello,  pe>o 

neto kilo . . 

Pelo  de  castor,  peso  legal 

kilo.. 

Pelo  de  vicuna,  conejo,  liebre, 

rata    almizclada,   ragondin  *  y 

sus  semejantes,  peso  legal, 

kilo.. 

Perlas  sin  montaduras,  quilate. . . 
Pieles  de  todas  clases,  sin  curtir, 

peso  bruto kilo . . 

Plumas  para  adornos,  peso  legal 
kilo 


Pluma  y  plumon  para  almohadas, 

peso  legal ki Jo . 

Sepia,  pea  j  legal kilo . 


Medicinales. 

Almizcle,  peso  legal . .  . 
Cantdridas,  peso  legal 

Cast6reo,  peso  legal . . . 


...kilo. 

.  kilo. 
...kilo. 


III.  PRODUCTOS  ANIMALES. 

Alimenticios. 

Butifarras,   chorizos,    salchicho- 
DCS  y  janiori    en    pernil,    peso 
legal kilo . . 

Carnes,    pescados  y   mariscos  en 
conserva,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Huevos  frescos .  . 


Leche  fresca 

Leche  coadensada,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Dollars. 

10.00 

.10 

3.00 

2.00 
.50 

.01 
3.00 

.75 
.08 

6.00 

1.00 
2.00 


Vtanteca  de  cerdo,  peso  neto 

.kUo. 

M antequilla,  peso  legal ....  kilo . 


.20 
.15 

Free. 

Free. 
.15 

.20 
20 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF    MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Animal  substances-continued. 

III.     ANIMAL    PRODUCTS — COntill'd. 

A  limentary  substances — continued. 

Honey,  gross  weight.. .per  kilo. .  . 

Cheese  of  all  kinds,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Industrial. 

Oil,  fish,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Albumen,  of  eggs  or  blood,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Wax,  white  or  yellow,  net 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Glue,  gross  weight per  kilo. . . 

Coral  in  the  rough,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 

Sponge,  fine  or  medium,  legal 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Sponge,  common,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Stearine,  crude,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Glycerine 

Grenetine,  pure,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Guano 

Fishglue,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Silk,  raw  or  unspun,  of  all  kinds, 

net  weight per  kilogram  . . 

Charcoal,  animal 


Medicinal. 

Oil,  cod  liver,  pure  or  combined 
in  any  preparation,  legal 
weight per  kilogram .  . 

Bacteria  cultures  . . 


Vaccine 


IV.    MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES. 

Leather  and  skins. 

Saddles  of  all  kinds,  including 
those  with  ornaments  notgold, 
silver,  or  platinum,  legal 


Materias  animales— contintia. 

III.    PRODUCTOS  AMMALE-; COnt. 

A  limenticios — continua. 

Miel  de  abeja,  peso  bruto.  .kilo. 
Queso  de  todas  clases,  peso  legal 
..kilo. 


fndiistriales. 

Aceite  de  pescado,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. 


Albiimina  de  huevo  y  de  sangre, 

peso  legal kilo . . 

Cera  blanca  6  amarilla,  peso  neto 
. .  kilo . . 


Cola  fuerte,  peso  bruto. . .  .kilo. 
Coral  en  bruto,  peso  legal 

.  .  kilo. 


Esponja    fina  y   entrefina,   peso 

legal kilo . 

Esponja  ordiuaria,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . , 


Estearina     en    marqueta,     peso 

bruto kilo . 

Glicerina , 

Grenetiua,  peso  legal kilo . 


Guano .• 

Ictiocola,  peso  legal kilo . 


Seda  cruda  6  en  rama,  de  todas 

clases,  peso  neto kilo. , 

arbon  animal . . 


Medicinaleg. 

Aceite  de  higado  de  bacalao, 
puro  6  confeccionado  bajo 
cualquiera  formula,  peso  legal 
kilo. . 

Culturas  bacteriologicas 


Pus  vacuno. 


IV.    ARTKFACTOS  Y  MANUFACTURAS. 

Pekteria. 

Albardones  y  sillas  de  montar 
de  todas  clases,  aim  cuando 
tengan  adornos  que  no  scan 


Dollars. 
.05 
.12 


.10 

.10 

.50 
.10 

.25 

2.00 

.40 

.10 

Free. 
.15 

Free. 
.15 


1.00 
Free. 


.10 

Free. 

Free. 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


Animal  substances -continued. 

IV.    MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES  — 

continued. 

Leather  and  skins — continued, 
weight per  kilogram  . 

Articles  of  leather,  not  specified, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . 

Belts,  leather  for  machinery,  not 
imported  with  the  machinery 
to  which  they  belong,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . 

Belts,  rawhide,  for  machinery, 
not  imported  with  the  machin- 
ery to  which  they  belong,  gross 
weight per  kilogram. 

Belts,  leather  or  rawhide,  for 
machinery,  when  imported 
with  the  machinery  to  which 
they  belong 


Calfskins,   patent    leather,    kid, 
chamois,    and    other  common 
dresaed  skins,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Gloves,  leggings,  and  breastplates 
for  fencers each . 


Gloves,  skin,  plain  or  embroid- 
ered, unlined,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Gloves,  skin,  plain   or  embroid- 
ered, lined,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Harness  of  all  kinds,  for  wagons 
or  carriages,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Buckles  and  rinas,  leather-cov- 
ered, legal  weight. .  .per  kilo. . 

Skins  of  fine  fur,  dressed,  for  cov- 
erings, and  their  manufactures 
per  kilogram . 

Bands,  leather,  for  hats,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 


ARTICULO  DE  MKRCANCIA. 


Duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


Materias  animales— continfia. 

IV.    ARTEFACTOS  Y   MANUFACTURAS 

— continua. 
Peleterla — continua. 

de  plata,-  platino  li  oro,  peso 
legal kil  > . 

Artefactos  de  cuero  no  especifi- 
cados,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Bandas    de   cuero    para   maqui- 
naria,    cuando    no   vengan  en 
union    de   la  maquinaria  cor- 
respondiente,  peso  bruto 
kilo.. 

Bandas  de  pelo  de  vaca  para 
maquinaria,  cuando  no  ven- 
gan en  uni6n  de  la  maqui- 
naria correspondiente,  peso 
bruto kilo . . 

Bandas  de  cuero  6  de  ptlo  de 
vaca,  para  maquinaria,  cu  indo 
vengan  en  uui6n  de  las  maqui- 
nas  a  que  correspondan 


Becerrillos,  charoles,  cabiitillas, 

gamuz:is    y   demas   pieli-s   co- 

munes  preparadas,  peso  legal. 

.  .kilo. 


Guantes,  petos  y  piernas  para 
esgrima pieza . 

Guantes  de  piel,  lisos  6  bordados, 
sin  forrar,  peso  legal kilo. 

Guantes  de  piel,  lisos  6  borda- 
dos, cuando  este^i  forrados, 
peso  legal kilo . , 

Guarniciones  de  todas  clases 
para  tiros  de  carros  6  carrua- 
jes,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Hebillas  y  argollas  forradas  de 
cuero,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Picles  preparadas  de  pelo  fino 
para  abrigo,  y  sus  manufactu- 
res, peso  legal kilo . . 

Tiras  de  cuero  para  sombreros, 
peso  legal kilo. . 


Dollars. 

2.00 

-75 


.50 

.10 

Free. 

1.50 

.50 

4.50 

2.75 

1.50 
.30 

2.00 

.75 


TARIFF. 


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duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


Animal  substances— continued. 

IV.    MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES — 

continued. 
Boots  and  shoes. 

Slippers  of  all  kinds,  of  leather 
or  othermaterial  not  containing 
silk  or  metal,  up  to  12  centi- 
meters lengthofsole... per  pair. . 

Slippers  of  all  kinds,  of  leather  or 
other  material  not  containing 
silk  or  metal,  up  to  20  centime- 
ters length  of  sole.  ...per  pair. . 

The  same,  nv>re  than  20  centi- 
meters length  of  S'  le .  .per  pair .  . 

Slippers  of  all  kinds,  of  leather 
or  other  mateiial,  including 
those  with  ornaments  or  em- 
broidery of  silk  or  metal  other 
than  gold,  silver,  or  platinum, 
up  to  12  centimeters  length  of 
s  le per  pair . . 

The  same,  up  to  20  centimeters 
length  of  sole per  pair. . 

The  same,  more  than  20  centi- 
meters length  of  sole. per  pair.  . 

Boots  and  half  b»ots,  cowhide, 
for  men  and  hoys. . .  .per  pair.  . 

Boots  and  half  boot*,  calf  or  pat- 
ent leather,  for  men  and  boys 
per  pair . . 

Gaiters,  leather,  or  cloth  net  con- 
taining silk,  including  those 
with  elastics  and  ornaments  not 
of  gold,  silver  or  platinum,  up 
to  12  centimeters  length  of 
sole per  pur 

The  same,  up  to  20  centime- 
ters length  of  sole  .'...per  pair. . 

The  same,  more  than  20  centi- 
meters length  of  sole,  per  pair. . 

Gaiters,  silk,  or  cloth  contain- 
ing silk,  including  those  with 
elastics  and  ornaments  not  of 
gold,  silver,  or  platinum,  up  to 
12  centimeters  length  of  sole 
per  pair. 

The  same,  up  to  20  centimeters 
length  of  sole per  pair . 


Materias  Animales— cominfia. 

IV.    ARTEFACT08  Y  MANUFACTURAS 

— continiia. 
Calzado. 

Babuchas,  chinelas  y  pantuflas 
de  cuero  li  otra  materia  que 
no  coutenga  seda  6  metal, 
hasta  de  12  centimetres  de 
planta par . . 

Babuchas,  chinelas  y  pantuflas 
de  cuero  u  otra  materia  que  no 
contenga  seda  6  metal,  hasta 
20  centimetres  de  planta.. par. . 

Idem,  id.,  id  ,  de  mas  de  20  cen- 
timetres de  planta par. . 

Babuchas,  chiuelas  y  pantutias 
de  cuero  li  otra  matsiia,  aun 
cuando  tengan  adornos  6  bor- 
dados  de  seda  6  metal  que  no 
sea  oro,  plata  6  platino,  hasta 
de  12  centimetros  de  planta 
par . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  20  cen- 
timetros de  planta par. , 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  mas  de  20  cen- 
timetros de  planta  par . 

Botas  y  medias  botis  de  vaqueta 
para  varones pa  r . 

Botas  y  medias  botas  de  becerillo 
6  charol  para  \  arones ....  par . 

Botines  de  cuero  6  tela  que  no 
contenga  seda,  aun  cuando 
tengan  resortes  y  adornos  que 
no  sean  de  oro,  plata  6  pla 
tino,  hasta  de  12  centimetros 
de  planta par. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  20  centi- 
metros de  planta par. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  mas  de  20  cen- 
timetros de  planta  par . 

Botines  de  seda  6  tela  que  con- 
tenga -seda,  aun  cuando  ten- 
gan resortes  y  adoruos  que  no 
sean  de  oro,  plata  6  i  latino, 
hasta  de  12  centimetres  de 
planta. par. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  20  centi- 
metros de  planta par. 


Dollars. 

.15 

.25 
.40 


.25 

.35 

.50 

1.50 

•2.50 


.50 

.80- 


74 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MRRCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Animal  substances— continued. 

IV.    MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES — 

continued. 
Boots  and  shoes — continued. 

The   same,  more   than  20  centi- 
meters length  of  sole. per  pair. 

Slippers  ot  all  kinds,  leather,  not 
made  up,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. 

Boots   and  gaiters,  leather,  not 
made  up,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Shoes,  low,  skin,  or  cloth  not 
containing  silk,  including  those 
with  ornaments  not  of  gold,  sil- 
ver, or  platinum,  up  to  12  cen- 
timeters length  of  sole 
per  pair. 

The  same,  up  to  20  centimeters 
length  of  sole per  pair . 

The  same,  more  than  i.0  centi- 
meters length  of  sole,  per  pair. 

Shoes,  low,  silk,  or  cloth  con- 
taining silk,  including  those 
with  ornaments  not  of  gold, 
silver,  or  platinum,  up  to  12 
.centimeters  length  of  sole 
per  pair . . 

The  same,  up  to  20  centimeters 
length  of  sole per  pair. . 

The  same,  more  than  20  centime- 
ters length  of  sole. . .  per  pair. 

Sundry  arti  les. 

Fans,    bone   ribs    and    handles, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram .  . 

Fans,    horn    ribs    and    handles, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Fans,  tortoise  shell each. . 

Fans,  shell each .  . 

Fans,  ivory each  . . 

Whalebone,  articles  of,  not  spec- 
ified, legal  weight,  .per  kilo... 

Tortoise   shell,    articles    of,    not 
specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Horn,  articles  of,  not  specified, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram . . 


Materias  animales— continua. 

IV.    ARTEFACT08  Y   MANUFACTURA 

— continua. 
Calzado — continua. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  mas  de  20  cen- 
timetros  de  planta par. 

Cortes  de  babuchas,  chinelas  6 
pantuilas  de  cuero,  peso  le- 
g*l kilo. 

Cortes  de  botas  y  botines  de 
cuero,  peso  legal kilo . 


Zapatos  baj'is  de  piel  6  tela  que 
no  coutenga  seda,  aun  cuando 
tengan  aclornos  que  no  sean 
de  oro,  plata  6  platino,  hasta 
de  12  ceutiinetros  de  planta 
par 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  20  centl 
metres  de  planta par. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  mas  de  20  cen- 
timetres de  planta par . 

Zapat<  s  b;.jos  d-:  seda  6  tela  que 
contenga  seda,  aun  cuando 
tengan  .idoruos  que  no  sean 
de  oro,  plata  6  platino,  hasta 
de  12  ceatimetros  de  planta 

.par. 


Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  20  centf- 
metros  de  planta par. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  mas  de  20  cen 
tfmetros  de  planta par. 

Vctrios. 

Abanicos  con  varillas  de  hueso, 

peso  legal kil  > . 

Abanicos  con  varillas  de  cuerno, 

peso  legal kilo . . 

Ahanicos  de  carey pieza. . 

Abanicos  de  concha pieza.  . 

Ahanicos  de  marfil piezi. . 

Artefactos  de  1>  illena,  no  esp  ci- 

ficados,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Artefactos  de  cnrey  no  especifi- 

cados,  peso  legal kilo. . 


Artefactos  de  cuerno  no  especi- 
ficados,  peso  legal kilo. . 


Dollars. 

1.25 

.75 
3.00 


.15 
.30 
.45 


.50 
.75 

1  00 

1.25 

1.25 
2.50 

2  50 
2.50 

.40 
1.75 

.40 


TARIFF. 


75 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Animal  substances— continued. 

IV.    MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES  — 

continued. 
Sundry  articles — continued. 

Bone,  articles  of,  not   specified, 
legal  weight per  kilogiam. . 

Ivory,  articles  of,  not  specifi,  d, 
le^al  weight. . .  .per  kilogram.. 

Mother-of-pearl,  ai  tides  of,  not 
specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Hair,  human,  articles  or  mauu- 
factures  of,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Billiard  balls,  ivory,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Cupels 

Coral,  wrought,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cords   or  strings  for  musical  in- 
struments, legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Toothpicks,  quill,  legal  weight 
.    per  kilogram . 

Haircloth,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Candles  or    tapers,    wax,    gross 
weight per  kilogram. 

Candles  or    tapers,    spermaceti, 
gross  weight.. . .  per  kilogram. 

Candles  or  tapers,  stearine,  gross 
weight per  kilogram  . 

Cand.es  or  tapers,  tallow,  pressed 
or  unpiessed,  gross  weight, 
per  kilogram . 

Vegetable  substances- 

I.    TEXTILE  FIBERS. 

Cotton,  unginned.  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Cotton,  ginned,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Cotton,  waste,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Cotton,  carded,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . 


Materias  animates -continfla. 

FV.    ARTEFACTOS  Y   MANUFACTURAS 

— continua. 
Varies — continria. 

Artefactos  de  hueso  no  especi- 
ficados,  peso  legal kilo  , 

Artefactos  de  marfil  no  especi- 
ficados,  peso  legal kilo. , 

Artefactos  de  nacar  no  especi- 
ficados,  peso  legal kilo . , 


Artefactos  6  manufacturas  de 
pelo  humano,  peso  neto.. kilo. 

Bolas  de  marfil  para  billar,  peso 

legal kilo. 

Copelas 

Coral  labrado,  peso  legal   . .  kilo . 

Cuerdas  de  tripa  6  tendones  para 
instrunvntos  de  miisica,  peso 
leaal kilo. 

Limpiadientes  de  pluma,  ptso 
legal kilo. 

Tela  de  cerda,  peso  legal . . .  kilo . 

Velas    6    bujias    de    cera,    peso 

bruto kilo 

Velas     6     bujias     de     esperma, 

peso  bruto kilo . 

Velas   6   bujias   estearicas,   peso 

bruto kilo 

Velas  6  bujias  de  sebo  prensado 

6  sin  prensar,  peso  bruto. kilo. 


Materias  vegetales 

I.    FIBRAS   TEXTILES. 

Algodbn     en    rama,    con   pepita 

peso  bruto kilo. . 

Algodon   sin  pepita,  peso  bruto 
, .  kilo. 


Dollars. 

.40 

1.75 
1.75 

10.00 


5.00 
Free. 
1.50 


.60 

.40 
.45 


60 
.20 
.20 
.20 


Algodon    e    hilaza    sucios,    peso 

bruto kilo.. 

Algodon  cardado,  peso  legal 

..  kilo. 


.03 
.08 
.02 
.20 


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ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures 


Vegetable  substances— continued. 
i.  TEXTILE  FIBERS — continued. 

Hemp,  flax,  ramie,'jute,  and  other 
vegetable  fibers  not  specified, 
crude  or  hackled,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

II.   FRUITS  AND  GRAINS. 

A  limentary  substances. 

Olives,    stuffed   or  in   oil,    legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Caraway  and  anise,  green,  net 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Almonds,  sweet  or  bitter,  un- 

shelled,  net  weight 

per  kilogram  . . 

Almonds,  sweet  or  bitter,  shelled, 

net  weight per  kilogram  . . 

Oats,  in  the  grain,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Cocoa,  all  kinds,  net  weiaht 

per  kilogram . . 

Coffee,  net  weinht  . . .  .per  kilo.. . 
Cinnamon  of  all  kinds,  including 

cassia,  net  weight. .  .per kilo... 
Cloves,  net  weight. . .  .per  kilo.. . 

Fruits,  dried,  not  specified,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Fruits  in  brine,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Fruits  in  their  juice,  in  spirits  or 
syrup,  legal  weight... per  kilo. . 

Fruits,  vegetables,  garden  prod- 
ucts,   and    bulbs,    fresh,    not 
specified,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Fruits,  vegetables,  garden  prod- 
ucts, and  bulbs,  not  specified, 
preserved,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Corn  (maize),  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Pepper,  net  weight per  kilo. . 

Seeds  and  grains,  alimentary,  not 
specified,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Materias  vegetales— contintia. 
I.  FIBRAS  TEXTILES — continua. 

Canamo,  lino,  ramie,  yute  y 
demas  fibras  vegetales  no  es- 
pecificadas,  en  rama  6  rastril- 
ladas,  peso  legal kilo . . 

II.    FRUTOS  Y  GRAN  OS. 

Alimentldos. 

Aceitunas  rellenas  6  en  aceite, 
peso  legal kilo . , 

Alcaravea  y  anis  verde,  peso  neto 
kilo. 

Almendra.  dulce  6  amarga,  con 
cascara,  peso  neto kilo. 


Almendra,   dulce  6  amarga,   fin 

cascara,  peso  neto kilo . 

Avena  en  grano,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. 


Cacao  de  todas  clases,  peso  neto 

kilo 

Cafe,   peso  neto kilo. 

Canela  de  todas   clases,    iaclusa 

la  cassia,  peso  neto kilo. , 

Clavo   especia   6    clavillo,    peso 

neto kilo . . 

Frutas    secas    no    especificadas, 

peso  neto kilo . , 

Frutas  en  salmuera,  peso  bruto 
.   kilo.. 


Frutas  en  su  jugo,  en  almibar  y 
en  aguardiente,  peso  legal 
kilo . 

Frutas,  hortalizas,  legumbres  y 
tuherculos  frescos  no  espeeifi- 
cados,  peso  bruto kilo. . 


Frutas,  hortalizas,  lesnmbres  y 
tuberculos  no  especih'cados,  en 
conserva,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Mai/,  peso  bruto kilo . . 


Pimienta,  peso  neto kilo . 

Semillas  y   granos  alimenticios, 
no  especificados,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. 


Dollars. 


.05 


.10 
.10 
.10 

.20 
.01 

.20 
.10 

1.00 
.65 
.10 
.06 

.75 
.02 

.15 
.01 
.25 

.05 


TARIFF. 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Vegetable  substances— continued. 

II.    FRUITS  AND  GRAINS — COntin'd. 

Alimentary  substances — continued. 

Wheat   and    other  cereals,   not 

specified,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Vanilla,  net  weight ....  per  kilo . . 

Medicinal. 

Seeds  and  berries,  medicinal,  le- 
gal weight per  kilo .  . 

Live  plants  and  seeds. 

Live  plants 

Garden  seeds 

Farm  seeds,  when  imported  hy 
permission  of  the  Treasury 
Department 


III.    VARIOUS  VEGETABLE  SUB- 
STANCES. 

Saffron,  dry  or  in  oil,  net  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Cane,  for  furniture,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Teasels 

Cork,  in  the  rough  or  in  sheets.. . 
Cork,  in  leaves  or  stoppers,  legal 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Hair  vegetable,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Broom  corn,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Firewood 

Lycopodium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Hops 

Moss  and  natural  flowers  . . 

Hay ;."..;; 

Roots,  barks,  flowers,  herbs,  and 
leaves,  medicinal,  whole  or  pul- 
verized, legal  weight 
• per  kilogram. . 

Tobacco,  in  theleaf,  not  Virginia, 
net  weight .per  ki'ogram. . 

Tobacco,    in   the  leaf,    Virginia, 
net  weight per  kilogram. . 

Tea,  green   or  black,  all   kinds, 
net  weight per  kilogram . . 


Materias  vegetales— continua. 

II.  FRUTOS  Y  GRANOS — continua. 

A  limenticios — continua. 

Trigo  y  demas  qereales  no  espe- 
cificados,  peso  bruto kilo. , 

Vainilla,  peso  neto kilo . 

Medicinales. 

Semillas  y  bayas  medicinales, 
peso  legal kilo . , 

Piantas  vivas  y  simiente. 

Plantas  vivas 

St  millas  para  horticultura 

Semillas  para  la  agricultura.cuan- 
do  se  importen  previo  permiso 
de  la  Secretaria  de  Hacienda. . . 

III.  MATERIAS    VEGETALES    DI- 

VERSAS. 

Azafran  seco  6  en  aceite,  peso 
neto kilo. . 

Bejuco  para  rejilla  de  muebles, 
peso  legal kilo .  . 

(iardas  vegetales 

Corcho  en  bruto  6  en  plancha. . . . 

(Jorcho  en  laminas  y  tapones, 
peso  legal kilo. . 

Criu  vegetal,  peso  bruto. .  .kilo. . 

Espiga    de   maiz    de    Guinea    6 

mijo,  peso  bruto kilo. . 

Lena 

Licopodio,  peso  legal kile . . 


Liipulo  

Vlusgo  y  flores  naturales 

Pasto  seco  en  paja 

LJaiues,  cortezas,  (lores,  yerbas  y 
hojas  medicinales,  euteras  6 
pulverizadas,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


Tabaoo  en  ran  a,  que  no  sea  de 
Virginia,  peso  neto kilo.. 

Pabaco  de  Virginia,  en  rama, 
peso  neto kilo . . 

1'e  verJe  6  negro,  de  todas  clases, 
peso  neto kilo . . 


Dollars. 

.05 
1.00 

.20 


Free. 
Free. 


Free. 


2.00 

.10 
Free. 
Free. 

.50 
.01 


.03 
Free. 
.08 

Free. 
Free. 
Free. 


.20 

1.37 

.25 

.50 


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ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


Vegetable  substances— continued. 

IV.     VARIOUS      VEGETABLE      PROD- 
UCTS. 

Alimentary. 

Oil,  olive,  in  jugs  or  cans,  no  al- 
lowance for  leakage  or  break- 
age, net  weight,  per  kilogram. . 

Oil,  olive,  in  glass,  no  allowance 
for  leikage  or  breakage,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Sugar,  common  or  refined,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Comtits  and  sweetmeats,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Chocolate,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram  . . 

Feculas  of  all  substances,  includ- 
ing those  lactated  or  prepared 
in  any  way,  Ifgal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Crackers  of  all  kinds,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Flour,  wheat,  and  other  cereals, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Molasses  or  glucose,  gross  Wright . . 
per  kilogram . . 

Pastes,  alimentary,  of  Hour,  gross 
weight per  kilogram.  , 

Medicinal. 

Oil,  fixed,  liquid  or  concrete,  for 
medicinal  uses,  not  specified, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Camphor,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Gums,  resins,  and  I  alsams,  nat- 
ural, not  specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Opium  of  all  kinds,  and  its  ex- 
tracts, legal  weight,  .per  kilo. . 

Industrial. 

Oil,  cotton  seed,  of  all  kinds,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Oil,  cocoanut,  net  weight 

per  kilogram . . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Materias  vegetales— cominua. 

IV.     PROD0CTOS    VEGETALES    DI- 
VERSOS. 

A  limenticios. 

Aceite  de  olivo  en  botijas  6  latas, 
sin  abono  de  met  m.ts  ni  rotu- 
ras,  peso  neto kilo. . 

Aceite  de  olivo  en  vas>jeria  de 
vidrio,  sin  abono  de  mermas 
ni  roturas,  peso  neto. ..  .kilo. . 

Azucar  comun  y  el  refinado, 
peso  bruto kilo . . 

Coufituras  y  dulces,  peso  legal 
, kilo. 

Chocolate,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Feculas  de  todas  materias  y  las 
lacteadas  6  preparadas  bajo 
cualquiera  formula,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Galletas  de  todas   clases,    peso 
bruto kilo. . 

Marina  de  trigo  y  demas  cereales, 
peso  legal kilo.. 

Miel  de  cafia  6  de  fecula,  peso 
bruto kilo . . 

Pastas  alimenticias  de  harina, 
peso  bruto kilo. . 

Medidnales. 

Aceites  fijos,    liquidos  6  concre- 
tos,   para   uso    medicinal,   no 
especificados,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Alcanfor,  peso  legal kilo. . 


Gomas,  resiuas  y  balsamos  natu- 
rales,  no  especificadus,  peso 
legal .kilo. 

Opio  de  todas  clases  y  su  ex- 
tracto,  peso  legal kilo . 


Induntriales. 

Aceite  de  semilla  de  algodon  de 

todas  clases,  peso  neto... kilo. 

Aceite  de  coco,  peso  neto.  .kilo. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
monry, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 

.15 

.20 
.15 

.75 
.75 

.10 
.15 
.10 
.05 
.08 


.20 
.50 


.25 
3.00 


.10 
.10 


TARIFF. 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


duties  in 
Mexican 
noney, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Vegetable  substances-continued. 

IV.    VARIOUS  VEGETABLE  PRODUCTS 

— continued. 
Industrial— continued. 

Oils,  tixed,  liquid  or  concrete, 
not  specified,  for  industrial 
uses,  legal  weight. . .  per  kilo. .  . 
Oils,  essential,  orange  flower, 
rose  geranium,  nutmeg,  pat- 
chouli, and  rose,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram.  . 

Oils,  essential,  not  specified,  liq- 
uid or  solid,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Turpentine  and  spirits  of,  legal 

weight per  kil' >gram . . 

Tar,  Norwegian,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Starch,  legal  weight. .  .  per  kilo. . 
Amber,  crude,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram  . . 

Indigo,  legal  weight.  ...per  kilo. . 

Charcoal,  vegetable 

Wax,  vegetable,  net  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Dextrine,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 

Gum  arabic,  copal,  damar,  sanda- 
rach,  lac,  Senegal,  and  traga- 
canth,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Orchil,  gross  weight. . .  per  kilo. . 
Colophony,  gross  weight 

p.jr  kilogram.. 

Pulp,  wood,  including  that  in 
sheets,  for  paper 


Tannin,  legal  weiaht.  .  .per  kilo. 
Shavings   (excelsior)  for  stuffing 
furniture  . . 


v.  WOODS. 


Wood,  common,  for  building  in 
logs,  beams,  planks  and 
boards,  common 


Wood,  common,  for  building,  in 
tongued-and-grooved  boards, 
per  100  square  meters 


Mater ias  vegetales— contintia. 

V.    PBODUCTOS  VEGETALES   DIVER- 
SOS — coiitinua. 

Industriales — continiia. 

Aceites  fijos,  liquidos  6  concre- 
tos,  no  espeeiticados,  para  uso 
industrial,  peso  legal. . .  .kilo. . 

Aceites  esenciales  de  azahar  6 
neroli,  gerauio  rosa,  nuez  mos- 
cada,  pachulf  y  rosa,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Aceites  esenciales  no  especifi- 
cados,  liquidos  6  solidos,  peso 
legal kilo.  . 

Aguarras  y  trementinas,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Alquitran  de  haya  6  de  Norue- 
,a,  peso  legal kilo.  . 

Almidou,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Ambar  en  bruto,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


Anil,  peso  neto    kilo . 

Carbon  vegetal 

?era  vegetal,  peso  neto .kilo. 

Dextrina,  p'  so  legal kilo . 


ioma    arabiga,     copal,     damar, 

grasilla  6  sanrlaraca,  lana,  se- 

negal  y  tragacanto,   peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Orchilla,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Fez  griega  6  colofonia,  peso 
bruto kilo. 

Pulpa  de  madera,  aun  cuando 
este  laminada,  para  fabricar 
papel 

Tanino,  peso  legal kilo. 

Viruta  para  rellenar  muebles  . . 


V.    MADERAS. 

Madera  ordinaria  para  construc- 
ciones,  labrada  en  trozas,  vigas, 
tablones  y  tablas  comunes .... 

Madera  ordinaria  para  construc- 
ciones,  labrada  en  tablas  ma- 
chihembradas,  100  metres 
cuadrados.  . 


Dollars. 


.20 


5.00 

2.00 
.10 

.10 
.10 

.50 
1.50 
Free. 
.50 

.10 


.10 

.05 


.04 


Free. 

.10 
Free. 


Free. 


1.00 


80 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


Vegetable  substances— continued. 
v.  WOODS — continued. 

Woods,  fine,  sawn  in  logs, beams, 
boards,  or  planks,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Boxwood,  not  manufactured, 
gross  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Dyewoods,  including  pulverized, 
gross  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Wood,  in  form  for  putting  to- 
gether, for  carriage  bodies, 
gross  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

VI.    MANUFACTURES  OF  WOOD. 

Articles,  wooden,  not  specified, 

legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram . 
Barrels,    wooden,    set   up   or  in 

pieces,  and  their  hoops 

Boxes,  or   box  shooks,  common 

wood,  for  packing 

Tubs  and  firkins,  wooden,  gross 

weight per  kilogram . 

Cross  ties,  railroad 

Shoepegs,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Handles,    wooden,    for    brooms, 

painted    or    varnished,    gross 

weight per  kilogram . 

Handles,  common  wood,    plain, 

gross  weight ....  per  kilogram . 

Hubs,  posts,  and  spokes,  wooden, 
for  carriages,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Poles,  cross-pieces,  and  pins  for 
telegraphs  and  telephones 

Oars 

Bungs,  wooden,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Wood  with  other  materials. 

Fans  with   ribs   and  handles  of 

wood,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Masts  and  spars  for  vessels 


Materias  vegetales~cont'n<ia- 
v.  MADERAS — continued. 

Vladeras  finas,  aserradas  en  tro- 
zas,  vigas,  tablas  6  tabl  >nes, 
peso  bruto kilo . , 

Madera  de  boj  que  no  este  manu- 
facturada,  pe*o  bruto. .  .kilo. . 
Maderas  tiutoreas,  aun  cuando 
esten  pulverizadas,  peso 
bruto kilo. 

Vladera  combinada  para  caj^s 
de  carruajes,  peso  bruto,  kilo. 


VI.    ARTEFACTOS   DE    MADERA. 

Artefactos  de  madera  no  especi- 
ticados,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Barriles  de  madera  annados  6 

desarmados  y  sus  aros 

'aja^  de  madera  ordinaria  para 

envases,  armadas  6  desarmadas 

lubos    y    cubetas     de    madera, 

peso  bruto kilo . 

Durmientes  para  ferrocarril 

Estacas  de  madera  para  calzado, 
peso  bruto kilo . 

Mangos  de  madera  pintados  6 
barnizados,  para  escobas,  peso 
bruto  kilo . 

Mangos  de  madera  ordinaria  sin 
pintar  ni  barnizar,  para  esco- 
bas, peso  bruto kilo . 

Mazos,  pilares  y  myos  de  ma- 
dera para  carruajes,  peso 
bruto kilo . 

Postes,  cruceros  y  estacas  para 
telegrafos  y  telefonos 

Remos  para  embarcaciones 

Tapones  de  madera,  peso  legal 
.  kilo . 


De  madera  con  otras  materias. 

Abanicos    con    varillas  de    ma- 
dera, peso  legal kilo. 


Arboladuras 
ciones    . 


para       embarca 


Dollars. 

.02 
.01 

.05 
.02 


.40 
Free. 
Free. 

.10 

Free. 

.05 
.03 
.01 

.06 

Free. 
Free. 

.06 

1.25 
Free. 


TARIFF. 


81 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mex  can 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Vegetable  substances— continued. 

VI.    MANUFACTURES  OF  WOOD — 

continued. 

Wood  with  other  materials— 
continued. 

Articles  of  pulp  or  paste,   with 
wooden  veneering,  in  imitation 
of  carvings,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  wood  with  silk  cloth 
or  cloth  containing  silk,  or 
with  skin,  with  or  without  or- 
naments not  of  gold,  silver,  or 
platinum,  not  specified,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Handles  for  tools,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Billiard  cues,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . 


Of  different  vegetable  substances. 

Fans,  common,  straw  or  palm- 
leaf,  legal  weight . . .  .per  kilo . 

Sandals,  cloth,  with  grass  or  hemp 
sole,  up  to  20  centimeters 
length  of  sole per  pair . 

Sandals,  cloth,  same,  more  than 
20  centimeters  length  of  sole, 
per  pair . 

Articles  of  straw  or  cane,  not 
specified,  legal  weight,  per  kilo . 

Articlesof  straw  or  cane  with  cloth 
of  silk  mixed,  or  with  skin  with 
or  without  ornaments  not  of 
gold,  silver,  or  platinum,  not 
specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Articles  of  amber,  not  specified, 
legal  weight per  kilogram . 

Cables,  agave,  hemp,  and  other 
vegetable  fibers,  3  centimeters 
or  more  in  diameter. . . 


Curtains,  wood  or  grass,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Bags  (sacks),  common,  jute,  pita, 
henequen,  and  hemp,  for  ex- 


Materias  vegetales— continua. 

VI.    ABTEFACTOS  DE  MADERA — 

continua. 

De  madera  con  otras  materias — 
continua. 

Artefactos  de  pasta  con  hojas  de 
madera  imitando  obras  de 
talla,  peso  legal kilo . 


Artefactos  de  madera  con  tela 
de  seda  6  que  contenga  seda, 
6  con  piel,  a.un  •  cuaudo  ten- 
gan  adornos  que  no  scan  de 
oro,  plata  6  platino,  no  especi- 
ficados,  peso  legal kilo.. 

Mangos  y  cabos  para  herramien- 
tas,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Tacos  para  billar,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . . 


De  materias  vegetales  diversas. 

Abanicos  ordinaries  de  paja  6 
palma,  peso  legal kilo.. 

Alpargatas  de  tela  con  suela  de 
esparto  6  de  canamo,  hasta  de 
20  centimetres  deplanta.  .par. . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  mas  de  20  centi- 
metros  de  plauta par. . 

Artefactos  de  paja  6  bejuco  no 
especificados,  peso  legal. kilo.. 

Artefactos  de  paja  6  bejuco,  con 
tela  de  seda  6  que  conteuga 
seda,  6  con  piel,  aun  cuando 
tengan  adornos  que  no  sean 
de  oro,  plata  6  platino,  no  es- 
pecificados, peso  legal. .  .kilo. . 

Artefactos  de  ambar  no  especi- 
ficados, paso  legal kilo . . 

Cable  de  aloe,  canamo  y  demas 
fibras  vegetales,  cuando  mida 
tres  centimetres  de  diametro  6 
mas  

Cortinas  de  madera  6  esparto, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Costales  ordinarios,  hechos  de 
yute,  pita,  henequen  y  cafia- 


Dollars. 


.25 


.60 
.05 
.40 

.25 

.10 
.15 

.40 


.60 
1.75 


Free. 


.30 


6 


82 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Tegetable  substances— continued. 

TI.    MANUFACTURES  OF  WOOD — 

coiitinuedL  » 

Of  different  vegetable  substances— 
continued. 

porting  vegetable  products  or 

minerals 

Coverings,    straw,    for    bottles, 

gross  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 
Brooms,  large  and  small,  of  heath 

or  broom  corn,  all  kinds,  legal 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Mats,   hemp,  jute,  cocoa,  palm, 

or  henequen,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Rigging  and  cordage,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 

Wicks,  cotton,  for  open  lamps  or 

tinder,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram    . 

Rope  pickings,  for  paper  manu- 
facture  

Tobacco,  chewing,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Tobacco,    sifted    or  fine   cut  in 

threads,    for   cigarettes,    net 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Tobacco,  powdered,  or  snuff,  all 

kinds,  legal  weight . .  per  kilo . . 
Tobacco,  line  cut,  for  pipes,  net 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Tobacco,  in  cigarettes  of  all  kinds, 

legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 
Tobacco,  in  cigars,  net  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 

Rags,  in  pieces,  clippings,  thread, 

waste,  and   refuse,    for  paper 

manufacture.. . 


Materias  vegetales— continua. 

VI.    AHTEFACTOS  DE  MADERA — 

continua. 

Material  vegetales  divertas — 
continua. 

mazo,    para     exportacion    de 
frutos  6  minerales 

Envolturas  de  paja  para  botellas, 
peso  bruto kilo . 

Escobas  y  escobillas  de  brezo  6 
i ni jo,  de  todas  clases  y  taina- 
nos,  peso  legal kilo. 

Esteras  de  canamo,  yute,  coco, 

palma  6  henequen,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . 


Jarcia  y  cordelerla,  peso  legal 
kilo . 

Mechas  de  algod6n    para  quin- 

que  y  para  eslab6n,  peso  legal 

.   kilo . 


VII.    FURNITURE. 

Furniture,  common  wood, 
roughly  made,  unpainted  and 
unvarnished  and  without  cane, 
legal  weight. . . .  per  kilogram. . 

Furniture,  common  wood,  painted 
or  varnished,  including  cane- 
seated  or  bent  wood,  and  that 


Pedaceria  de  jarcia  para  fabrica- 

ci6n  de  papel 

Tabaco  breva  6  de  mascar,  peso 

legal kilo. . 

Tabaco  ceruido  y  el  picado  en 

hebras,    para    cigarillos,    peso 

neto .  •. kilo . 

Tabaco  en  polvo  6  rape  de  todas 

clases,  peso  legal kilo. 

Tabaco  picado  para  pipas,  peso 

neto  kilo . 

Tabaco  labrado  en  cigarillos  de 

todas  clases,  peso  legal . .  kilo . 
Tabaco  ^brado  en  puros,  peso 

neto kilo . 

Trapo  en  pedaceria,  recortes, 

hilacha  y  desechos  para  fabri- 

cacion  de  papel 

VII.    MUEBLES. 

Muebles  de  madera  ordinaria 
toscamente  lal/rados,  sin  pin- 
tar  ni  barnizar  y  sin  rejilla  de 
bejuco,  peso  legal kilo. 

Muebles  de  madera  ordinaria 
pintados  6  barnizados,  y  los  de 
bejuco  6  de  madera  de  vuelta, 


Dollars. 

Free. 

.03 

.2t 

.25 

.12 

.30 

Free. 
.70 

1.4* 

2.75 
1.2* 
1.5fr 
5.59 

Free. 


.OS 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Vegetable  substances— continued. 
vn.  FURNITURE — continued. 

with   mirrors  or  marble  tops, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Furniture,  fine  wood  or  common 
wood  veneered  with  fine  wood, 
not  upholstered,  with  or  with- 
out mirrors  or  marble  tops, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Furniture,  fine  wood  or  common 
wood  veneered  with  fine  wood, 
upholstered  .with  leather  or 
cloth  not  containing  silk,  with 
or  without  mirrors  or  marble 
tops,  legal  weight .  . .  .per  kilo . . 

Furniture  upholstered  with  silk  or 
silk  mixture,  with  or  without 
mirrors  or  marble  tops,  legal 
weight per  kilogram  . . 

Furniture  of  all  kinds,  inlaid  with 
wood,  shell,  ivory,  tortoise,  or 
metal  not  gold,  silver,  or  plat-  I 
inum,  legal  weight. .  .per  kilo. . 

Mineral  substances. 

I.    METALS. 

GOLD,  SILVER,  AND  PLATINUM. 

Ore,  gold,  silver,  or  platinum  .... 
Gold,    silver,    or    platinum  '  ex- 
tracted, in  bullion  or  dust 

Manufactured  articles. 

Wire,    bugle,   and    other    wire- 
drawn articles,  of  silver,  gilt, 
or  ungilt,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Jewelry  and  all  kinds  or  articles 
of  gold  or  platinum,  or  both 
combined,    with    pearls    or 
precious  stones,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Materias  vegetales— continua. 
vn.   MUUBLES — continua. 

ann  cnando  tengan  espejos  6 
cubiertas  de  marmol.  peso 
legal  kilo. . 

Muebles  de  madera  fina  6  de 
madera  ordinaria  enchapados 
con  madera  fina,  que  no  esteu 
tapizados,  aun  cuando  tengan 
espejos  6  cubiertas  de  marmol, 
peso  legal kilo. . 

Muebles  de  madera  fina  6  de  ma- 
dera ordicaria  enchapados  con 
madera  fina,  tapizados  con  piel 
6  tela  que  no  contenga  seda, 
aun  cuando  tengan  espejos  o 
cubiertas  de  marmol,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo . . 

Muebles  tapizados  con  tela  de 
seda  6  que  contenga  seda, 
aun  cuando  tengan  espejos  o 
cubiertas  de  marmol,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Muebles  de  todas  clases  con 
embutidos  de  madera,  concha, 
marfil,  carey  6  metal  que  no 
sea  oro,  plata  6  | -latino,  peso 
legal kilo. . 

Materias  minerales. 

I.  METALES. 

ORO,    PLATA   Y    PLATINO. 

Mineral  de  oro,  plata  6  platino . , 

Oro,   plata  6   platino  beneficia- 

dos,  en  pasta  6  en  polvo  , 

A  rtefaclos, 

Alambre,    canutillo    y   demas 

efectos  de  tiraduria,  de  plata 

dorada  6  sm  dorar,  peso  neto 

..  kilo., 


Alhajas  y  toda  clase  de  oh/as  de 
oro  6  platino,  6  de  am  bos 
metales,  con  perlas  6  piedras 
preciosas,  peso  neto kilo. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 


20 


.25 


.30 


.35 


.40 


Free. 
Free. 


10.00 


75.00 


84 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE   OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 
I.  METALS — continued. 

«OLD,  SILVER,  AND   PLATINUM — 

continued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued 

Do.,  do.,  do.,  without  pearls  or 
precious  stones,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Jewelry  and  all  kinds  of  articles 
of  silver,  or  silver  and  gold, 
with  pearls  or  precious  stones, 
net  weight per  kilogram . 

Do.,  do.,  do.,  without  pearls  or 
precious  stones,  net  weight . . . . 
per  kilogram . 

Crucibles  of  platinum 

Galloons  and  textures  of  silver, 
up  to  15  centimeters  wide,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Galloons  and  textures  of  silver, 
gilt,  up  to  15  centimeters  wide, 
net  weight per  kilogram . . 

Coin,  lawful,  gold  or  silver,  of 
all  nations 

Gold-leaf,  for  gilding,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Silver-leaf,  for  plating,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 


COPPER  AND  ITS  ALLOYS. 

Copper,  brass,  bronze,  and 
white  metal  in  ingots  or  grains, 
gross  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Copper,  etc.,  in  bars,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Copper,  etc.,  in  plates  or  sheets, 
gross  weight . . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Copper  ores,  not  reduced 


Manufactured  articles. 

Wire,   copper,    brass,    or   white 
metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Wire,    copper  or  brass,  covered 
with  cotton,  silk,  paper,  or  other 
like  material,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Materias  miner  ales— continfia, 
I.  METALES— continiia. 

ORO,    PLATA,    AND    PLATING — 

continued. 
A  rtefactos — continua. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,    sin  perlas  ni  pie- 
dras  preciosas,  peso  neto 
kilo.. 

Alhajas  y  toda  clase  de  obras  de 
plata  6  de  plata  y  oro,  con 
perlas  6  piedras  preciosas, 
peso  neto kilo. 

Idem,    id.,    id.,    sin    perlas    ni 
piedras  precibsas,  peso  neto 
kilo. 

i  ^risoles  de  platino 

Galones  y  tejidos  de  plata,  hasta 
de  15  centimetros  de  ancho, 
peso  ueto kilo . 

Galones  y  tejidos  de  plata  do- 
rada,  hasta  de  15  centimetros 
de  ancho,  peso  neto kilo. 

Moneda  legal  de  oro  6  plata,.  de 
todas  naciones 

Oro  batido  en  hojas  para  dorar, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Plata  batida  en  hojas  para  pla- 
tear,  peso  legal kilo . 


COBRE  Y  SUS  ALEACION'ES. 

Cobre,  la  ton,  bronce  y  metal 
bianco,  en  lingotes  6  granu- 
lado,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  en  barras,  peso 
bruto  kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  en  planchas  6 
laminas,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Miner.ales  de  cobre  sin  beneficiar 

A  rtefactos. 

Alambre  de  cobre,  laton  6  metal 
bianco,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Alambre  de  cobre  6  laton  cu- 
bierto  con  algoddn,  seda,  pa- 
pel  li  otra  materia  analoga, 
peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollart. 


50.00 


50.00 


10.00 

Free. 


13.00 

15.50 
Free. 
15.00 
2.00 


.10 
.12 

.15 

Free. 


.20 


.60 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 
I.  METALS— continued. 

COPPER  AND  ITS  ALLOYS — COntin- 

ued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued, 

Wire,  copper,  insulated  with  any 
material,  for  electric  light 

Wire,  spangles,  thread,  and  foil 
of  common  metal,  gilt  or  sil- 
vered, legal  weight 
' per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  copper,  brass,  bronze, 
or  white  metal,  not  specified, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  copper,  brass,  bronze 
or  white  metal,  weighing  more 
than  10  kilograms  each,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Articles  not  specified,  of  copper, 
bronze,    brass,    or    any    other 
common  metal,  gilt  or  silver- 
plated,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  copper  or  its  alloys, 
not  specified,  with  cloth  of  silk 
or  containitig  silk,  or  with  skin, 
with  or  without  ornaments  not 
of  fine  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Spangles,  thread,  or  foil  of  com- 
mon metal,  not  gilded  or  plated, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Bugle,  tinsel,  and  other  articles 
not   specified,  wire  drawn,   of 
common  metal,  not  gilded   or 
plated,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Bugle,  tinsel,  and  other  articles 
not  specified,  wire-drawn,    of 
common    metal,    plated    or 
gilded,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram  . . 


Materias  miner  ale  s—contintia. 
I.  MET  ALES— continiia. 

BRB     T     SUS     ALEACIONES — COH 

timia. 
Artefactos — continiia. 

Alambre  de  cobre  aislado  con 
cualquiera  materia,  para  luz 
electrica 

Alambre,  bricho,  hilado  y  hojue- 
la  de  metal  ordinario,  dorado 
6  plateado,  peso  legal kilo. 

Artefactos  de  cobre,  laton, 
bronce  y  metal  bianco  no 
especificados,  peso  legal,  kilo. . 

Artefactos  de  cobre,  Iat6n, 
bronce  y  metal  bianco,  cuando, 
el  peso  de  cada  uno  exceda 
de  diez  kildgramos,  peso  le- 
gal  kilo. . 

Artefactos  no  especificados  de 
cobre,  bronce,  Iat6u  6  cual- 
quier  otro  metal  comun,  dora- 
dos 6  plateados,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . . 


Avtefactos  de  cobre  6  sus  alea- 
ciones,  no  especificados,  con 
tela  de  serla  6  que  contenga, 
seda,  6  con  piel,  aun  cuando, 
teng-m  adornos  que  no  scan 
de  metal  fino,  peso  legal,  kilo. 

Bricho,  hilado  y  hojuela  de  me- 
tal ordinario,  sin  dorar  ui 
platear,  peso  legal kilo . 

'anutillo,  lentejuela  y  demas 
efectos  no  especificados  de 
tiradurla,  de  metal  ordinario, 
sin  dorar  ni  platear,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo. . 

?anutillo,  lentejuela  y  demas 
efectos  no  especificados  de 
tiradurla,  de  metal  ordinario 
plateado  6  dorado,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo .  . 


Dollars.' 

Free. 
1.00 

.40 

.20 
1.50 

60 
.50 

1.00 

2.00 


86 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OK   MERCHANDISE. 


Mineral  substances—  continued. 
I.  METALS  —  continued. 

COPPKR  AND  ITS  ALLOYS—  contin- 
ued. 

Manufactured  articles  —  continued, 

Galloons  ana  textures  of  com- 
mon metal  ,  ungilt  and  u  nplated, 
up  to  15  centimeters  wide,  le- 
gal weight  ......  per  kilogram  .  . 

Galloons  and  textures,  plated  or 
gilt,  legal  weight.  .  .  .  per  kilo. 


Jewelry  or  ornaments  of  copper 
or  brass,  plain,  gilt,  or  plated, 
legal  weight.  .  .  .  per  kilogram.  . 

Furniture,  brass  or  bronze,  all 
kinds,  with  or  without  marble 
tops  or  mirrors,  gross  weight 
................  per  kilogram  .  . 

Brass  foil  and  enamel,  in  leaves 
or  cut  fine,  legal  weight 
...............  per  kilogram  .  . 

Copper  plates,  polished,  for  en- 
graving, legal  weight 
...............  per  kilogram  .  . 

Powders  for  bronzing,  legal 
weight  .........  per  kilogram  .  . 

Brass  solder,  gross  weight 

...............  per  kilogram  .  . 

Woven  wire,  copper  or  brass, 
legal  weight  ...  .per  kilogram  .  , 

Tubing,  copper,  brass,  brouze,  or 
white  metal,  gross  weight 
...............  per  kilogram  .  , 

TIN,   LEAD,   AND  ZINC. 

Tin  in  bars  and  in  the  rough,  le- 
gal weight  ......  per  kilogram  .  , 

Alloys  of  lead  and  antimony  in 
ingots,  for  type-casting  ........ 


Ores,  tin,  lead,  or  zinc,  not  re- 
duced   

Pig  lead,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Zinc  in  ingots,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Materias  miner  ales— continfla. 
I.  METALES— continua. 

COBRE  y  sirs  ALEACIONES — con- 
tinua. 

Artefactos — continua. 

Galones  y  tejidos  de  metal  ordi- 
nario  sin  dorar  ni  platear, 
hasta  de  15  centimetres  de 
ancho,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Galones  y  tejidos  de  metal  ordi- 
nario,  dorado  6  plateadp,  hasta 
de  15  centimetres  de  ancho, 
peso  legal kilo .. . 

Joyas  6  alhaj  as  de  cobre  6  Iat6n, 
aun    cuando    esten   doradas  6 
plateadas,  peso  legal. ..  .kilo. . 

Muebles  de  Iat6n  6  bronce  de 
todas  clases,  aun  cuando  ten- 
gan  cubiertas  de  marmol  y 
espejos,  peso  bruto kilo . . 

Oropel  y  esmalte  en  hojas  6  pi- 
cado,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Planchas  de  cobre  pulidas  para 
grabar,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Polvos  para  broncear,  peso  legal 

kilo.. 

Soldadura  de  laton,  peso  bruto 

..kilo.. 


Tela  de  alainbre,  de  cobre  6 
Iat6n,  peso  legal kilo . , 

Tubos  de  cobre,  Iat6n,  bronce  6 
metal  bianco,  peso  bruto,  kilo . , 

ESTANO,  PLOMO  Y  ZINC. 

Estaiio  en  barras  y  en  grefla, 
peso  legal kilo . , 

Liugotes  de  aleaciones  de  plo- 
mo  y  antimonio  para  fundir 
tipos  de  imprenta 

Minerales  de  estano,  plomo  6 
zinc,  sin  beneficiar 

Plomo  en  galapagos,  peso  bruto 
kilo. . 

Zinc  en  lingotes,  peso  bruto 

.  .kilo. , 


Dollars. 

2.50 

3.50 
.60 

.30 
1.00 

.05 

.50 
.10 
.20 
.15 

.12 

Free. 

Free. 
.05 
.05 


TARIFF. 


87 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 
I.  METALS— continued. 


TIN,  LEAD,  AND  ZINC — continued.  ESTANO,  PLOMo  Y  ZINC — continua. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Materias  minerales— contintia. 
I.  METALES— continua. 


Manufactured  articles. 

Articles  of  tin,  not  specified,  le- 
gal weight per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  lead,  not  specified,  le- 
gal weight per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  zinc,  not  specified, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram .  . 

Articles  of   alloys  of  zinc,  lead, 
.  or    tin,    not    specified,     legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Lead  pipe,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Zinc  plates  for  engraving,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Solder  of  lead  and  tin,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Zinc,  sheet,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

IRON  AND  STEEL. 

Ores,  iron «. . 

Building  and  industrial  material. 

Steel  in  bars  and  rods,  square, 
round,  or  octagonal,  net 
weight per  kilogram .  . 

Steel  in  bars  and  rods,  round  or 
octagonal,  for  mines 

Wire,  iron,  or  steel,  diameter  from 
26   to   30,  inclusive,  Birming- 
ham measure,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Wire,  iron,  or  steel,  diameter  not 
less  than  25,  Birmingham 
measure,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Wire,  iron,  galvanized,  for  tele- 
graphs and  telephones 

Wire,  iron,  flat,  for  book -binding, 
gross  weight ....  per  kilogram .  . 


A  rtefactos. 

Artefactos  no  especificados  de 
estano,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Artefactos  no  especificados, 
de  plomo,  peso  legal kilo . , 

Artefactos  no  especiticados  de 
zinc,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Artefactos  no  especificados  de 
aleaciones  de  zinc,  plomo  y 
estano,  peso'  legal kilo . . 

Caneria  de  plomo,  peso  bruto 

.kilo. 


Planchas  de  zinc  para  grabar, 
peso  bruto kilo. 

Soldadura  de  plomo  y  estano, 
peso  legal kilo . , 

Zinc  laminado,  peso  bruto,  kilo. 


HIERRO    Y    ACERO. 

Miuerales  de  hierro. . . 


Material  para  construcd6n  y  para 
la  industria. 

Acero  en  barras  cuadradas,  ci- 
lindricas  u  ochavadas,  peso 
neto kilo. . 

Acero  en  barras  ciliifdricas  u 
ochavadas,  para  minas 

Alambre  de  hierro  6  acero,  cuyo 

j     diametro   sea   del   niimero  26 

I     al  30   inclusives,    del  calibra- 

dor     de      Birmingham,     peso 

bruto kilo . . 

Alambre  de  hierro  6  acero  cuyo 
diametro  no  sea  menor  del 
numero  25  del  calibrador  de 
Birmingham,  peso  bruto,  kilo... 

Alambre  de  hierro  gnlvanizado 
para  telegrafos  y  telefonos 

Alambre  de  hierro  aplanado 
para  encuadernaci6n,  peso 
bruto. .  .  .kilo. . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 

.26 
.07 
.25 

.25 
.05 
.05 

.12 

.07 

Free. 


.05 


Free. 


.01 


.10 


Free. 


.01 


88 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

I.  METALS— continued. 
IRON  AND  STEEL — continued. 

Building  and  industrial  material — 
continued. 

Wire,  iron,  for  fences,  and  staples 
for  fastenings 

Stone  h'ammers,  dies,  and  shoes, 
iron  or  steel 

Plows  and  plowshares 

Ties,  iron,  with  their  rivets,  for 
baling  and  boxing,  and  iron 
wire  with  clasps,  for  the  same 
purpose  

Barrels  or  kegs,  iron 

Cable,  iron  or  steel  wire,  of  any 
diameter 

Pipes  and  tubing,  iron,  all  di- 
mensions, tinned  or  not 


Pipes    and    tubing,    iron,    lined 
with  bronze,  brass,  copper,  or 
white  metal,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Spades,  scythes,  sickles,  harrows, 
rakes,  shovels,  picks,  pitch- 
forks, hoes,  mattocks,  and  ma- 
chetes,  common,  without 
sheaths,  for  agricultural  uses  . 

Crucibles,  iron 

Axles  and  axle  boxes,  iron  or 
steel,  for  carriages,  gross 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Iron  or  steel  in  ingots,  filings,  or 
scraps,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Iron,  strap,  rounded,  square,  flat, 
and  half-round,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram  . . 

Iron,  angle  or  f>  gross  weight 
per- kilogram . . 

Iron,  perforated,  in  sheets,  for 
sieves 

Iron,  in  sheets,  corrugated,  and 
tiles,  for  roofing,  painted  or 
galvanized,  or  not,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 


Materias  minerales— contintia. 

I.  METALES— continua. 

HIERRO  Y  ACERO — continua. 

Material  para  construcddn  y  para 
la  industria — continua. 

Alambre  de  hierro  para  cercas, 
y  las  grampas  para  fijarlo. . . . 

Almadanetae,  dados  y  zapatas, 
de  hierro  6  acero 

Arados  y  sus  rejas 

Aros  de  hierro  con  sus  remaches 
para  amarrar  bultos  y  el  alam- 
bre de  hierro  con  broches 
para  el  mismo  uso 

Barriles  de  hierro 

Cable  de  alambre  de  hierro  6 
acero  de  todos  gruesos 

Caneria  de  hierro  de  todas  di- 
mensiones,  aun  cuando  este 
estanada  

Caneria  de  hierro  forrada  de 
broace,  laton,  cobre  6  metal 
bianco,  peso  bruto kilo. . 

Coas,  guadanas,  hoces,  rastros, 
rastrillos,  palas,  picos,  biel- 
dos,  azadas,  azadones  y  ma- 
chetes ordinal  ios  sin  vaina, 
para  la  agricultura 

Crisoles  de  hierro , 

rfs  y  bujes  de   hierro   6   acero 
para  carruajes,  peso  bruto 

..  kilo.. 


Hierro  6  acero  en  lingotes, 
limaduras  6  pedaceria,  peso 
bruto kilo . 

Hierro  fleje,  redondillo,  cua- 
drado,  platina  y  media  cana, 
peso  bruto kilo. . 

Hierro  en  escuadra  y  en  T>  Peso 
bruto kilo . . 


Hierro  en  laminas  perforadas 
para  tamices 

Hierro  en  laminas,  el  estriado 
y  en  tejas  para  techos,  aun 
cuando  este  pintado  6  galvani- 
zado,  peso  bruto kilo. . 


Dollars. 


Free. 

Free. 
Free. 


Free. 
Free. 

Free. 


Free. 


.05 


Free. 
Free. 


.10 

.03 

.10 
.03 
Free. 

.04 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Mineral  substances — continued. 

I.  METALS— continued. 
IRON  AND  STEEL — continued. 

Building  and  industrial  material — 
continued. 

Tin  plate  in  sheets  up  to  55  centi- 
meters long  by  40  wide,  not 
stamped  or  painted 

Tin  plate  in  sheets  more  than  55 
centimeters  long  or  more  than 
40  wide,'  and  that  stamped, 
painted,  or  japanned,  of  all 
dimensions,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram  . 

Springs,  steel,  for  carriages, 
gross  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. 

Plates,  steel,  for  engraving,  pol- 
ished, legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Posts  and  crosspieces,  iron,  for 
telegraphs  and  telephones 

Kails,  iron  or  steel,  switches, 
plates,  frogs,  and  cross- ties,  for 
railroads 

Beams  and  rafters,  iron,  for  roofs, 
gross  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. 

,  Manufactured  articles. 

Wire,  iron  or  steel,  covered  with 

cotton,    linen,    wool,    silk,    or 

paper,  legal  weight 

..per  kilogram . , 

Anchors,  with  or  without  their 

chains,  iron 


Articles  not  specified,  of  iron, 
steel,  or  tin  plate,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Articles  not  specified,  of  iron  or 
steel,  exceeding   10  kilograms 
in  weight  each,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Chains,    iron,   'whose    links    are 
made  of  iron  not  less  than  No. 
5,    Birmingham    measure,    in 
diameter,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram .  . 


Materias  minerales— contintia. 

I.  METALES— continua. 

HIEKKO  Y  ACERO — continua. 

Material  para  construccidn  y  para 
la  industria — continua. 

Hoja  de  lata  en  laminas  hasta 
de  55  centimetres  de  largo  por 
40  centimetres  de  ancho,  que 
no  este  estampada  iii  pintada. . 

Hoja  de  lata  en  laminas  de  mas 
de  55  centimetres  de  largo  6 
de  mas  de  40  centimetres  de 
ancho,  y  la  estampada,  pintada 
6  charoJada  de  todas  dimen- 
siones,  peso  bruto kilo. . 

Muelles  de  acero  para  carruajes, 
peso  bruto kilo .  . 

Planchas  de  acero  pulidas  para 
grabar,  peso  legal kilo . 

Postes  y  cruceros  de  hierro  para 
telegrafos  y  telefonos 

Rieles  de  hierro  6  acero,  agujas, 
tortugas,  durmientes  y  sapos 
para  ferrocarril 

Vigas  y  viguetas  de  hierro  para 
techos,  peso  bruto kilo... 

Artefactos. 

Alambre   de   hierro   6  acero,   cu- 
bierto  con  algodon,  lino,  lana, 
seda  6  papel,  peso  legal,  .kilo. . 

Anclas  para  embarcaciones,  con 
sus  correspondientes  cadenas 
de  hierro  6  sin  ellas 

Artefactos  de  hierro,  acero  li  hoja 
de  lata,  no  especiticados,  peso 
legal kilo. . 

Artefactos  de  hierro  6  acero  no 
especiticados,  cuando  el  peso 
de  cada  uno  exceda  de  10  kilo- 

gramos,  peso  legal kilo.. 

adenas  de  hierro  cuando  la 
cabilla  de  los  eslabones  tenga 
un  diametro  que  no  sea  menor 
del  numero  5  del  calibrador  de 
Birmingham,  peso  legal,  .kilo. . 


Dollars. 

Free. 

.07 
.10 
.05 
Free. 

Free. 
.01 

.20 

Free. 
.25 

.10 


90 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF    MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measure*. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

I.  METALS— continued. 

IRON  AND  STEEL — continued. 

Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Masks  of  iron  or  steel  wire,  all 

kinds eacli .  . 

Nails,  tacks,  screws,  bolts,  nuts, 

and    rivets,    of    iron,    legal 

weight .per  kilogram. . 

Furniture,  iron,  all  kinds,  with 

or   without   marble  tops   and 

mirrors,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram. . 

Wire  cloth,  iron,  all  kinds,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Hods,  iron  or  steel,  covered,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Other  metals. 

Aluminum,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Antimony,  metallic,  or  regulus, 

legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 
Arsenic,  metallic,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Quicksilver 

Cadmium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 

Calcium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Magnesium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Nickel,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Potassium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Sodium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

All  other  metals  not  specified, 

legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

II.  STONES  AND  EARTHS. 

Asbestos,  in  fiber  or  powdered .  . . 
Clay  and  sand,  common  and  for 

molding 

Jet,  crude,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram .  . 


Materias  minerales— continfia. 

I.  METALES— continua. 

HIERRO  Y  ACERO — continua. 

A  rtefactos — continua. 

Caretas  de  alambre  de  hierro  6 
acero  de  todas  clases  .  . .  pieza . 

Clavos,  puntillas,  tornillos, 
pernos,  tuercas  y  remaches  de 
hierro,  peso  legal kilo . 

Muebles  de  hierro  de  todas 
clases,  aun  cuando  tengan  cu- 
biertas  de  marmol  y  espejos, 
peso  bruto kilo. 

Tel  a  de  alambre  de  hierro  de 
todas  clases,  peso  legal  .  .kilo. 

Varillas  de  hierro  6  acero  forra- 
das,  peso  legal kilo . 


Demds  Metalea. 
Aluminio,  peso  legal kilo . 

Antimonio  metalico    6    regulo, 

peso  legal kilo . 

Arsenico  metalico,  peso  legal 

..  kilo. 


Azogue  

Cadmio,  peso  legal kilo . 

Calcio,  peso  legal .  .kilo." 

Magnesio,  peso  legal kilo. 

Niquel,  peso  legal '. . .  kilo. 

Potasio,  peso  legal kilo. 

Sodio,  peso  legal kilo. , 


Todos  los  demas  met  ales  no  es- 
pecificados,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. , 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y  TIERRAS. 


Amianto  en  fibra  6  polvo 
Arcilla,  arena  y  arenilla  . 


Azabache  en  bruto,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Dollari. 


.20 
.10 
.20 

.26 

.28 

.25 
Free. 
.25 

1.00 

.25 

.25 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 


Free. 
Free. 


.2* 


TARIFF. 


91 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

II.  STONES  AND  EARTHS— 
continued. 

Sulphur,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Lime,    common,   hydraulic,   and 

Roman  or  Portland  cement  . . . 
Carbonates  of  baryta,  magnesia, 

or  strontium,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Carbonate   of    lime    or   Spanish 

white 

Diamonds,  cut,  in  all  shapes,  un- 
mounted   per  carat . 

Emeralds,  rubies,  and  sapphires, 

unmounted per  carat . , 

Emery,  powder  or  grain 

Spar,  legal  w  eight per  kilo . , 

Mineral  coal , 

Marbleand  alabasterin  the  rough, 

in  sawn  slabs,  unpolished,  or 

in  dust,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Ochers,  legal  weight. .  .per  kilo. , 

Flint,  gross  weight per  kilo. 

Peroxide     of     manganese,   legal 

weight per  kilogram . 

Stone  ore  of  all  kinds 

Precious    stones,    not    specified, 

unset hectogram . . 

Pumice   stone   and  lava,  in  the 
rough,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Graphite      (plumbago),      legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Talc,  legal  weight..    . .  .per  Uilo. . 

Fire  clay,  rotten  stone,  and  Trip- 
oli   

Plaster  of  Paris  and  stucco,  gross 
weight per  kilogram .  . 

Mineral  products. 

Oil,  mineral,  crude,  gross  weight 
...  per  kilogram . . 

Oil,  mineral,  refined,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram .  . 

C'oal  tar,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Materias  minerales— contintia. 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y  TIERRAS— 

contimia. 

Azufre,  peso  bruto kilo . . 

Cal,  comiin,  hidraiilica  y  cemento 
romano  6  Portland 

Carbonates  de  barita,  magnesia 
6  estronciana,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Carbonate  de  cal  6  bianco  de 
Espana 

Diamantes  tallados  de  todas  for- 
mas,  no  montados. . .  quilate  . 

Esmeraldas,  rubies  y  zafiros,  no 
montados quilate . , 

Esmeril  en  polvo  6  en  grano 

Espatos,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Hulla 

Marmol  y  alabastro  en  bruto,  en 
hojas  aserradas  sin  pulim en- 
tar  6  en  polvo,  peso  bruto 

..kilo.. 


Geres,  peso  legal kilo . 

Pedernal,  peso  bruto kilo. . 

Peroxide    de    manganeso,    peso 

legal  kilo. . 

Piedra  mineral  de  todas  clases. . . 
Piedras  preciosas   no  especifica- 

das,  sin  montaduras 

hectogramo . . 

Piedra  p6mez  y   lava  en  bruto, 

peso  bruto kilo. . 


Plombagina,  peso  legal. . .  .kilo. . 

Talco,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Tierra  refractaria,  tierra  podrida 

y  de  tripoli 

Yeso  y  eituco,  peso  bruto,  kilo . . 

Prodiictos. 

Aceite     mineral     impuro,     peso 
bruto kilo . . 

Aceite  mineral  purificado,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Alquitran  de  hulla,  peso  bruto 

,.  kilo.. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Dollars. 

'  .01 
Free. 

.08 
Free. 
5.00 

3.00 

Free. 

.08 
Free. 


.01 
.08 
.05 

.03 
Free. 


10.00 
.01 
.08 
.03 

tree. 
.10 


.02 
.10 
.04 


92 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

H.  STONES  AND  EARTHS— 
continued. 

Mineral  products — continued. 

Asphaltum,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Wax,  mineral,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Coke 

Paraffin,  crude,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram. 

Paste,     mineral,    for    polishing, 

legal  weight  . .  .per  kilogram. , 
Vaseline,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Manufactured  articles. 

Adobes  of  raw  clay. .  .thousand. 
Paving  stones square  meter . 

Articles  not  specified,  of  alabas- 
ter or  marble,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram 

Articles  of  clay,  gypsum,  or 
stucco,  not  specified,  gross 
weight ....... .per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  lava,  not  specified, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Articles  of  agate,  not  specified, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Articles    of    meerschaum,    not 
specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Articles  of  jet,  not  specified,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Glazed  tile  (Dutch  tiles) 

per  thousand. . 

Paraffin  candles,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Crucibles,  earthen,  clay,  or 
plumbago 

Chalk  for  schools,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Firebrick 

Brick  and  paving  blocks,  clay 
per  thousand . . 

Pencils  of  all  kinds,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram .  . 


Materias  minerales— continoa. 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y  TIERRAS— 

continua. 

Productos — continua. 

Asfalto,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Cera  mineral,  peso  bruto.  .kilo. 
Coke. . 


Parafina  en  marqueta,  peso  bruto 

kilo. 

Pasta  mineral   para  pulir,  peso 

legal kilo   , 

Vaselina,  peso  legal kilo . , 

Artefactos. 

Adobes  de  arcilla  cruda,  millar. 

Adoquines  de  piedra 

metro  cuadrado . 

Artefactos  de  alabastro  6  mar- 
mol  no  especiricados,  peso 
bruto kilo. , 

Artefactos  de  barro,  estuco 
6  yeso  no  especificados,  peso 
bruto kilo . . 

Artefactos  delava,  no  especifica- 
dos, peso  legal kilo . . 

Artefactos  de  agata,  no  especifi- 
cados, peso  legal kilo . 

Artefactos  de  espuma  de  mar, 
no  especificados,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


Artefactos  de  azabache  no  espe- 
cificados, peso  legal kilo. , 

Azulejos millar. . 


Bujias  de  parafina,  peso  bruto 
.  .kilo. 


Jrisoles  de  tierra,    barro   6  gra- 

rito , 

^is  para  escuelas,  peso  legal 

.kilo. . 


Ladrillos  de  tierra  refractaria. . . . 
Ladrillos  y  losas  de  barro 

millar. . 

Lapices   de    todas    clases,    peso 
legal kilo. . 


Dollars. 
.04 
.10 
Free. 
.10 

'       .10 
.15 

1.00 
.03 

.20 

.15 
.20 

1.75 

1.75 

1.75 
7.00 

.20 

Free. 

.10 

Free. 

2.50 
.10 


TARIFF. 


93 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

II.  STONES  AND  EARTHS— 
continued. 

Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Sand  or  emery  paper  or  cloth, 
legal  weight per  kilogram. . 

Paving  slabs,  stone 

square  meter . . 

Slabs,  marble,  for  floors,  up  to  40 
centimeters  square,  dressed  on 
one  side  only,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Slabs,  marble  for  floors,  of  more 
than  40  centimeters  square, 
dressed  on  one  side  only,  gross 
weight per  kilogram  . . 

Slabs,  marble,  for  furniture,  and 
such  as  have  polished  or  carved 
edges,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . 

•Grindstones  and  whetstones, 
gross  weight per  kilogram .  . 

Mosaics   of    artificial    stone   for 
paving,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Furnaces,  enameling,  and  other 
small,  of  fireclay 

M  illstones 

Slate    slabs,    polished    on    both 
sides,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Slates  for  roofing,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram 

Slates  for  schools,  with  or  with- 
out frame,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Slate  pencils,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Tiles  and  pipe  for  drainage,  clay 
per  thousand . 

Chalk  for  billiard  cues,  legal 
weight per  kilogram... 


CRYSTAL,     GLASS,    CROCKERY,    AND  CRISTAL, 
PORCELAIN. 


Insulators  for  telegraphs  and  tel- 
ephones   


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Materias  minerales-continua. 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y  TIERRAS— 
continua. 

A  rtefactos — continua. 

Lija  de  vidrio  6  esmeril  sobre  pa- 
pel  6  lienzo,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. . 

Losas  de  piedra  para  emban- 
quetado. . . .  metro  cuadrado. . 

Losas  de  roarmol  para  pisos, 
hasta  de  40  centimetres  en  cua- 
dro,  labradas  por  &61o  una 
de  sus  caras,  peso  bruto. .kilo. 

Losas  de  mdrmol  para  pisos  de 
mas  de  40  centimetres  en  cua- 
dro,  labradas  por  s61o  una 

,  de  sus  caras,  peso  bruto  kilo. 

Losas  de  marmol  para  muebles, 
y  las  que  tengan  sus  cantos 
pulimentados  6  moldurados, 
peso  bruto kilo . 

Mollejones  y  piedras  de  amolar, 
peso  bruto k  il  o . 

Mosaicos  de  piedra  artificial 
para  pavimento,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. 


Muflas  y  hornillos  de  tierra  re- 
f  ractaria 

Piedras  para  molino 

Pizarras  en  losas  pulidas  por 
ambas  caras,  peso  bruto.. kilo. , 

Pizarras  en  hojas  para  techos, 
peso  bruto kilo . 

Pizarras  para  escuelas,  aun 
cuando  tengan  marco,  peso 
bruto  kilo . 

Pizarrines,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Tejas  y  tubos  de  barro  para  de- 
sague..... millar. 

Tiza  para  tacos  de  billar,  peso 
legal kilo . 


Duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


VIDRIO,    LOZA    Y  FORCE 
LAN  A. 


Aisladores  para  telegr  af  oa  6  tel- 
efonos. . . 


Dollars. 

.07 
.03 

.01 
.03 

.15 
05 

.01 

Free. 
Free. 

.15 
.01 


.10 
.10 


2.56 
.10 


Free. 


94 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Mineral  substances -continued. 

II.  STONES  AND  EARTHS— 
'     continued. 

CRYSTAL,    GLASS,     CROCKEKY,    AND 

PORCELAIN — continued. 

Articles  not  specified  of  crystal, 
glass,  clay,  or  porcelain,  with 
cloth  of  silk  or  containing  silk, 
or  with  skin,  with  or  without 
ornaments  not  of  gold,  silver, 
or  platinum,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Bottles,    of    common    glass,    for 
ordinary    packages    of    wine, 
beer,  or  liquors,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Demijohns,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Mirrors,  with  frames  of  brass, 
zinc,  tin,  white  metal,  wood, 
or  pasteboard,  up  to  30  centi- 
meters length  of  side,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Mirrors,  etc.,  up  to  75  centime- 
ters length  of  side,,  legal 
weight per  kilogram .  . 

Mirrors,  with  frame  of  celluloid, 
gutta  percha,  or  cloth,  not  con- 
taining silk,  up  to  30  centime- 
ters length  of  side,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Mirrors,  etc.,  up  to  75  centime- 
ters length  of  side,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Mirrors,  with  frames  of  cloth  of 
silk  or  containing  silk,  skin, 
or  crystal,  and  those  with  or- 
naments of  artificial  flowers  or 
feathers,  up  to  30  centimeters 
length  of  side,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Mirrors,  etc.,  up  to  75  centime- 
ters length  of  side,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram... 

Mirrors,  with  wooden  or  brass 
frame,  with  or  without  cloth 
or  crystal,  more  than  75  centi- 
meters length  *of  side,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 


Mate  ri  as  miner  ales—con  tintta. 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y   TIERRAS— 

continua. 

CRISTAL,  VIDRIO,  LOZA    Y  POR- 

CELANA — contimia. 

Artefactos  no  especificados  de 
cristal,  vidrio,  barro  6  porce- 
lana  con  tela  de  seda  6  que 
contenga  scda,  6  con  piel, 
aun  cuando  tengan  adornos 
que  no  seau  de  oro,  plata  6 
platino,  peso  legal kilo. 

Botellas  de  vidrio  corriente  para 
envases  comunes  do  vino,  cer- 
veza  6  licores,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. 


Damajua*na3  6  garrafones,  peso 
bruto kilo . . 

Espejos  con  marco  de  Iat6n, 
zinc,  hoja  de  lata,  metal  bian- 
co, madera  6  carton,  hasta  de 
30  centimetres  por  lado,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  75  cen- 
timetres por  lado,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


Espejos  con  marco  de  celu- 
loide,  gutapercha  6  tela  que 
no  contenga  seda,  hasta  de  30 
centimetres  por  lado,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Idem,   id.,  id.,  hasta  de  75  cen- 
timetres por  lado,  peso  legal 
..kilo. 


Espejos  con  marco  de  tela  de 
seda  6  que  contenga  seda,  de 
piel  6  cristal,  y  los  que  ten- 
gan adornos  de  flores  artifici- 
ales  6  plumas  hasta  de  30  cen- 
timetres por  lado,  peso  legal 
kilo 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  hasta  de  75  cen- 
timetres per  lado,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. . 


Espejos  con  marco  de  madera 
6  Iat6n,  aun  cuando  contenga 
tela  6  cristal,  de  mas  de  75 
centimetres  por  lado,  peso 
bruto  .  . .  kilo . . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measure. 


DolUrs. 


.60 

.01 
.03 


.30 

.30 
.3* 

.40 
.4ft 

.60 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

II.  STONES  AND  EARTHS— 
continued. 

•RYSTAL,     GLASS,     CROCKERY,    AMD 

PORCELAI  y — continued. 

Mirrors  without  frame,  up  to  30 
centimeters  length  of  side,  le- 
gal weight per  kilogram. . 

Mirrors,  etc.,  up  to  75  centime- 
ters length  of  side,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Mirrors,  etc.,  more  than  75  cen- 
timeters length  of  side,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Flasks,  jars,  and  vessels,  com- 
mon earthen,  for  packing  in- 
dustial  products,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Flasks,      glass,      covered    with 
leather,  cane,  gutta  percha,  or 
common  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Lenses,  single  glass,  with  handle 
not  of  gold,  silver,  or  platinum, 
legal  weight per  kilogram. . 


Lenses  arid  optical  glasses,  not 
specified,  with  mounting  not  of 
gold,  silver,  or  platinum,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Crockery  and  porcelain  in  articles 
not  specified,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Crockery  and  porcelain  in  articles 
not  specified,  with  mountings 
or  settings  of  copper  and  its  al- 
loys, not  gilded  or  silver  plated, 
gross  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Crockery  and  porcelain  in  articles 
not  specified,  with  mountings 
or  settings  of  common  metal, 
silver  plated  or  gilded,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Glass  and  crystal  in  articles  not 
specified,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Materias  minerales— contintia. 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y  TIERRAS— 
continua. 

CRISTAL,  VIDRIO,  LOZA  Y  POR- 

CELANA — continua. 

Espejos  sin  marco,  hasta  de  30 
centimetres  por  lado,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo.. 

Idem,  id.,   id.,   hasta  de  75  cen- 
tlmetros  por  lado,  peso  bruto 
kilo 

Espejos  sin  marco  de  mas  de  75 
centimetres  por  lado,  peso 
bruto kilo.  . 

Frascos,  tarros  y  vasijas  de  barro 

comun  para  envases  de  pro- 

ductos  industrials,  peso  bruto 

..kilo.. 


Frascos  de  vidrio  forrados  con 
cuero,  bejuco,  tela,  guta- 
percha  6  metal  ordiuario,  peso 
legal. ...  kilo . 

Lentea  de  un  solo  vidrio  con 
mango  que  no  sea  de  oro, 
plata  6  platino,  peso  legal 

kilo, 


JLentes  y  anteojos  no  especifica- 

j  dos,  con  montaduras  que  no 
scan  de  oro,  plata  6  platino, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Loza  y  porcelana  labrada  en 
piezas  no  especificadas,  peso 
bruto kilo.. 

Loza  y  porcelana  labrada  en 
piezas  no  especiticadas,  con 
montaduras  6  engastes  de 
cobre  6  sus  aleaciones,  sin 
dorar  ni  platear,  peso  bruto 
kilo . . 

Loza  y  porcelana  labrada  en 
piezas  no  especificadas,  con 
montaduras  6  engastes  de 
metal  ordinario  plateado  6 
dorado,  peso  bruto kilo. . 

Vidrio  y  cristal  labrado  en  piezas 
no  especificadas,  peso  bruto 

.  .kilo. . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 

.20 
.25 
.35 

.01 
.50 
.40 

1.00 
.15 

.30 

1.00 
.20 


96 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Mineral  substances— continued. 

II.  STONES  AND  EARTHS— 
continued. 

CRYSTAL,     GLASS,    CROCKERY,    AND 

PORCELAIN — continued. 

Glass  and  crystal,  with  mount- 
ings or  settings  of  copper  or  its 
alloys,  not  gilded  or  silver 
plated,  gross  weight,  .per  kilo. . 

Glass  and  crystal,  with  mountings 
or  settings  of  common  metal, 
gilded  or  silver  plated,  gross 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Panes,  glass,  up  to  1  meter  length 
of  side,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Panes,  glass,  more  than  1  meter 
length  of  side,  gross  weight 
....    per  kilogram . . 

Glasses    for    spectacles   and 
watches,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloths  and  their  manufactures 

I.    COTTON. 

Spun  goods. 

Cord,  cotton,  not  more  than  10 
millimeters  in  diameter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Cord,  cotton,  more  than  lOmilli-  ' 
meters  in  diameter,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Yarn,  cotton,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Thread,  cotton,  in  balls  or  skeins, 
including  crochet,  and  smooth 
for  shawls  (rebozos),  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Thread,  cotton,  in  spools,  up  to 
275  meters 
per  hundred  spools . . 

Thread,  etc.,  from  276  to  458 
meters per  100  spools. . 

Thread,    cotton,    called  crochet, 
in  spools 
.  .per  100  spools  of  275  meters . . 


Materias  minerales— contintia. 

II.  PIEDRAS  Y  TIERRAS— 

continua. 

CRISTAL,  VIDRIO,  LOZA  Y  POR- 

CELANA — contimia. 

Vidrio  y  cristal  labrado  en  piezas 
no  especih'cadas  con  montaduras 
6  engastes  de  cobre  6  sus  alea- 
ciones,-  sin  dorar  ni  platear, 
peso  bruto kilo . . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  con  montaduras  6 
engastes    de    metal    ordinario 
dorado  6  plateado,  peso  bruto 
..kilo.. 


Vidrios  pianos  hasta  de   1    me- 
tro por  lado,  peso  bruto,  kilo. 

Vidrios  pianos  de  mas  de  1  me- 
tro por  lado,  peso  bruto .  kilo . 

Vidrios     para     anteos    y    para 
relojes,  peso  legal kilo. 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufactures- 

I.    ALGODON. 

Hilados. 

Cordones  de  algod6n  cuyo  dia- 
metro  no  exceda  de  10  mili- 
metros,  peso  legal kilo . 

Cordones  de  a!goJ6n  cuyo  dia- 
metro  sea  mayor  de  10  mili- 
metros,  peso  legal kilo. 

Hilaza  de  algod6n,  peso  legal 
kilo. 

Hilo  de  algod6n  en  ovillos  y 
madejas,  incluso  el  de  cro- 
chet y  el  planchado  para  re- 
bozos,  peso  legal kilo. 

Hilo    de    algod6n    en     carretes 
hasta  de  275  metros 
cada  100  carretes . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  276  hasta  458 
metros cada  100  carretes . 

Hilo  de  algocWn  denominado  de 
crochet,  en  carretes  ....  cada 
100  carretes  de  275  metros 


Dollars. 

.30 

1.00 

.20 

.15 
.50 


1.50 

.15 

.80 

1.20 

1.00 
2.00 

2.00 


TARIFF. 


97 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

I.   COTTON — continued. 
Spun  goods — continued. 

Wicking,  cotton,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 


Woven  goods. 

Canvas,  embroidery,  cotton,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Lace  and  network,  cotton,  with 
hexagonal    meshes,     embroid- 
ered or  not  with  cotton,  linen, 
wool,  or  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Lace  and  net,  etc. ,  with  beads  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight per  kilogram . . 

Lace  and  net,  of  cotton,  with 
meshes  not  hexagonal,  em- 
broidered or  not  with  cotton, 
linen,  wool,  or  silk,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. , 

Lace,  etc.,  with  beads  of  glass, 
common  metal,  or  paste,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . , 

Book  muslin  for  binding,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. 

Cloth,  cotton,  raw  or  white,  plain 
woven,  with  not  more  than  30 
threads  of  warp  and  woof  per 
square  of  5  millimeters 
per  square  meter . 

The  same,  with  more  than  30 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters  per  square  meter. . 


Cloth,  cotton,  painted,  stamped, 
or  dyed,  smooth  woven,  having 
not  more  than  30  threads  per 
square  of  5  millimeters 
per  square  meter. , 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas  -Con- 

tinfia. 

i.  ALGOD6N — continua. 
Hilados — continua. 

Pabilo  de  algod6n,  peso  legal 

..  kilo. 


Tejidos. 

Caneva  de  algodon,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. 


Encaje  y  punto  de  algodon,  de 
malla  exagonal,  aun  cuando 
este  bordado  con  algodon, 
lino,  lana  6  seda,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo. 


Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal  or- 
dinario  6  pasta,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . 


Encaje  y  punto  de  algod6n,  de 
malla  que  no  sea  exagonal, 
aun  cnando  este  bordado  con 
algoddn,  lino,  lana  6  seda, 
peso  legal kilo . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga  aba- 
lorios de  vidrio.metal  ordiD#- 
rio  6  pasta,  peso  legal  .  .kilo. 

Percalina  para  encuadernaci6n, 
peso  legal . . ; kilo . 

Telas  de  atgodon    crudas  6  blan- 
cas,  de  tejido  liso,   cuando  no 
excedan   de   30   hilos  de  pie  y 
trama   en   un   cuadfado   de   5 
milimetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado . . 

Idem,   id.,    id.,    cuando   tengan 
mas    de    30    hilos    de    pie    y 
trama  en    un    cuadrado   de  5 
milimetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado . 

Telas  de  algodon  pintadas,  es- 
tampadas  6  tefiidas,  de  tejido 
liso,  cuando  no  excedan  de  30 
hilos  de  pie  y  trama  en  un  cua- 
drado de  5  milimetros  por 
lado. .  metro  cuadrado. . 


Dollars. 

.16 
.60 

6.00 
4.00 

3.00 

2.00 
.10 

.09 
.11 

.12 


98 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

I.  COTTON — continued. 
Woven  goods — continued. 

The  same,  with  more  than  30 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters  per  square  meter. 

Cloth,  cotton,  raw,  white,  or 
colored,  not  smooth  woven, 
open-worked,  or  embroidered 
per  square  meter. 

The  same,  open-worked  or  em- 
broidered with   cotton,  linen, 
or  other  vegetable  fiber 
per  square  meter. 

Cloth,    cotton,    all    kinds,    em- 
broidered with  wool 
per  square  meter . 

Cloth,  cotton,  all  kinds,  in- 
woven with  any  metal  not  gold 
or  silver,  in  figures  or  embroid- 
ery, legal  weight . . .  per  kilo . 


Cloth,  cotton,  of  all  kinds,  with 
mixture  of  precious  metal,  in 
streaks  or  threads,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

The    same,   in    raised  work    or 

.  figures,  woven  or  embroidered, 

legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Manufactures. 

Carpets  and  rugs  of  cotton  pile 
on  foundation  of  any  vegetable 
fiber  per  square  meter . . 

Articlesormanufacturesof  cotton 
netting,  not  specified,  with 
or  without  small  ornaments  of 
any  substance  except  fine 
metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Tassels,  cotton,  with  bobbins  of 
same  or  other  material,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Tassels,   cotton,    with   cords    of 
same  material,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANC1A. 


Tejidos  y  BUS  manufacturas— con- 
tinua. 

I.  ALGOD6N — continua. 
Tejidos — continua. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
mas  de  30  hilos  de  pie  y  trama 
en  un  cuadrado  de  5  milime- 
tros  por  lado,  metro  cuadrado . 

Telas  de  algodon,  crudas,  blan- 
cas  6  de  colorei,  de  tejido  que 
no  sea  liso,  calado  ni  bordado 
metro  cuadrado . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  caladas  6  borda- 
das,  con  algodon,  lino  ii  otra 
fibra  vegetal,  metro  cuadrado . 

Telas     de     algodon      de     todas 
clases,  bordadas  con  lana 
metro  cuadrado . 

Telas  de  algodon,  de  todas 
clases,  con  mezcla  de  metal 
que  no  sea  plata  u  oro,  en  la- 
bores  6  dibujos  tejidos  6  bor- 
dados,  peso  legal kilo. 

Telas  de  algodon,  de  todas 
clases,  con  mezcla  de  metal 
.fino  en  forma  de  lluvia  6 
hilos,  peso  legal kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  en  labores  6  dibu- 
jos, tejidos  6  bordados,  peso 
legal kilo . 


Manufacturas. 

Alfombras  y  tapetes  de  rizo  6  de 
tripe  de  algodon    sobre  base 
de  cualquiera  fibra  vegetal 
metro  cuadrado . , 

Artlculos  6  manufacturas  de 
punto  de  media  de  algodon, 
no  especificados,  aun  cuando 
contengan  pequenos  adornos 
de  otra  materia  que  no  sea 
metal  fino,  peso  legal ....  kilo . . 

Borlas  de  algodon  aun  cuando 
sus  almas  sean  de  otra  ma- 
teria, peso  legal kilo . . 

Borlas  de  algodon  cuando  ten- 
gan cordones  de  la  misma 
materia,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 


TARIFF. 


99 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

I.  COTTON — continued. 

Manufactures — continued. 

Drawers,  cotton,  for  men  and 
boys,  legal  weight. .  ..per  kilo. . 

Shirts,  cotton,  for  men  and  boys, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Shirts,  cotton,  for  men  and  boys, 
with  front,  collar,  and  cuffs  of 
linen,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Corsets,  cotton,  with  or  without 
ribbons  and  small  ornaments, 
not  of  precious  metal,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Dress  patterns,  cotton,  with  or 
without  ornaments  of  embroid- 
ery or  lace  of  cotton  or  linen, 
for  ladies  and  girls,  legal 
weight .  per  kilogram . . 

Dress  patterns,  cotton,  with  orna- 
ments of  silk  or  which  contain 
silk,  legal  weight. . .  .per  kilo. . 

Dress  patterns,  cotton,  with  skirt 

,    or  overskirt  of  lace  or  knitwork 

of  cotton,  of  all   kinds,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Flutings,  cotton,  with  or  without 
laces  of   cotton,  and-  small  or- 
naments of  silk  or  imitation 
gold  or  silver,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Fringe,  galloon,  braid,  ribbons, 
and  network,  cotton,  legal 
weight. per  kilogram. . 

Fringe,  etc.,  with  bead  work  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Garters  and  suspenders,  cotton, 
of  all  kinds,  with  or  without 
trimmings,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 

tinua. 

I.  ALGOD6N — eoiitiiuia. 
Manufacturas — continua. 

Calzoncilloa  de  tela  de  algodon 
para  hombres  y  ninos,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Camisas  de  tela  de  algodon  para 
hombres  y  ninos,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Camisas  de  tela  de  algodon  para 
hombres  y  ninos,  cuando  ten- 
gan  pechera,  cuello  y  pufios  de 
lino,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Corses  de  algodon,  aun  cuando 
tengan  cintas  y  pequenos 
adornos  que  no  sean  de  metal 
fino.  peso  legal .kilo. . 

Cortes  de  vestidos  de  tela  de  al- 
godon, aun  cuando  tengan 
adornos  bordados  6  de  encaje 
de  algodon  6  lino,  para  senoras 
y  ninas,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Cortes  de  vestidos  de  tela  de  al- 
godon, con  adornos  de  tela  de 
seda  6  que  contenga  seda,  peso 
legal kilo, . 

Cortes  de  vestidos  de  tela  de  al- 
godon, con  falda  6  sobrefalda 
de  encaje  6  punto  de  algo- 
don de  todas  clases,  peso 
legal  kilo. . 

Encarrujados    de    algodon,     aun 
cuando     tengan     encajes    de 
algodon    y   pequenos   adornos 
de    seda  6  metal    falso,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Fleco,  galdn,  pasamanerfa,  espi- 
guilla,  cinta  y  mallas  de  algo- 
don, peso  legal . .  .kilo . . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal 
ordinario  o  pasta,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Ligas  y  tirantes  de  algoddn,  de 
todas  clases,  con  avios  6  sin 
ellos,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 

2.00 
1.30 

2.00 
1.25 

1.00 
2.00 

2.00 

2.50 
2.00 

1.00 
.65 


SEP  1     1916 

SCHOOL  LIBRARY, 


100 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

i.   COTTON — continued. 
Manufactures — continued. 

Handkerchiefs,  cotton,  embroid- 
ered, open-worked  or  trimmed 
with  lace each. 

Umbrellas,  parasols,  or  sun- 
shades, cotton each . 

Shirt  fronts,    collars,   and  cuffs, 
cotton,    embroidered    or  open 
worked,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Shirts,  etc.,  without  embroidery 
or  open  work,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Shawls  (rebozos),  cotton  and 
printed,  marbled,  striped  fab- 
rics, with  raised  work  or  figures 
in  imitation  of  such,  up  to  26 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters  per  square  meter. 

Shawls,  etc.,  with  more  than  26 
and  up  to  33  threads  per  square 
of  5  millimeters 
per  square  meter . 

Shawls,  etc.,  with  more  than  38 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters .....  per  square  meter . 

Elastic  of  cotton  and  rubber, 
more  than  4  centimeters  wide, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Elastic,  etc.,  not  more  than  4 
centimeters  wide,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram .  . 

Clothing,  ready-made,  not  speci- 
fied, and  parts  for  same,  when 
sewed  together,  of  cotton  of 
all  sorts  .and  textures,  with  or 
without  ornaments  of  lace  or 
insertions  of  cotton  or  linen, 
ribbons  of  silk  or  common 
metal,  for  adults  and  children, 
legal  weight per  kilogram . . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Tejidos  y  BUS  manufacturas— con- 
tin  fia. 

i.  ALGODdN — continua. 
Manufacturas — continua. 

Panuelos  de  algoddn  bordados, 
calados  6  con  guarnicidn  de 
encaje uno. 

Paraguas,  sombrillas  6  quita- 
soles,  de  algoddn uno . 

Pecheras,  cuellos  y  punos  de 
tela  de  algoddn,  sin  bordados 
ni  calados,  peso  legal kilo. 

Pecheras,  cuellos  y  punos  de 
tela  de  algoddn,  cuando  esten 
bordados  6  calados,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo . 

Rebozos  de  algoddn,  y  los  tejidos 
estampados,  jaspeados,  lista- 
dos,  con  labores  6  dibujos  que 
los  imiten,  hasta  de  26  hilos 
de  pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado 
de  5  milfmetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado. 

Idem,  id.,   id.,    cuando  scan  de 
mas  de  26  hasta  38  hilos  de  pie 
y  trama  en  un  cuadrado  de  5 
milimetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  scan  de  mas 
de  38  hilos  de  pie  y  trama  en 
un  cuadrado  de  5  milimetros 
por  lado metro  cuadrado. 

Resorte  d  elastico  de  algoddn 
y  hule,  de  mas  4  centimetros 
de  ancho,  peso  legal kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  no  exceda 
de  4  centimetres  de  ancho, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Etopa  hecha  no  especificada  y 
sns  partes  sueltas  cuando  es- 
ten cosidas.  de  tela  de  algoddn 
de  t  das  clases  y  tejidos,  aun 
cuando  tengan  adornos  de  en- 
cajes  d  tiras  bordadas  de  algo- 
ddn d  lino,  cintas  de  seda  d 
metal  ordinario,  para  adultos 
y  nifios,  peso  legal kilo. . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollar*. 

.20 
.60 

1.50 
2.00 


1.20 

2.20 

5.00 

.60 

1.00 


2.50 


TARIFF. 


101 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

i.  COTTON — continued. 
Manufactures — continued. 

Clothing,  etc. ,  with  ornaments  of 
silk  or  cloth  containing  silk, 
legal  weight per  kilogram . 

Clothing,  etc., with  skirts  or  over- 
skirts   of  cotton  lace  or  net- 
work, legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Bands,   cotton,   open-worked  or 
embroidered  with  cotton,  linen, 
wool  or  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. 

Bands,    etc.,    with    or  without 
beadwork   of    glass,    common 
metal  or  paste,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 


II.    FLAX,    HEMP,    AND  OTHER  SIM- 
ILAR   VEGETABLE   FIBERS. 

Spun  goods. 

Cord,  flax,  or  hemp,  not  more 
than  10  millimeters  in  diame- 
ter, legal  weight. ..  .per  kilo. . 

Cord,  etc.,  more  than  10  milli- 
meters in  diameter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Yarn,    flax    or  hemp,    and  like 
fibers,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Thread,  hemp,  raw  or  colored, 
fine  or  common,  including 
slack-twisted,  all  sizes,  in 
balls,  reels,  or  skeins,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Thread,  linen  or  hemp,  white  or 
colored,  in  spools,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Thread,  linen,  smooth,  for 
shawls  (rebozos),  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Tejidos  y  sui  manufacturas— con- 

tinua. 

I.  ALGODON — continiia. 
Manufacturas — continiia. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
adornos  de  tela  de  seda  6  que 
contengan  seda,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
faldas  6  sobrefaldas  de  en- 
caje  6  punto  de  algod6n,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Tiras  de  algodon  caladas  6  bor- 
dadas  con  algodon,  lino,  lana 
6  seda,  peso  legal kilo. 

Tiras  de  algod6n  caladas  6  bor- 
dadas  con  algod6n,  lino,  lana 
6  seda  cuando  tengan  abalo- 
rios  de  vidrio,  metal  ordinario 
6  pasta,  peso  legal kilo . 

II.         LINO,       CANAMO       Y      DEMAS 
FIBRAS  VEGETALES  ANALOGAS. 

Hllados. 

Cordones  de  lino  6  canamo  cuyo 
diametro  no  exceda  de  10  mill- 
metros,  peso  legal kilo . . 

[dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  diame- 
tro sea  mayor  de  lOmilimetros, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Eilaza  de  lino,  canamo  y  demas 
fibras  analogas,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Elilo  de  canamo,  crudo  6  de  co- 
lor, fino  6  corriente,  incluso  el 
de  medio  tuerce,  de  todos  grue- 
sos,  en  ovillos,  devanadores  y 
madejas,  peso  legal kilo . . 

;tilo  de  lino  o  canamo  bianco  6 
de  color,  en  carretes,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Eiilo  de  lino  planchado  para  re- 
bozos,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 

3.00 

3.00 
2.00 

1.25 


1.50 
.15 
.10 

.12 

1.00 
1.50 


102 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures 
continued. 


II.    FLAX,    HEMP,    AND   OTHER  SIM- 
ILAR VEGETABLE    FIBERS — COnt'd. 

Woven  fabrics. 

Canvas,  linen  or  hemp,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Lace  and  netting,    linen,  hexa- 
gonal mesh,    with  or  without 
embroidery   of   cotton,    linen, 
wool,  or  silk,  legal  weight 
t per  kilogram. . 

Lace,  etc.,  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Lace  and  netting,  linen,  not 
hexagonal  mesh,  with  or  with- 
out embroidery  of  cotton, 
linen,  wool,  or  silk,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Lace,  etc.,  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  inetal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight. .  .  .per  kilogram . . 

Cloth,  linen,  hemp,  and  like 
fibers,  white,  brown,  or  col- 
ored, smooth- woven,  having  up 
to  12  threads  per  square  of  5 
millimeters square  meter. . 


Cloth,  etc.,  having  more  than  12 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters   square  meter . . 

Cloth,  etc.,  of  texture  not 
smooth,  open-worked,  or  em- 
broidered  square  meter . . 

Cloth,  etc.,  open-worked  or  em- 
broidered with  cotton  or  linen 
square  meter.., 

Cloth,  etc.,  embroidered  with 
wool square  meter . . 

Cloth,  etc.,  with  mixture  of  imi- 
tation of  precious  metal  in 
raised  work,  woven  figures,  or 
embroideries, legal  weight. kilo . . 


Tejidos  y  BUS  manufacturas— con- 

tintia. 

II.    LINO,  CANAMO  Y  DEMAS  FIBRAS 
VEGETALES  ANALOGAS — cont  iinia. 

Tejidos. 

Canevtt  de  lino  6  canamo,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Encaje  y  punto  de  lino,  de  inalla 
exagonal,  aun  cuando  este 
bordado  con  algodon,  lino, 
lana  6  seda,  peso  legal . . .  kilo . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal  or- 
dinario  6  pasta,  peso  legal 

..kilo., 


Encaje  y  punto  de  lino,  de  malla 
que  no  sea  exagonal,  aun 
cuando  este  bordado  con 
algodon,  lino,  lana  6  seda, 
peso  legal kilo .  , 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal  ordi- 
nario  6  pasta,  peso  legal.. kilo. . 

Telas  de  lino,  canamo  y  demits 
fibras  analogas,  blancas,  tri- 
guenas  6  de  color,  de  tejido 
liso,  que  tengan  hasta  12  hilos 
de  pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado 
de  5  milimetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado . . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
mas  de  12  hilos  de  pie  y  trama 
en  un  cuadrado  de  5  milimetros 
por  lado metro  cuadrado. . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  de  tejido  que  no 
sea  liso,  calado  ni  bordado 
metro  cuadrado . . 

Idem,    id.,  id.,  caladas  6  borda- 

das  con  algodon  6  lino 

metro  cuadrado . . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  bordadas  con 
lana metro  cuadrado.. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  con  mezcla  de  me- 
tal falso  en  labores  6  dibujos 
tejidos  6  bordados,  peso  legal 
.  .kilo.  . 


Dollars. 

.60 
7.00 

5.00 

4.00 
3.00 


.22 

.32 
.35 

2.00 


TARIFF. 


103 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

II.    FLAX,  HEMP,  AND  OTHER   SIMI- 
LAR VEGETABLE  FIBERS — COnt. 

Woven  fabrics — continued. 

Cloth,  etc.,  with  mixture  of  pre- 
cious metal,  in  streaks  or 
threads,  legal  weight, per  kilo. . 

Cloth,  etc.,  with  mixture  of  pre- 
cious metal  in  raised  work, 
woven  figures  or  embroidery, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 


Manufactured  articles. 

Carpets  and  rugs,    entirely    of 
hemp,  jute,  or  other  like  vege- 
table fiber,  of   plain  or  twilled 
texture,  worked  or  shag 
square  meter . . 

Carpets,  etc.,  with  pile 

square  meter . . 


Carpets,  etc.,  with  fringe  or  bor-' 
ders  of  wool square  meter. . 

Articles  or  manufactures  of  lin- 
en stockinet,  not  specified, 
with  or  without  small  orna- 
ments of  other  materials  not 
precious  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Tassels,  linen,  hemp,  jute,  or 
other  like  vegetable  fiber,  with 
bobbins  of  same  or  other  ma- 
terial, legal  weight.,  .per  kilo.  . 

Tassels,  etc.,  with  cords  of  same 
material,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Drawers,     linen,     for  men  and 
boys,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Shirts,  linen,  for  men  and  boys, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Corsets,  linen  or  hemp,  with  or 
without  ribbons  and  small  or- 
naments not  of  precious  metal, 
legal  weight .  —  per  kilogram . , 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 
tinfia. 

II.    LINO,  CANAMO  Y  DEMAS   FTBRAS 
VEGETALES  ANALOGAS — COnt. 

Tejidos — contimia. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  con  mezcla  de 
metal  fino,  en  forma  de  lluvia 
d  hilos,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Idem,    id.,    id.,    con   mezcla   de 
metal  fino  en  labores  d  dibujos 
tejidos  6  bordados,  peso  legal 
. .  kilo . . 


Manufacturas. 

Alfombras  y  tapetes  de  solo 
canamo,  yute  6  cualquiera  otra 
fibra  vegetal  analoga,  de  tejido 
liso,  cruzado,  labrado  6  de- 
rizo metro  cuadrado. . 

Alfombras  y  tapetes  de  solo  ca- 
namo, yute  d  cualqiiiera  otra 
fibra  vegetal  analoga,  de  tripe 
metro  cuadrado . . 

[dem,   id.,   id.,    cuando  tengan 
franjas  u  orillas  de  lana 
metro  cuadrado. . 

Articulos  6  manufacturas  de 
punto  de  media  de  lino  no 
especificados,  aun  cuando 
tengan  pequenos  adornos  de 
otra  materia  que  no  sea  metal 
fino,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Borlas  de  lino,  canamo,  yute  11 
otra  fibra  vegetal  analoga, 
aun  cuando  sus  almas  sean  de 
otra  materia,  peso  legal,  .kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
cordones  de  la  misma  materia, 
peso  legal kilo . 

Calzoncillos  de  tela  de  lino  para 
hombres  y  ninos,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Camisas  de  tela  de  lino  para  hom- 
bres y  ninos,  peso  legal,  .kilo. , 

Corses  de  lino  6  canamo,  aun 
cuando  tengan  cintas  y  peque- 
nos adornos  que  no  sean  de 
metal  fino,  peso  legal ....  kilo . 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Dollars. 


3.00 


5.00 


.25 

.35 

.40 

1.75 

.60 
1.50 

2.50 
3.00 

1.25 


104 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

II.    FLAX,  HEMP,  AND  OTHER  SIMI- 
LAR VEGETABLE  FIBERS — COnt. 

Manufactured  articles — contin'd. 

Dress  patterns,  linen,  with  or 
without  ornaments  of  embroid- 
ery or  of  cotton  or  linen  lace, 
for  ladies  and  girls,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Dress  patterns,  linen,  with  orna- 
ments of   silk  or  texture  con- 
taining silk,  legal  weight 
, per  kilogram . . 

Dress  patterns,  linen,  with  skirt 
or  overskirfc  of  lace  or  net- 
ting of  cotton  or  linen,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Ruffles,  linen,  with  or  without 
linen  laces  and  small  orna- 
ments of  silk  or  imitation  pre- . 
cious  metal,  legal  weight, kilo. 

Fringe,  galloon,  braid,  ribbon, 
and  network,  linen,  legal 
weight per  kilogram .  . 

Do.,  do.,  do.,  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram .  . 


Garters  and  suspenders,  linen  or 
hemp,  all  kinds,  with  or  with- 
out buckles,  clasps,  etc.,  legal 
weight. per  kilogram . . 

Handkerchiefs,  linen,  embroid- 
ered, open- worked,  or  trimmed 
with  lace each. . 

Umbrellas,  parasols,  and  sun- 
shades, linen each . . 

Shirt  fronts,  collars,  and  cuffs, 
linen,  without  embroidery  or 
open  work,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram 

The  same,    with  embroidery  or 
open  work,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Shawls  (rebozos),  linen,  and 
cloths  printed, marked,  striped, 
with  figures  or  raised  work 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufactures— con- 

tinua. 

II.    LINO,  CANAMO  Y  DEMAS  FIBRAS 
VEGETALES  ANALOG  AS — COnt. 

Manufacturas — continua. 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  lino, 
aun  cuando  tengan  adornos 
bordados  6  de  encaje  de  algo- 
don  6  lino  para  senoras  y 
ninas,  peso  legal kilo . 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  lino, 
con  adornos  de  tela  de  seda  6 
que  contenga  seda,  peso  legal 
.kilo. 


Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  lino 
con  falda  6  sobrefalda  de  en- 
caje d  punto  de  algodon  6 
lino,  peso  legal  kilo . 

Encarrujados  de  lino  aun  cuan- 
do tengan  encajes  de  lino  y 
pequenos  adornos  de  seda  6 
rnetal  falso,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. 

Fleco,  galon,  pasamaneria,  espi- 
guilla,  cinta  y  mallas  de  lino, 
peso  legal kilo . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal  or- 
dinario  6  pasta,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Ligas  y  tirantes  de  lino  6  cana- 
mo,  de  todas  clases,  con  avios 
d  sin  ell os,  peso  legal  . .  .kilo 

Panuelos  de  lino  bordados,  cala- 
dos  d  con  guarnicidn  de  en- 
caje  uno. 

Paraguas,  sombrillas  y  quita- 
soles  de  lino uno. 

Pecheras,  cuellos  y  punos  de 
tela  de  lino  sin  bordados  ni 
calados,  peso  legal kilo . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  eaten  bor- 
dados o  calados,  peso  legal 
kilo. 

Rebozos  de  lino,  y  los  tejidos  es- 
tampados,  jaspeados,  listados, 
con  dibujos  6  labores  que  los 


Dollars. 

1.25 
2.50 
2.50 

2.50 
2.00 

1.00 

I  00 

.40 
.60 

2.00 
3.00 


TARIFF. 


105 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures . 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

II.    FLAX,  HEMP,  AND  OTHER  SIMI- 
LAR VEGETABLE  FIBERS — COllt. 

Manufactured  articles — contin'd. 

in  imitation  of  such,  up  to  26 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters   .  square  meter. . 

Shawls,  etc.,  more  than  26  up 
to  38  threads  per  square  of  5 
millimeters square  meter . 


Shawls,  etc.,  of  more  than  38 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters  square  meter. , 

Elastic  of  linen  or  hemp  with  rub- 
ber, more  than  4  centimeters 
wide,  legal  weight . . .  per  kilo . , 

Elastics,  etc.,  not  more  than  4cen 
timeters  wide,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Clothing,  made  up,  or  loose  parts 
of  same,  when  sewed  together, 
of  linen  of  all  kinds  and  tex- 
tures, with  or  without  lace  or- 
naments or  insertions,  ribbon 
of  silk  or  common  metal,  for 
adults  and  children,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Clothing,  etc.,  with  ornaments  of 
silk  or  cloth  containing  silk, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. 

Clothing,    etc.,    with   skirts    or 
overskirts  of  lace  or  netting  of 
cotton  or  linen,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Insertions,  linen,  open- worked 
or  embroidered  with  cotton, 
linen,  wool,  or  silk,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Insertions,  linen,  with  beadwork 
of  glass,  common  metal,  or 
paste,  legal  weight .  .  ..per  kilo . 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 

tinfla. 

I.  LINO,  CANAMO  Y  DEMAS  FIBRAS 
VEGETALES  ANALOGAS — COnt. 

Manufacturas — contimia. 

imiten,  hasta  de  26  hilos  de 
pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado  de 
5  millmetros  por  lado 

metro  cuadrado . , 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  scan  de 
mas  de  26  hasta  38  hilos  de  pie 
y  trama  en  un  cuadrado  de 

5  miiimetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  scan  de 
mas  de  38  hilos  de  pie  y  trama 
en  un  cuadrado  de  5  milfme- 
tros  por  lado..  metro  cuadrado. 

Resorte  6  elastico  de  lino  6 
cafiamo  con  hule,  de  mas  de 
4  centimetres  de  ancho,  peso 
legal kilo. 

Resorte  6  elastico  de  lino  6  ca- 
fiamo  con  hule,  cuando  no 
exceda  de  4  centimetres  de 
ancho,  peso  legal kilo . 

Ropa  hecha  no  especificada  y  sus 
partes  sueltas  cuando  vengan 
cosidas  de  tela  de  lino  de  todas 
clases  y  tejidos,  aun  cuando 
tengan  adornos  de  encajes  6 
tiras  bortiadas,  cintas  de  seda  6 
metal  ordinario,  para  adultos  y 
ninos,  peso  legal kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga 
adornos  de  tela  de  seda  6  que 
contenga seda,  peso  legal. kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga 
faldas  6  sobrefaldas  de  encaje 

6  punto  de   algoddn    6  lino, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Tiras  de  tela  de  lino  caladas  6 
bordadas  con  algoddn,  lino, 
lana  6  seda,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. 

Idem,  id,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal  or- 
dinario 6  pasta,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Dollars. 


2.00 


3.00 


6.00 


.60 


1.00 


3.00 
4.00 

4.00 
2.50 

1.50 


106 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures— 

— continued. 

III.    WOOL. 

Spun  goods. 

Cord,  woolen,  not  more  than  10 
millimeters  in  diameter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Cord,  woolen,  more  than  10  milli- 
meters in  diameter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Cord,  cotton  or  hemp  covered 
with  wool,  not  more  than  10 
millimeters  in  diameter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

The  same,  more  than  10  mil- 
limeters in.  diameter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Worsted  or  thread,  wool,  with  or 
without  mixture  of  imitation 
precious  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Yarn,  wool,  legal  weight 

...    per  kilogram . . 

Woven  fabrics. 

Lace  and  net  goods,  wool,  hex- 
agonal stitch,  with  or  without 
embroidery  of  cotton,  linen, 
wool,  silk  or  imitation  precious 
metal,  legal  weight,  .per  kilo. . 

The  same  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Lace  and  net  goods,  wool,  not 
hexagonal  mesh,  with  or  with- 
out embroidery  of  cotton, 
linen,  wool,  silk,  or  imitation 
precious  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

The  same,  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Cloths,  wool  of  all  textures,  with 
or  without  embroidery  of  wool, 
cotton,  or  linen  and  with  or 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas-con- 

tinfia. 
•    III.    LANA. 

Hilados. 

Cordon  de  lana  cuando  su  dia- 
metro  no  exceda  de  10  mili- 
metros,  peso  legal kilo . 

Idem,  id.,  cuando  su  diametro 
sea  mayor  de  10  milimetros, 
peso  legal kilo 

Cordon  de  algoddn  6  canamo 
forrado  con  lana,  cuando  su 
diametro  no  exceda  de  10  milf- 
metros,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Idem,  id.,  id., cuando  su  diametro 
sea  mayor  de  10  milimetros, 
peso  legal kilo. . 

Estambre  6  hilo  de  lana,-  aun 
cuando  tenga  mezcla  de  metal 
falso,  peso  legal kilo. . 


Hilaza  de  lana,  peso  legal,  .kilo. . 


Tejidos. 

Enca  je  y  punto  de  lana,  de  malla 
exagonal,  aun  cuando  este 
bordado  con  algoddn,  lino, 
lana,  seda  6  metal  falso,  peso 
legal kilo. . 

Idem,  id. ,  id. ,  cuando  tenga  aba- 
lorios  de  vidrio,  metal  ordi- 
nario  6  pasta,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Encaje  y  punto  de  lana,  de  malla 
que  no  sea  exagonal,  aun 
cuando  este  bordado  con 
algoddn,  lino,  lana,  seda  6 
metal  falso,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga  aba- 
lorios  de  vidrio,  metal  ordi- 
nario  6  pasta,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . . 


Dollars. 

3  00 
1.00 

1.50 
.50 

1.75 
1.75 


6.00 


5.00 


4.00 


Telas  de  lana  de  todos  tejidos, 
aun  cuando  esten  bordadas 
con  lana,  algoddn  d  lino,  6 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures - 

continued. 

ill.  WOOL — continued. 
Woven  fabrics — continued. 

without  streaks  of  silk  or  imita- 
tion precious  metal,  weighing 
up  to  100  grams  per  square 
meter,  net  weight .  . .  per  kilo . . 

Cloths,  etc.,  weighing  more  than 
100  and  up  to  250  grams  per 
square  meter,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloths,  etc.,  weighing  more  than 
250  and  up  to  450  grams  per 
square  meter,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloths,  etc. ,  weighing  more  than 
450  and  up  to  600  grams  per 
square  meter,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloths,  etc.,  weighing  more  than 
600  grams  per  square  meter, 
net  weight  . . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Cloths,  wool,  of  all  textures,  em- 
broidered with    beadwork    of 
glass,  imitation  precious  metal, 
or  paste,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Manufactured  articles. 

Carpets,  coarse,  smooth  woven 
or  twilled,  or  of  beaten  wool 
per  square  meter . . 

Carpets  and  rugs  of  wool  shag, 
with  warp  of  hemp  or  other 
material. . .  .per  square  meter. . 

Carpets  and  rugs  of  wool  pile, 
with  warp  of  hemp  or  other 
material. . .  per  square  meter. . 

Carpets  of  wool,  corded,  with 
warp  of  hemp  or  other  mate- 
rial  per  square  meter. . 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 

tinfia. 

in.  LANA — continua. 
Tejidos — continua. 

tengan  lluvia  de  seda  6  metal 
falso;  cuando  el  metro  cua- 
drado  tenga  un  peso  hasta  de 
100  gramos,  peso  neto. .  .kilo.., 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  el  metro 
cuadrado  tenga  un  peso  de 
mas  de  100  hasta  250  gramos, 
peso  neto ' kilo . . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  el  metro 
cuadrado  tenga  un  peso  de 
inas  de  250  hasta  450  gramos, 
peso  neto kilo . . 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  el  metro 
cuadrado  tenga  un  peso  de 
mas  de  450  hasta  600  gramos, 
peso  neto kilo.. 

Telas  de  lana  de  todos  tejidos, 
etc.,  etc.,  cuando  el  metro  cua- 
drado tenga  un  peso  de  mas  de 
600  gramos,  peso  neto. .  .kilo. . 

Telas  de  lana  de  todos  tejidos 
con  bordados  de  abalorios  de 
vidrio,  metal  falso  6  pasta, 
peso  neto kilo. . 


Manufacturas. 

Alfombras  de  jerga  de  tejido 
liso  6  cruzado,  6  de  lana  batida 
metro  cuadrado . . 

Alfombras  y  tapetes  de  rizo  de 
lana    con    pie    de    caTiamo    6 
cualquiera  otra  materia 
metro  cuadrado . . 

Alfombras  y  tapetes  de  tripe  de 
lana,    con    pie  de    canamo   o 
cualquiera  otro  materia 
metro  cuadrado. . 

Alfombras  de  lana  acordonada 
con  pie  de  canamo  6  cual- 
quiera otra  materia 

. .  metro  cuadrado .  . 


Dollars. 


2.75 


1.75 


3.00 


2.50 


2.00 


2.00 


.75 


.80 


1.30 


.80 


108 


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ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

in.  WOOL — continued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Articles  or  manufactures  not  spec- 
ified, of  woolen  knitwork  or 
worsted,  with  or  without  small 
ornaments  of  silk  or  imitation 
of  precious  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Tassels,  wool,  with  bobbins  of 
same  or  other  material,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Tassels,  wool,  with  cords  of  same 
material,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Drawers,  shirts,  and  undershirts, 
wool,  with  or  without  small 
ornaments  of  silk,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Corsets,  wool,  with  or  without 
ribbons  and  small  ornaments, 
not  of  precious  metal,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Dress  patterns,  wool,  all  textures, 
with  or  without  embroidery  of 
cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  orna- 
ments of  cotton,  linen,  wool, 
or  silk  ribbons,  for  ladies  and 
girls,  legal  weight. .  .per  kilo. . 

Dress  patterns,  wool,  all  textures, 
with  ornaments  of  beadwork 
of  glass,  common  metal,  or 
paste,  legal  weight,  per  kilo. . 

Dress  patterns,  wool,  with  mix- 
ture of  silk  in  the  texture  or 
in  embroideries,  with  or  with- 
out ornaments  of,  containing 
silk,  for  ladies  and  girls,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Dress  patterns,  wool,  with  mix- 
ture of  silk  in  the  texture  or 
in  embroideries,  with  orna- 
ments of  beadwork  of  glass, 
common  metal,  or  paste,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 
tinua. 

in.  LANA — continua. 
Manufacturas — continua. 

Artlculos  6  manufacturas  de 
punto  de  media  de  lana  6 
de  estambre  delana,  no  especi- 
ficados,  aun  cuando  ten- 
gan  pequenos  adornos  de  seda 
6  metal  falso,  peso  legal,  .kilo. . 

Borlas  de  lana,  aun  cuando  las 
almas  sean  de  otra  materia, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Borlas  de  lana,  cuando  tengan 
cordones  de  la  misma  materia, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Calzoncillos  y  camisas  interio- 
res  6  exteriores  de  tela  de 
lana,  aun  cuando  tengan  pe- 
quefios  adornos  de  seda,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Corses  de  lana  aun  cuando  ten- 
gan cintas  6  pequenos  ador- 
nos que  no  sean  de  metal  fino, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  lana 
de  todas  clases,  aun  cuando 
este  bordada  con  algoddn,  lino 
6  lana,  y  aun  cuando  tengan 
adornos  de  algoddn,  lino,  lana 
d  cintas  de  seda,  para  senoras 
y  ninas,  peso  legal kilo . , 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  lana 
de  todas  clases,  cuando  ten- 
gan adornos  de  abalorios  de 
vidrio,  metal  ordinario  6  pasta, 
peso  legal kilo. , 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  lana 
con  mezcla  de  seda  en  el  tejido 
6  en  bordados,  aun  cuando  ten- 
gan adornos  de  seda  6  que 
contengan  seda,  para  seno- 
ras y  ninas,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. . 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de 
lana  con  mezcla  de  seda  en  el 
tejido  d  en  bordados,  cuando 
tengan  adornos  de  abalorios 
de  vidrio,  metal  ordinario  6 
pasta,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 

1.75 
1.00 
2.00 

2.00 
1.25 


2.00 


1.50 


3.50 


2.75 


TARIFF. 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  is 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
me  a 


es 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

m.  WOOL — continued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Vests  and  jackets,  wool,  stock- 
inet, legal  weight. . .  per  kilo. 

Ruffles  or  flu  tings,  wool,  with 
or  without  woolen  lace  and 
small  ornaments  of  silk  or  im- 
itation of  precious  metal,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. 

Felt,  wool,  weighing  up  to  350 
grams  per  square  meter,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. 

Felt,  wool,  weighing  more  than 
350  grams  per  square  meter, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . 

Felt,  wool,  in  endless  belting  for 
machinery,  when  imported 
apart  from  said  machinery, 
legal  weight per  kilogram . . 

Felt,  wool,  in  endless  belting  for 
machinery,  when  imported 
with  the  machines  to  which 
it  belongs 

Fringe,  galloon,  braid,  ribbon, 
and  network,  wool,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Fringe,  etc.,  with  bead  work  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
legal  weight per  kilogram. . 


Gloves,  wool,  not  knit  and  un- 
lined,  legal  weight. . . per  kilo. . 

Gloves,  etc.,  lined,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Chenille,  wool,  with  or  without 
imitation  of  precious  metal,  le- 
gal weight per  kilogram .  . 

Garters  and  suspenders,  wool,  all 
kinds,  with  or  without  clasps, 
buckles,  etc.,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 

tinfia. 

in.  LAN  A — continua. 
Manufacturas —continua. 

Chalecos  y  chaquetonesde  punto 
de  media  de  lana,  peso  legal 
kilo 

Encarrujados  de  tela  de  lana, 
aim  cuando  tengan  encajes  de 
lana  y  pequefios  adoroos  de 
seda  6  metal  falso,  peso  le- 
gal  kilo. 

Fieltro  de  lana,  cuando  el  metro 
cuadrado  tenga  un  peso  hasta 
de  350  gramos,  peso  legal 
kilo 

Fieltro,  de  lana,  cuando  el  metro 
cuadrado    tenga  un    peso    de 
mds  de  350  gramos,  peso  legal 
kilo 

Fieltro  de  lana  en  banda  sin  fin 
para  maquinaria,  cuando  no 
venga  unida  &  esta,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo . 

Fieltro  de  lana  en  banda  sin  fin 
para  maquinaria,  cuando 
venga  unida  a  su  correspon- 
dieute  maquiaaria 

Fleco,  galdn.  pasamaneria,  es- 
piguilla,  cinta  y  mallas  de 
laua,  peso  legal kilo . 

dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tengan 
abalorios  de  vidrio,  metal  or- 
dinario  6  pasta,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


jfuantes  de  lana  que  no  scan 
de  pun  t<>  de  media,  sin  forrar, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

dem.  id.,  id. ,  cuando  esten  for- 
rados.  peso  legal kilo 

jrusanillo  de  lana,  aun  cuando 
tenga  metal  falso,  peso  legal 

kilo. 

igas  y  tirantes  de  lana  de  todas 
clases,  con  avios  6  sin  ellos, 
peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 

1.25 

3.00 

1.00 

.25 

.06 

Free. 
2.50 

1.50 

3.00 
1.50 

2.50 
1.30 


110 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights 
and 
measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

in:  WOOL — continued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Saddlecloths  of  woolen  cloth  or 
felt,  with  or  without  leather 
or  common  metal,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Umbrellas,  parasols,  and  sun- 
shades, wool each . . 

Shawls  (rebozos),  wool  and  fab- 
rics, printed,  marbled,  striped, 
with  figures  or  raised  work  in 
imitation  of  such,  up  to  26 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters   square  meter . . 

Shawls,  etc.,  having  more  than 
26  threads  per  square  of  5  mil- 
limeters   square  meter . . 

Elastic,  wool  and  rubber,  more 
than  4  centimeters  wide,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Elastic,  wool  and  rubber,  not 
more  than  4  centimeters  wide, 
legal  weight per  kilogram . . 

Clothing,  made  up,  not  specified 
and  separate  parts  of  same 
when  imported  sewed  together, 
of  woolen  cloth  of  any  texture, 
with  ornaments  of  cotton,  lin- 
en, wool,  or  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Clothing,     with     ornaments     of 
beadwork  of    glass,     common 
metal,  or  paste,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Clothing,  made  up,  not  specified, 
and  its  separate  parts  when 
imported  sewed  together,  of 
woolen  cloth  with  mixture  of 
silk  in  the  texture  or  in  em- 
broideries, with  ornaments  of 
cotton,  linen,  wool,  •  or  silk 
ribbon,  legal  weight,  .per  kilo. , 


Tejidos  y  BUS  manufacturaa— con- 

tintia. 

III.   i, ANA — continiia. 
Manufacturas — continiia. 

Mantillas  de  tela  de  lana  6  de 
fieltro  para  albardones,  aun 
cuando  tengan  cuero  y  metal 
ordinario,  peso  neto kilo. . 

Paraguas,     sombrillas    y     quita- 
soles  de  lana uno. . 

Rebozos    de    lana   y  los  tejidos 
estampados,    jaspeados,     lista- 
dos,  con  dibujos  6  labores  que 
los   imiten,  hasta  de  26  hilos 
de  pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado 
de  5  milimetros  por  lado 
metro  cuadrado . . 

Idem,  id.,    id.,  cuando  scan  de 
mas  de  26  hilos  de  pie  y  trama 
en  un  cuadrado  de  5  milime- 
tros por  lado 
metro  cuadrado . 

Resorte  6  elastico  de  lana  y  hule 
de  mas  de  4  centimetres  de 
ancho,  peso  legal kilo.. 

Resorte  6  elastico  de  lana  y  hule, 
cuando  no  exceda  de  4  centi- 
metres de  ancho,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Ropa  hecha  no  especificada  y 
sus  partes  sueltas  cuando  yen 
gan  cosidas,  de  tela  de  lana  de 
toda  clase  de  tejido,  con  ador- 
nos  de  algodon,  lino,  lana 
d  seda,  peso  legal kilo . , 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga ador- 
nos  de  abalorios  de  vidrio, 
metal  ordinario  6  pasta,  peso 
legal kilo. 

Ropa  hecha,  no  especificada,  y 
sus  partes  sueltas  cuando  ven- 
gan  cosidas,  de  tela.  de  lana 
con  mezclade  seda  en  el  tejido 
6  en  bordados,  con  adornos  de 
algodon,  lino,  lana  d  cintas  de 
seda,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 

2  00 
1.00 

1.50 

2.50 
.80 

1.50 

5.50 
4.00 

6.00 


TARIFF. 


Ill 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures . 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

m.  WOOL — continued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Clothing,  etc.,  with  ornaments 
of  beadwork  of  glass,  common 
metal,  or  paste,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Serapes  (ponchos),  wool,  in  imita- 
tion of  those  of  Saltillo  worked 
or  printed square  meter . . 

Insertions,  wool,  open- worked  or 
embroidered  with  cotton,  linen, 
wool,  or  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Insertions,  wool,  with  beadwork 
of  glass,  common  metal,  or 
paste,  legal  weight,  .per  kilo. . 


Spun  goods. 

Cord,  silk,  net  weight.. per  kilo. 

Silk,  fine,  twist  or  floss,  of  all 
kinds,  in  skeins,  balls,  reels, 
or  spools,  net  weight,  per  kilo . , 


Woven  fabrics. 

Blond,  lace  and  nettings,  silk, 
net  weight per  kilogram . . 

Cloth,  silk,  all  textures,  net 
weight per  kilogram . , 

Cloth,  silk,  for  bolting  flour 

Manufactured  articles. 

Articles  or    manufactures    not 
specified,  of  knit  work  or  other 
texture  of  silk,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Dress  patterns,  silk,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Umbrellas,  parasols,  and  sun- 
shades, silk each . . 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 
tinQa. 

III.  LANA — continna. 
Manufacturas — continua. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  tenga 
adornos  de  abalorios  de.  vidrio, 
metal  ordinario  6  pasta,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Sarapes  de  lana  imitando  los  del 
Saltillo,  labrados  6  estampa- 
dos metro  cuadrado . 

Tiras  de  tela  de  lana  caladas  6 
bordadas  con  algoddn,  lino, 
lana  6  seda,  peso  legal . . .  kilo . 

Tiras  de  tela  de  lana,  cuando 
tengan  abalorios  de  vidrio, 
metal  ordinario  6  pasta,  peso 
legal kilo . 


Hilados. 

Gordon  de  seda,  peso  neto,  kilo . . 

Seda  pelo,  torcida  6  floja,  de  to- 
das  clases,  en  madejas,  ovi- 
llos,  devanadores  6  carretes, 
peso  neto kilo. . 

Tejidos. 

Blondas,  encaje  y  punto  de  seda, 
peso  neto kilo . . 

Tela  de  seda  de  toda  clase  de  te- 
jido,  peso  neto kilo. . 

Tela  de  seda  para  tamizar  harina . 

Manufacturas. 

Articnlos  y  manufacturas  no  es- 
pecificadas  de  punto  6  cual- 
quier  otro  tejido  de  seda,  peso 

neto kilo .  . 

ortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  se- 
da, peso  neto kilo.  . 

Paraguas,    soinbrillas    y    quita- 
..uno. . 


Dollars. 

5.00 
8.00 
3.00 

2.00 

16.00 
6.00 

16.00 

16.00 

Free. 


16.00 

16.00 

1.75 


112 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MKRCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

iv.  SILK — continued. 
Manufactured  articles — continued 

Shawls  (rebozos),  silk,  and  fab- 
rics printed,  marbled,  striped, 
with  figures  or  raised  work  in 
imitation  of  such,  up  to  26 
threads  per  square  of  5  milli- 
meters, net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Shawls,  etc.,  having  more  than 
26  and  up  to  38  threads  per 
square  of  5  millimeters,  net 
weight per  kilogram . 

Shawls,    etc.,    having  more  than 
38  threads  per  square  of  5  mil- 
limeters, net  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Clothing,  made  up,  and  its  sep- 
arate parts,  silk,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . , 


V.   SILK   MIXED   WITH   OTHER 
MATE11IALS . 

Spun  goods. 

Thread,  silk,  and  wool,  with  or 
without  imitation  precious 
metal,  net  weight.  ...per  kilo. 

Woven  fabrics. 

Blond,    lace,    and    net    of    silk, 
with  beadwork  of  glass,  com- 
mon metal  or  paste,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloth,  cotton,  linen,  or  wool, 
with  mixture  of  silk,  forming 
stripes  or  figures  of  silk  on 
ground  of  the  other  materials, 
or  vice  versa,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloth,  cotton,  linen,  or  wool, 
with  mixture  of  silk  which 
only  appears  on  the  surface  or 
right  side  of  the  fabric,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas-con- 

tinua. 

iv.  SEDA — contimia. 
Manufacturas — contimia. 

Rebozos  de  seda  y  los  tejidos 
estampados,  jaspeados,  lista- 
dos,  con  dibujos  6  labores  que 
los  imiten,  hasta  de  26  hilos 
de  pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado 
de  5  millmetros  por  lado,  peso 
neto kilo . . 

Idem,    id.,   id.,    cuando  sean  de 
mas  de  26  hasta  38  hilos  de 
pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado 
de  5  milimetros,  peso  neto 
kilo.. 

Idem,  id.,  id.',  cuando  sean  de 
mas  de  38  hilos  de  pie  y  trama 
en  un  cuadrado  de  5  milime- 
tros por  lado,  peso  neto.  .kilo. . 

Ropa  hecha  y  sus  partes  sueltas 
de  tela  de  seda,  peso  neto 

..  kilo. 


SEDA    CON    MEZCLA    DE    OTRAS 
MATERIAS. 

Hilados. 

Hilo  de  seda  y  lana,  aun  cuando 
tenga  metal  falso,  peso  neto 
..kilo. 


Tejidos. 

Blondas,  encaje  y  punto  de  seda 
con  abalorio  de  vidrio,  metal 
ordinario  6  pasta,  peso  neto 

..kilo. 


Telas  de  algoddn,  lino  6  lana 
con  mezcla  de  seda,  formando 
listaa  6  dibujos  de  seda  sobre 
fondo  de  las  otras  materias  6 
vice  versa,  peso  neto kilo. . 

Telas  de  algoddn,  lino  6  lana 
con  mezcla  de  seda,  cuando 
solo  esta  aparezca  en  la  super- 
ficie  6  derecho  de  la  tela,  peso 
neto kilo. . 


Dollars. 


18.00 
25.00 

34.00 
16.00 


3.00 


12.00 


3.50 


5.00 


TARIFF. 


113 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

V.   SILK  MIXED  WITH  OTHER  MA- 
TERIALS— continued. 

Woven  fabrics — continued. 

Cloth,  silk,  with  cotton,  linen, 
or  wool,  and  mixture  of  imita- 
tion precious  metal,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloth,  silk,  with  mixture  of  imi- 
tation precious  metal,  net 
weight per  kilogram . , 

Cloth,  silk,  with  cotton,  wool,  or 
linen,  and  mixture  of  precious 
metal,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cloth,    silk,    with    mixture    of 
precious  metal,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Velvet  and  plush,  silk,  on  ground 
of  cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Velvet  and  plush,  silk,  on  ground 
of  cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  mixed 
with  silk,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Manufactured  articles. 

Articles,  silk,  with  mixture  of 
.    cotton,    linen,    or    wool,    not 
specified,  with  or  without  em- 
broidery or  ornaments  not  of 
precious  metal,  nor  beadwork, 

net  weight per  kilogram. . 

Articles,  silk,  with  mixture  of 
cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  not 
specified,  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
net  weight per  kilogram. . 

Articles,  silk,  all  textures  not 
specified,  with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
net  weight per  kilogram. . 

Articles  or  manufactures  of  stock- 
inet of  silk  with  mixture  of  cot- 
ton, linen,  or  wool,  not  speci- 
fied, net  weight. per  kilogram. . 


Tejidos  y  sns  manuf  acturas— con- 

tinfia. 
V.    SEDA  CON  MEZCLA  DE   OTRAS 

MATERIAS — continiia. 
Tejidos — continua. 

Telas  de  seda  con  algoddn,  lana 
6  lino  y  mezcla  de  metal  falso, 
peso  neto kilo . 

Telas  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
metal  falso,  peso  neto . . .  kilo . 

Telas  de  seda,  con  algodon,  lana 
6  lino,  con  mezcla  de  metal 
fino,  peso  neto kilo . 


Telas   de   seda    con    mezcla    de 
metal  fino,  peso  neto ....  kilo . 


Terciopelo     y    felpa    de 
sobre   base  de  algodon,   lino  6 
lana,  peso  neto kilo . 

Terciopelo  y  felpa  de  seda 
sobre  base  de  algoddu,  lino  6 
lana,  con  mezcla  de  seda,  peso 
neto kilo . 

Manuf  acturas. . 

Artfculos  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algodon,  lino  6  lana,  no  especi- 
ficados,  aun  cuando  tengan 
bordados  6  adornos  que  no 
scan  de  metal  fino,  6  aba- 
lorios,  peso  neto kilo 

Articulos  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algodon,  lino  d  lana,  no  espe- 
citicados,  cuando  tengan  aba- 
lorios  de  vidrio,  metal  ordi- 
nario  6  pasta,  peso  neto 

.   kilo . . 


4rticulos  de  seda  de  todas  teji- 
dos,  no  especificados,  con  aba- 
lorios  de  vidrio,  metal  ordina- 
rio  6  pasta,  peso  neto ....  kilo .  , 

Articulos  6  manufacturas  de 
punto  de  media  de  seda  con 
mezcla  de  algodon,  lino  6 
lana,  no  especificados,  peso 
neto  . .  kilo . , 


Dollars. 

5.50 
6.50 

10.00 
16.00 

3.50 
5.00 


9.00 


8.00 


12.00 


7.00 


114 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

V.    SILK  MIXED  WITH  OTHER  MA- 
TERIALS— continued. 

Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Tassels,  silk,  -with  bobbins  of 
same  or  other  material,  net 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Tassels,  silk,  with  cords  of  same 
material,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Tassels,  silk,  with  mixture  of 
cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  with 
bobbins  of  same  or  other  ma- 
terial, and  with  or  without 
cords  of  same  mixed  materials, 
net  weight per  kilogram . . 

Belts,  silk  or  silk  mixed,  without 
precious  metal,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Cord,  hemp  covered  with  silk, 
net  weight per  kilogram. . 

Cord,  hemp  covered  with  mixture 
of  silk   and  cotton,    linen   or 
wool,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Corsets,  silk,  mixed  with  cotton, 
linen,* or  wool,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. 

Dress  patterns,  silk,  with  orna- 
ments of  beadwork  of  glass, 
common  metal,  or  paste,  net 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Dress  patterns,  silk,  with  mixture 
of  cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  with 
or  without  embroidery  or  orna- 
ments not  of  precious  metal  or 
beadwork,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Dress  patterns,  silk,  with  mixture 
of  cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  with 
beadwork    of    glass,   common 
metal,  or  paste,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Linings,  silk,  with  mixture  of 
cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  sewed 
or  in  cuts,  for  parasols,  um- 
brellas, and  sunshades,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufactures— con- 

tinua. 
V.    SEDA  CON  MEZCLA  "OE  OTRAS 

MATERIAS — continua. 
Manufacturas — continiia. 

Borlas  de  seda,  ann  cuando  sus 
almas  sean  de  otra  materia, 
peso  neto kilo. , 

Borlas  de  seda,  cuando  tengan 
cordones  de  la  misma  materia 
peso  neto kilo . . 

Borlas  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algoddn,  lino  6  lana,  aun 
cnando  sus  almas  sean  de  otra 
materia,  y  aun  cuando  tengan 
cordones  de  las  mismas  ma- 
terias  mezcladas,  peso  neto 

..kilo.. 


Cinturones    de    seda    6    seda 
mezclada,  que  no    contengan 
metal  fino,  peso  neto  . . .  .kilo. 

Cordon  de  cinamo  forrado  con 
seda,  peso  neto kilo. 

Cordon  de  cdfiamo  forrado  con 
seda  mezclada  con  algoddn, 
lino  6  lana,  peso  neto . .  kilo . . 

Corses  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algoddn,  lino  6  lana,  peso 
neto kilo 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  seda 
con  adornos  de  abalorios  de 
vidrio,  metal  ordinario  6  pasta, 
peso  neto kilo . . 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  seda 
con  mezcla  de  algoddn,  lino  6 
lana,  aun  cuando  tengan  bor- 
dados  6  adornos  que  no  sean 
de  metal  fino,  ni  abalorios, 
peso  neto kilo.. 

Cortes  de  vestido  de  tela  de  seda, 
con  mezcla  de  algoddn,  lino  6 
lana,  cuando  tengan  abalorios 
de  vidrio,  metal  ordinario  6 
pasta,  peso  neto kilo . . 

Forros  de  seda  cou  mezcla  de 
algoddn,  lino  6  lana,  cosidos 
6  en  corte,  para  sombrillas, 
paragnas  y  quitasoles,  peso 
neto kilo.. 


Dollars. 

4.00 
6.00 


2.80 

2.50 
4.00 

2.80 

3.80 

12.00 

9.00 
8.00 
5.00 


TARIFF. 


115 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

T.   SILK  MIXED  WITH  OTHER  MA- 
TERIALS— continued . 

Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Switches  (chignons),  silk,  with 
or  without  mixture  of  cotton, 
linen,  or  wool,  and  ornaments 
of  imitation  precious  metal, 
net  weight per  kilogram . . 

Ornaments,  sacerdotal,  silk,  with 
mixture  of  cotton,  linen,  or 
wool,  with  or  without  em- 
broidery or  galloons  of  imita- 
tion precious  metal,  legal 
weight ...per  kilogram. . 

Ornaments,  sacerdotal,  silk,  with 
mixture  of  cotton,  linen,  or 
wool,  with  embroidery  or  gal- 
loons of  silver  or  silver  gilded, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Ornaments,  sacerdotal,  silk,  with 
or  without  embroidery  or  gal- 
loons of  silver  or  silver  gilded, 
legal  weight. ..  .per  kilogram. . 

Umbrellas,  parasols,  and  sun- 
shades, silk,  with  a  mixture  of 
cotton,  linen,  or  wool.  ..each. . 

Shawls  (rebozos)  and  textures, 
printed,  marbled,  striped,  with 
figures  or  work  in  imitation  of 
such,  of  silk  with  mixture  of 
cotton,  linen,  or  wool,  having 
up  to  26  threads  per  square  of 
6  millimeters,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Shawls,  etc.,  with  more  than  26 
and  up  to  38  threads  per  square 
of  5  millimeters,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Shawls,  etc.,  with  more  than  38 
threads  per  square  of  5  millime- 
ters, net  weight,  per  kilogram. . 


Tejidos  y  BUS  manufacturas— con- 

tinfia. 


V.    SEDA  CON  MEZCLA  DE  OTRAS 

MATERIAS — continua. 
Manufacturas — continua. 

Monos  de  seda,  aun  cuando 
tengan  mezcla  de  algodon,  lino, 
6  lana,  y  adornos  de  metal 
falso,  peso  neto kilo. . 


Ornamentos  sacerdotales  de 
tejido  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algodon,  lino  6  lana,  aun  cuan- 
do tengan  bordados  6  galones 
de  metal  falso,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . 


Ornamentos  sacerdotales  de 
tejido  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algodon,  lino  6  lana,  cuando 
tengan  bordados  6  galones  de 
plata  6  plata  dorada,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo . 

Ornamentos  sacerdotales  de 
tela  de  seda,  aun  cuando  ten- 
gan bordados  6  galones  de 
plata  6  plata  dorada,  peso 
legal kilo. , 

Paraguas,  sombrillas  y  qnita- 
soles  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algodon,  lino  6  lana uno . . 

Rebozos  y  los  tejidos  estampa- 
dos,  jaspeados,  listados,  con 
dibujos  6  labores  que  los  imi- 
ten,  de  seda  con  mezcla  de 
algodon,  lino  6  lana,  hasta  de 
26  hilos  de  pie  y  trama  en  un 
cuadrado  de  5  milimetros  por 
lado,  peso  neto kilo . , 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  sean  de 
mas  de  26  hasta  de  38  hilos  de 
pie  y  trama  en  un  cuadrado  de 
5  milimetros  por  lado,  peso 
neto kilo.. 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  sean  de 
mas  de  38  hilos  de  pie  y  trama 
en  un  cuadrado  de  5  milime- 
tros por  lado,  peso  neto.  .kilo. , 


Dollars. 

5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

20.00 
1.75 


9.00 


14.00 


•23.00 


116 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Cloths  and  their  manufactures- 
continued. 

\T.    SILK  MIXED  WITH  OTHER  MA- 
TERIALS— continued. 

Manufactured  articles — continued. 

Elastic,   silk   and  rubber,   with 
mixture   of  cotton,   linen,   or 
wool,  more  than  4  centimeters 
wide,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Elastic,   silk   and  rubber,    with 
mixture  of  cotton,    linen,   or 
wool,  not  more  than  4  centime- 
ters wide,  legal  weight 
.per  kilogram. . 

Clothing  made  up,  not  specified, 
and  the  parts  of  same,  of  silk, 
with  beadwork  of  glass,  com- 
mon metal,  or  paste,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Clothing,  made  up,  not  specified, 
and  parts  of  same,  of  silk 
mixed  with  cotton,  linen,  or 
wool,  in  the  texture  or  in  em- 
broidery, net  weight 
per  kilogram .  . 

Clothing,  made  up,  not  specified, 
and  parts  of  same,  of  talk 
mixed  with  cotton,  linen,  or 
wool,  in  the  texture  or  in  em- 
broidery, with  beadwork  of 
glass,  common  metal,  or  paste, 
net  weight per  kilogram . . 

Serapes  (ponchos),  in  imitation 
of  those  of  Saltillo,  embroid- 
ered or  printed,  of  silk  mixed 
with  cotton,  wool,  or  linen, 
net  weight per  kilogram 

Chemical  products  and  phar- 
maceutical preparations. 

Oil  of  aniline,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Acetates  of  alumina,  ammonia, 
lime,  copper,  iron,  and  lead, 
legal  weight  ....  per  kilogram . . 

Acid,  arsenious 


Tejidos  y  sus  manufacturas— con- 

tinua. 
V.    SEDA  CON  MEZCLA  DE  OTRAS 

MATERIAS — coutinua. 
Manufacturas — continua. 

Resorte  6  elastico  de  hule  y  seda 
pura  con  mezcla  de  algoddn.lino 
6  lana,  de  mas  de  4  centime- 
tres de  ancho,  peso  legal,  kilo. . 

Resorte  6  elastico  de  hule  y  seda 
pnra  6  con  mezcla  de  algodon, 
lino  6  lana,  cuando  no  exceda 
de  4  centimetres  de  ancho, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Ropa  hecha  no  especificada  y 
sus  partes  sueltas,  de  tela  de 
seda,  con  abalorios  de  vidrio, 
metal  ordinario  6  pasta,  peso 
neto kilo . 

Ropa  hecha  no  especificada  y 
sus  partes  sueltas,  de  tela  de 
seda  con  mezcla  de  algodon, 
lino  6  lana,  en  el  tejido  6 
en  bordados,  peso  neto. .  .kilo... 

Ropa  hecha  no  especificada  y  sus 
partes  sueltas,  de  tela  de  seda 
con  mezcla  de  algodon,  lino 
6  lana,  en  el  tejido  6  en  bor- 
dado,  cuando  tengan  abalo- 
rios de  vidrio,  metal  ordina- 
rio 6  pasta,  peso  neto ....  kilo . . 

Sarapes  imitando  los  del  Sal- 
tillo, labrados  6  estampados, 
de  seda  con  mezcla  de  algo- 
don, lana  o  lino,  peso  neto 

kilo.. 

Productos  quimicos  y  farma 
ceuticos. 

Aceite  de  anilina,  peso  bruto 
kilo.. 

Acetates  de  alumina,  amoniaco, 
cal,  cobre,  hierro  y  plomo,  peso 
legal  kilo . . 

Acido  arsenioso 


Dollars. 


1.00 


3.06 


12.00 


9.00 


8.00 


13.50 


.07 


.08 

Free. 


TABIFF. 


117 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 

i  and 
measures. 


Chemical  products  and  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations— continued. 


Acids,     carbonic,     hydrochloric 
(muriatic),  sulphuric,  and  sul- 
phurous, gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Acids,  acetic,  nitric,  oxalic,  and 
pyroligneous,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Acid,  phenic  (carbolic) 

Acids,  liquid,  not  specified,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. 

Acids,  crystals  or  powder,  not 
specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Sizing  for  cloths,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Waters,  aromatic,  distilled,  not 
spirituous,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Alkaloids,  natural,  not  specified, 
and  their  salts,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Alcohol  or  spirits  of  wine,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Alcohol,   amylic    and    methylic 
(wood  spirit),  legal  weight 
per  kilogram.. 

Alizarine,  natural  or  artificial, 
gross  weight. .  ..per  kilogram. . 

Cotton,  antiseptic,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Ammonia,  liquid  or  concrete, 
gross  weight ....  per  kilogram . 

Anthracene  (anthracine),  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Sugar  of  milk  (lactose),  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Sugar,  medicinal  and  aromatic, 
legal  weight. ..  .per  kilogram.. 

Varnishes,  white  and  colored,  le- 
gal weight per  kilogram . . 

Benzine,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Blacking  and  varnish,  paste  or 
liquid,  for  shoes  and  harness, 
legal  weight.  .  .per  kilogram. . 

Medicine  chests,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Froductos  quimicos  y  farmaceuticos 
— continiia. 

Acidos  carbdnico,  clorhidrico, 
sulfurico  y  sulfuroso,  peso 
bruto kilo . . 

Acidos  acetico,  nitrico,  oxalico 
y  pirolenoso,  peso  legal  kilo.. 


Acido  fenico  

Acidos  liquidos  no  especifica- 

dos,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Acidos  en  cristales  6  en  polvo, 

no  especificados,  peso  legal 

kilo.. 

Aderezo  para  telas,  peso  legal 

kilo... 

Aguas  aromaticas,  destiladas,  no 

espirituosas,  peso  legal . .  kilo . . 

Alcaloides  naturales  no  especifi- 
cados y  sus  sales,  peso  legal 
kilo. 

Alcohol  6  espiritu  de  vino,  peso 
neto kilo. . 

Alcohol  amilico  y  metllico  6 
espiritu  de  madera,  peso  legal 
kilo. . 

Alizarinas  naturales  6  artiticia- 
les,  peso  bruto  kilo. . 

Algoddn  antiseptico,  peso  legal 
kilo. . 

Amouiaco  liquido  6  concrete, 
peso  bruto kilo . . 

Antraceno,  peso  bruto kilo.., 

Aziicar  de  leche,  peso  legal,  kilo . . 

Aziicar  medicinal  y  el  aromati- 
zado,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Barnices  blancos  y  de  colores, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Bencina,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Betun  y  c'narol  en  pasta  6  liquido 
para  calzado,  y  guarniciones, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Botiquines,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 


.03 


.05 


Free. 


.20 


1.00 
.08 


.50 


S.OO 
.70 


.20 
.05 
.25 

.01 
.07 

.40 


.50 

.20 
.10 


.20 

.75 


118 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  i« 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Chemical  products  and  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations— continued. 

Boxes  of  chemical  reagents,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Capsules,  pearls,  globules,  pel- 
lets, granules,  pills,  and  com- 
fits, medicinal,  and  empty  cap- 
sules of  gelatine  or  paste,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Carbonate    and    bicarbonate   of 
potash  or  soda,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cyanide  of  potassium,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Collodion,  common  and  photo- 
graphic, of  any  kind,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Colors,   in   powder,  crystals,  or 
prepared,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Chloral,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Chlorate  of  potash  or  soda,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Chloroform,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Chloride  of  lime,  soda,  or  potash . 

Chloride  of  gold  or  platinum, 
legal  weight. .  ..per  kilogram 

Chloride  of  zinc  and  protochlo- 
ride  of  tin,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cream  of  tartar,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Creoline,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram. . 

Diastase,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Drugs,  medicinal  and  chemical, 
and  pharmaceutical  products, 
not  specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram... 

Lint,  antiseptic,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Ether,  fruit,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Ether,  not  specified,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Productos  qnimicos  y  farmaceatico 

— continda. 

Cajas  con  reactivos  quimicos, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Capsulas  perlas,  globules,  gra- 
jeas,  grdnulos,  pildoras  y  oon- 
fites  medicinales  y  las  c£psulas 
vacias  de  gelatina  u  oblea, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Carbonato  y  bicarbonate  de  po- 
tasa  y  de  sosa,  peso  legal,  kilo . 

Cianuro  de  potasio,  peso  legal 
kilo. 

Colodidn  normal  y  el  fotogrdfico 
de  cualquiera  formula,  peso 
legal kilo. 

Colores  en  polvo,  en  cristales  6 
preparados,  peso  bruto . .  kilo . 

Cloral,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Clorato    de   potasa    6  de    sosa, 

peso  legal kilo . . 

Cloroformo,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Cloruros  de  cal,  sosa  y  potasa. . . . 
Cloruros  de  oro  y  de  platino, 

peso  legal kilo . . 

Cloruro  de  zinc  y  protocloruro 

de  estano,  peso  pruto. . .  .kilo. . 

Cremor  tartaro,  peso  legal.. kilo. . 

Creolina,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Diastasa,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Drogas,  medicinales  y  productos 
quimicos  y  farmaceuticos  no 
especificados,  peso  legal,  kilo.. 

Estopa  ahtiseptica,  peso  legal 

kilo.. 

Eter  de  f rutas,  peso  legal . .  kilo . . 

Eter  no  especificado,  peso  legal 
..kilo.. 


Dollars. 

1.00 

.75 
.03 

.08 

1.00 

.08 

1.00 

.06 
1.00 

Free. 

16.00 

.01 

.10 

.03 

1.00 

.75 


.03 
.75 


.20 


TARIFF. 


119 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Chemical  products  and  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations— continued. 


Extracts    of    dyewoods,     gross 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Phosphorus,  white  or  red,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Matches  and  tapers,  all  kinds, 

legal  weight ....  per  kilogram .  . 
Oum,  liquid  (mucilage),  for  offi- 
ces, legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Hyposulphite  of  soda 

Soaps,  medicinal,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Lyes,  concentrated,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Yeast  of  all  kinds,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram. . 

Morphine  and  its  salts,    legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

itrate  of  silver,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Orchil,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Plasters  and  plaster  cloths,  legal 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Pastes,  pastilles,  and  jellies,  me- 
dicinal, legal  weight 

per  kilogram. . 

Pepsin,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Permanganate  of  potash 

Plates,  dry,  photographers',  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Powders,  medicinal,  compound, 

legal  weight . . .  per  kilogram . . 

Putty,  tin 

Quinine  and  other  alkaloids  of 

cinchona,  net  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Salt,    common    or    table,    gross 

weight per  kilogram. . 

Salt  of  aniline,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Salts  of  strontium  and  baryta, 

legal  weight. . .  per  kilogram . 
Salts    and    oxides    of    all    sub- 
stances,   not    specified,    legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 


Productos  quiinicos  y  farmaceuticos 
— continua. 

Extractos  de  maderas  tintdreas, 

peso  brnto kilo. 

Fdsforo  bianco  y  el  rojo,   peso 

legal kilo. , 

Fdsf oros   y    cerillos  de   t  o  d  a  s 

clases,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Goma  liquida  para  oficinas,  peso 

legal kilo . . 


Hiposulfito  de  sosa 

Jabones    medicinales,     peso    le- 
gal   kilo . . 

Lejias  concentradas,  peso  bruto 
kilo 

Levadura  de   todas  clases,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Morfina  y  sus  sales,  peso  legal 
kilo. 

Nitrato  de  plata,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . . 


Orchilla,  peso  bruto kilo. . 

Parches  y  telas  emplasticas,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Pastas,  pastillas  y  jaleas  medici- 
nales, peso  legal kilo . . 


Pepsina,  peso  legal kilo . 


Permanganate  de  potasa 

Placas  secas    fotogrdficas,   peso 

legal     kilo . , 

Polvos   medicinales  compuestos, 

peso  legal kilo . . 

Potea  de  estafio 

Quinina  y  demas  alcaloides  de  las 

quiiias,  peso  legal kilo. . 

Sal    comuh    d    de     mesa,    peso 

bruto  kilo.., 

Sal  de  anilina,  peso  bruto . .  kilo . . 

Sales  de  estronciana  y  de  barita, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Sales  y  dxidos  de  todas  sustan- 
cias,  no  especificados,  peso 
legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 

.05 
.50 

1.50 
.30 
Free. 
.40 
.03 
.05 

6.00 

8.00 
.05 

.50 

.75 

1.00 

Free. 

.30 

.30 

Free. 

1.00 


.03 
.07 


.08 
.15 


120 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF   MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Chemical  products  and  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations— continued. 


Productos  quimicos  y  farmaceuticos 

— continua. 


Saltpeter  or  nitrates  of  potash 

soda 

Silicates  of  soda  or  potash,  gross 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Soda  and  potash,  caustic,  gross 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Sulphates  of  copper,  iron,  and 

ammonia 

Sulphates  of  soda  and  magnesia, 

legal  weight. .  ..per  kilogram. . 
Sulphite,  bisulphite,  and  trisul- 

phite  of  lime  and  of  soda 

Sulpho-oleine,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Sulphide  of  carbon,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Tablets  or  pastilles,  hypodermic, 

of  alkaloids,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram. . 

Tartar,  crude,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Ink,  writing,  in  common  pack- 
ages, gross  wtight 

per  kilogram . . 

Poison  for  hides 

Wines,  medicinal,  net  weight 

, . .  per  kilogram . . 

Iodine,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

lodoform,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram 

Spirituous  beverages,  fer- 
mented and  natural. 

Spirits  of  all  kinds,  in  glass  or 
earthen  ware,  no  allowance  for 
leakage  or  breakage,  net 
weight per  pound. 

Spirits  of  all  kinds,  in  wood,  no 
allowance  for  leakage  or  break- 
age, gross  weight,  .per  pound. . 

Waters,  mineral,  natural  or  arti- 
ficial, legal  weight. .  .per  kilo. . 

Beer  and  cider,  bottled,  no  allow- 
ance for  leakage  or  breakage, 
net  weight per  kilogram. . 


or  Salitre  6  nitrato  de  potasa  y  de 
sosa , 

Silicatos  de  sosa  y  de  potasa,  pe- 
so bruto kilo.. 

Sosa  y  potasa  causticas,  peso 
bruto kilo. . 

Sulfatos  de  cobre,  hierro  y  amo- 
niaco 

Sulfatos  de  sosa  y  de  magnesia, 
peso  legal kilo. , 

Sulfito,  bisulfito  y  trisulfito  de 
cal  y  de  sosa 

Sulfo-oleina,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Sulfuro  de  carbono,  peso  legal 
kilo., 

Tablillas  6  pastillas  hipoder mi- 
cas de  alcaloides,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Tartaro  crudo,  peso  bruto.  .kilo. . 

Tinta  para  escribir,  en  envases 
comunes,  peso  bruto. ....  kilo. . 

Veneno  para  pieles 

Vinos  medicinales,  peso  neto 

kilo., 

Yodo,  peso  legal kilo . . 


Dollars. 

Free. 
.03 
.03 

Free. 
.03 

Free. 
.07 

.10 


8.00 
.08 


.08 


Free. 


.25 
1.00 


Yodof ormo,  peso  legal kilo . .  j         1 . 50 

Bebidas  espirituosas,  fermenta 
das  y  naturales. 

Aguardientes  de  todas  clases,   en 
vasijerla  de  barro  6  vidrio,  sin  • 
abono  de  mermas  ni  roturas, 
peso  neto kilo . .  50 

Aguardientes  de  todas  clases  en 
vasijeria  de  madera,  sin  abono 
de  mermas  ni  roturas,  peso 
bruto kilo..  .30 

Aguas  minerales,  naturales  6  ar- 
tificiales,  peso  legal kilo. .  .05 

Cerveza  y  cidra  en  botellas,  sin 
abono  de  mermas  ni  roturas, 
peso  neto kilo .  . '  .20 


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ARTICLE   OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Spirituous  beverages,  fermented  and 
natural — continued. 

Beer  and  cider  in  barrels,  no  al- 
lowance for  leakage  or  break- 
age, gross  weight . . .  .per  kilo . . 

Bitters  of  all  kinds,  no  allowance 
for  leakage  or  breakage,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Liquors  (liqueurs),  of  every  kind, 
in  earthen,  glass,  or  wood,  no 
allowance  for  leakage  or  break- 
age, net  weight.. per  kilogram . . 

Vinegar  in  wood,  no  allowance  for 
leakage  or  breakage,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Vinegar  in  glass,  no  allowance 
for  leakage  or  breakage,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Wine,  red  or  white,  in  wood, 
gross  weight per  kilogram . . 

Wine,  red  or  white,  in  glass,  net 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Paper  and  its  applications- 

I.    WASTE    AND    PULP    FOR  PAPER- 
MAKING. 

Paper  waste  and  clippings,  and 
pressed  pulps  for  paper- 
making,  of  fibers  of  cotton, 
flax,  hemp,  straw,  broom-grass, 
or  wood  . . 


Bebidas  espirituosas,  fermentadas  y 
naturales— contintia. 

Cerveza  y  cidra  en  barril,  sin 
abono  de  mermas  ni  roturas, 

peso  bruto kilo . . 

otas  amargas  y  bitter  de  todas 
clases,  sin  abono  de  mermas 
ni  roturas,  peso  neto kilo . . 

Licores  de  toda  clase  en  vasi- 
jeria  de  loza,  vidrio  6  madera, 
sin  abono  de  mermas  ni  ro- 
turas, peso  neto kilo . . 

Vinagre  en  vasijeria  de  madera, 
sin  abono  de  mermas  ni  rotu- 
ras, peso  neto kilo . . 

Vinagre  en  vasijeria  de  vidrio, 
sin  abono  de  mermas  ni  ro- 
turas, peso  neto kilo . . 

Vino  tinto  y  bianco  en  vasijeria 
de  madera,  peso  bruto. .  .kilo. . 

Vino  tinto  y  bianco  en  vasijeria 
de  vidrio,  peso  neto. . . .  .kilo. . 


Papel  y  sus  aplicaciones. 

I.    DESECHOS  Y  PASTAS   PARA 
FABRICACI6N. 

Desechos  y  recortes  de  papel 
y  las  pastas  prensadas  para 
fabricacidn,  de  fibras  de  algo- 
ddn,  lino,  canamo,  paja,  es- 
parto 6  madera 


II.   PAPER. 

Paper,  unsized,  white,  or  of  dyed 
pulp,  legal  weight . . .  per  kilo . 

Paper,  half-sized,  white  or  of  dyed 
pulp,  legal  weight.  ...per  kilo. 

Paper,  sized,  white  or  of  dyed 
pulp,  legal  weight . . .  per  kilo . 

Paper,  brown  and  wrapping,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

in.    MANUFACTURED  PAPER. 

Advertisements,  printed,  en- 
graved, or  lithographed,  on 
paper  or  cardboard,  without 
frame,  will  pay  the  duty  of  the 
respective  paper  or  cardboard. 


II.    PAPEL. 

Papel  sin  cola,  bianco  6  de  pasta 
tenida,  peso  legal kilo. , 

Papel  de  media  cola,  bianco  6 
de  pasta  tenida,  peso  legal 
kilo., 

Papel  encolado,  bianco  6  de 
pasta  tenida,  peso  legal . .  kilo . 

Papel  de  estraza,  estracilla  y 
para  etnpaque,  peso  legal .  kilo . 

III.    PAPELES   MANUFACTURADOS. 

Anuncios  impresos,  grabados  6 
litografiados,  pobre  papel  6 
carton,  sin  marco,  causarau  el 
derecho  que  corresponda  al 
papel  d  carton  en  que  esten 
nechos. 


Dollars. 


.08 
.30 

.25 
.06 

.10 
.10 
.20 


Free. 


.05 

.10 
.2* 
.05 


122 


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ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Paper  and  its  applications— continued 

III.    MANUFACTURED     PAPER — COU- 

tinued. 

Tickets,    printed,   engraved,    or 
lithographed,    for    lotteries, 
raffles,   exhibitions,    and    rail- 
roads, legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Blanks,  printed,  engraved,  or 
lithographeH,  for  bank  notes 
of  banks  in  the  Republic,  when 
imported  by  permission  of  the 
Treasury  Department 


Blanks    for  documents  printed, 
engraved,  or  lithographed,  with 
ruling,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Paper  with  monogram  or  heading 
printed,   lithographed,  or   en- 
graved, legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Paper  with  cuts  printed  or  en- 
graved, for  books  or  illustrated 
periodicals,  pay  duty  accord- 
ing to  class  of  paper. 

Paper,  glazed,  painted,  marbled, 
and  embossed,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Paper,  gilded  or  silvered  on  its 
entire  surface,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Paper,  tarred  or  pitched,  cloth- 
lined,  impermeable,  and  parch- 
ment paper,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Paper,  gelatinized  or  albumin- 
ized, legal  weight ....  per  kilo . , 

Paper,  wall,  common,  not 
gilded,  silvered,  or  plush,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Paper,  wall,  gilded,  silvered,  or 
plush  in  whole  or  in  part,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Paper,  wall,  combined  with  cloth 
or  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Paper,  tracing,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Papel  y  sus  aplicaciones— continfia. 

III.    PAPELES    MANUFACTURADOS — 

continua. 

Billetes  impresos,  grabados  6 
litografiados,  para  loterias, 
rifas,  espectdculos  y  ferro- 
carriles,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Esqueletos  impresos,  grabados 
6  litografiados  para  billetes  de 
los  bancos  establecidos  en  la 
republica,  cuando  la  importa- 
ci6u  se  haga  previo  permiso 
de  la  Secretaria  de  Hacienda. . 

Esqueletos  para  documentos,  im- 
presos, grabados  6  litografia- 
dos, con  claros  para  escribir 
peso  legal . . 

Papel    con     monograma,     mem- 
brete    6    encabezamiento    im- 
preso,  litografiado   6  grabado, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Papel  con  estampas  impresas 
6  grabadas,  para  libros  6  perid- 
dicos  ilustrados,  segun  la- 
clase  del  papel. 

Papel  de  lustre,  el  pintado, 
el  jaspeado  y  el  realzado, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Papel  dorado  6  plateado  en  toda 
su  superficie,  peso  legal . .  kilo . . 

Papel  embreado  6  alquitranado, 
el  enlienzado,  el  impermeable 
y  el  apergaminado,  peso  legal 
kilo.. 

Papel  gelatinado  6  albuminado, 
peso  legal  kilo . . 

Papel  ordinario  para  tapizar, 
que  no  sea  dorado,  plateado 
ni  aterciopelado,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. . 


Papel  para  tapizar,  dorado,  pla- 
teado 6  aterciopelado,  en  todo 
6  en  parte,  peso  legal ....  kilo . . 

Papel  para  tapizar,  combinado 
con  tela  6  seda,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


Dollars. 


1.00 


Free. 


1.00 


1.00 


Papel    para    calcar,    peso    legal 
..kilo.. 


.10 
.20 

.05 
.30 

.10 
.20 

.50 
.10 


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123 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Paper  and  its  applications— contin'd 

in.  MANUFACTURED   PAPER — con- 
tinued. 

Paper,  ruled,  for  documents, 
letters,  accounts,  or  music, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Periodicals  of  all  kinds,  and 
collections  of  same  when  un- 
bound . . 


IV.    CARDBOARD. 

Cardboard,    Bristol    board    for 
visiting  cards,  including  those 
called  "porcelain  "and  that  for 
playing  cards,  legal  weight 
per.  kilogram . 

Cardboard,  common,  of  all  thick- 
nesses, beaten  or  in  sheets, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. 

V.    MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES. 

Fans,  cardboard  or  paper,  with- 
out ribs,  with  or  without  cord 
or  tassel,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Fans,  cardboard  or  paper,  with 
feathers,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . , 

•Articles  not  specified,   of  paper 
or  cardboard,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Articles  not  specified,  of  paper  or 
cardboard,  covered  with  silk  or 
skin,  with  or  without  ornaments 
not  of  gold,  silver,  or  platinum, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Maps  and  charts 


Pictures  without  frame,  for  walls 
of  school  rooms 

Drawing  and  writing  books,  witb 
copies,  for  primary  instruction. 

Cuts,  printed,  engraved,  or  litho- 
graphed, oleographs,  and  paint- 
ings on  paper  and  cardboard, 
with  or  without  frame  not  of 
precious  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Fapel  y  sus  aplicaciones— continfia. 

III.    PAPELES    MANUFACTURAD09 — 

continiia. 

Papel  rayado  para  docnmentos, 
cartas,  cuentas  6  miisica,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Periddicos  de  todas  clases  y  sus 
colecciones,  cuando  no  esten 
empastados 

IV.    CART6N. 

Carton  Bristol,  cartulinas  para 
tarjetas,  incluso  las  llamadas 
de  porcelana  y  la  cartulina 
para  fabricar  naipes,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Cart6n  ordinario  de  todos  grue- 
sos,  batido  6  de  hojas,  peso 
legal kilo. . 


V.    ARTEFACTOS. 

Abanicos  de  carton  6  papel  sin 
varillas,    aun    cuando   tengan 
cordon  6  borla,  peso  legal 
kilo., 

Abanicos  de  carton  6  papel,  con 
plumas,  peso  legal kilo . 

Artefactos   no   especificados    de 
papel  6  carton,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. . 


Artefactos  no  especificados  de 
papel  6  carton,  cuando  esten 
forrados  con  seda  6  piel,  aun 
cuando  tengan  adornos  que  no 
sean  de  oro,  plata  6  platino, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Cartas  geograficas,  topograficas 
y  nauticas 

Cuadros  murales  para  escuela, 
sin  marco 

Cursos  de  dibujo  y  cuadernos  de 
escritura  con  muestras  para  la 
ensenanza  primaria 

Estampas  impresas,  grabadas  6 
litografiadas,  oleografias  y  pin- 
turas  sobre  papel  6  carton,  aun 
cuando  tengan  marco  que  no 
sea  de  metal  fino,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . . 


Dollars. 


.30 


Free. 


.25 
.15 


.25 
1.00 

.25 


.    .66 
Free. 
Free. 

Free. 


.75 


124 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Paper  and  its  applications— contin'd 

V.  MANUFACTURED  ARTICLES — COH- 

tinued. 

Books,  blank  or  ruled,  bound  in 
pasteboard,  leather,  or  muslin, 
w  ith  or  w  i  thout  corners  or  clasps 
not  of  gold,  silver,  or  platinum, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. 

Books,  printed  or  blank,  bound 
in  velvet,  shell,  ivory,  tortoise, 
gutta-percha,  wood,  celluloid,  or 
metal  not  gold,  silver,  or  plat- 
inum, legal  weight.,  .per  kilo.. 


Books,  and  music  printed  or 
manuscript,  unbound 

Books,  and  music  printed  or 
manuscript,  bound  in  boards, 
leather,  or  muslin,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Books,  and  music'printed  or  man- 
uscript, bound  in  boards, 
leather  or  muslin,  and  with 
corners  or  clasps  of  metal  not 
gold,  silver,  or  platinum,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Cards,  playing,  all  kinds,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Bags,  paper,  even  though  having 
an  advertisement  or  heading, 
will  pay  the  duty  of  the  paper 
on  which  they  are  made. 

Envelopes,  common,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Envelopes,  of  all  kinds  and  sizes, 
withmonogram,  heading,  print- 
ing, lithograph,  or  engraving, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Cards,  visiting,  with  name  or  ad- 
dress lithographed,  engraved, 
or  printed,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cards,  visiting,  without  name  or 
address,  lithographed,  en- 
graved, or  printed,  and  com- 
plimentary cards  with  cuts, 
engravings,  or  ornaaenta  of 
cloth,  ribbons,  or  flowers,  le- 
gal weight per  kilogram. . 


Fapel  y  BUS  aplicaciones— continfia. 
v.  ARTJBFACTOS — contim'ia. 

Libros  en  bianco  6  rayados,  con 
pasta  de  carton,  cuero  6  per- 
calina,  aun  cuando  tengan  can- 
toneras  6  broches  de  metal 
que  no  sea  oro,  plata  6  platino, 
peso  legal kilo. , 

Libros  impresos  6  en  bianco,  con 
pasta  de  terciopelo,  concha, 
marfil,  carey,  gutapercha,  ma- 
dera,  celuloide  6  metal  que  no 
sea  oro,  plata  6  platino,  peso 
legal ...kilo.. 

Libros  y  miisica  impresa  6  ma- 
nuscrita  a  la  rustica 

Libros  y  miisica  impresa  6  ma- 
nuscrita  con  pasta  de  carton, 
cuero  6  percalina,  peso  bruto 
kilo 


Libros  y  musica  impresa  6  inanus- 
crita  con  pasta  de  cart6n, 
cuero  6  percalina  y  con  canto  - 
neras  6  broches  de  metal  que 
no  sea  oro,  plata  6  platino, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Naipes  de  todas  clases,  peso  le- 
gal   kilo . 

Sacos  6  bolsas  de  papel,  aun 
cuando  tengan  rotulo  6  aviso, 
cansaran  el  derecho  del  papel 
de  que  esten  hechos. 

Sobres  comunes,  peso  legal 

kilo.. 

Sobres  de  todas  clases  y  toma- 
fios,  con  inonograma,  mem- 
brete,  impresi6n,  litografia 
6  grabado,  peso  legal ....  kilo . . 

Tarjetas  con  nombre  6  direcci6n 
litografiada,  grabada  6  im- 
presa, peso  legal kilo . . 


Tarjetas  que  no  tengan  nombre 
6  direccidn  litografiada,  gra- 
bada 6  impresa,  y  las  de  felici- 
tacion  con  estampas,  graba- 
dos  6  adornos  de  tela,  cintas 
6  flores,  peso  legal kilo .  . 


Dollars. 


1.25 


1.75 
Free, 

.03 


.10 
1.60 


.25 

1.00 
1.00 

.25 


TARIFF. 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weig  hts, 
and 
measures. 


Machines  and  apparatus- 

Apparatus,  fire-extinguishing, 
with  as  many  aa  six  recharges . 

Apparatus  for  reproducing  man- 
uscript   

Batteries,  electric 

Pumps  and  turbines 

Globes  for  incandescent  electric 
light 

Elevators,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Frames  for  parasoli  and  umbrel- 
las not  having  gold,  silver,  or 
platinum  handles,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Bellows,  hand,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Cranes  and  diving  apparatus 

Tools  of  all  kinds  and  materials, 
for  workmen  (artisans),  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Instruments,  scientific,  not  spec- 
ified   

Instruments,    musical,   of    all 
kinds  and  materials,  including 
their  cases,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Toys,  automatic,  spring,  steam, 
or  electric,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Lamps  for  miners 

Pencil  cases,  not  of  gold,  silver, 
or  platinum,  and  their  points, 
legal*weight per  kilogram. . 

Piano  actions  put  together,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Engine,  steam,  and  their  parts 
for  repairs 

Machinery  and  apparatus,  and 
their  parts  for  repairs,  for  man- 
ufactures, agriculture,  mining, 
and  the  arts,  not  intended  to 
be  operated  by  winch,  pedal, 
or  lever. . . 


Machinery,  etc.,  when  intended 
to  be  operated  by  winch,  pedal 
or  lever,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Maquinas  y  aparatos. 

Aparatos  para  extinguir  incen- 
dios,  hasta  con  seis  cargas  de 
refaccion 

Aparatos  para  reproducir  manus- 
critos 

Baterias  electricas 

Bombas  y  turbinas 

Bombillas  para  luz  electrica  in- 
candescente 

Elevadores  6  as  censor  es,  peso 
bruto kilo . 

Esqueletos  para  sombrillas  y 
paraguas,  cuyos  mangos  no 
scan  de  oro,  plato  6  platino, 
peso  legal kilo: 

Fuelles  de  mauo,  peso  legal 
..kilo. 


ruas  y  escafandras , 

Herramienta  de  todas  clases  y 
materias,  para  artesanos,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

[nstrumentos  para  las  ciencias, 
no  especificados 

[nstrumentos  de  musica  de  todas 
clases  y  materias,  inclusos  sus 
correspondientes  estuches, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Juguetes  automaticos  de  cuer- 
da,  vapor  6  electricidad,  peso 
legal kilo. . 

Lamparas  para  mineros 

Lapiceros  que  no  sean  de  oro, 
plata  6  platino,  y  sus  puntillas, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

Maquiuas  armadas  para  pianos, 
peso  legal kilo. . 

Vlaquinas  de  vapor  y  sus  piezas 
de  refaccion 

Vlaquinas  y  aparatos  y  sus  paries 
sueltas  6  piezas  de  refacci6n, 
para  la  industria,  la  agricultu- 
ra,  la  mineria  y  las  artes, 
cuando  no  este'n  dispuestos 
para  ser  movidos  por  ciguena, 
pedal  6  palanca 

.dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  esten 
dispuestos  para  ser  movidos 
por  ciguena,  pedal  6  palanca, 
peso  bruto kilo . , 


Dollars. 


Free. 

Free. 
Free. 
Free. 


Free. 


.01 


.80 

.40 

Free. 


.05 

Free. 

.60 


.60 


Free. 


.20 
.50 


Free. 


Free. 


.05 


126 


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ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Machines  and  apparatus— continued 

Mechanisms  for  clocks,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Mechanisms  for  watches,  repeat- 
ing   each . . 

Mechanisms  tor  watches,  not  re- 
peating  each . . 

Pile  drivers 

Lightning  rods,  all  kinds,  with 
their  respective  conductors 
and  insulators. . .  

Presses,  printing  or  lithograph- 
ing, type,  vignettes,  stones, 
and  other  special  articles,  not 
specified 

Clocks  for  towers  and  public 
buildings 

Clocks,  house,  all  kinds,  with  or 
without    small    ornaments  of 
common  metal,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Watches,  gold,  or  gold-plated,  re- 
peaters, with  or  without  pre- 
cious stones each . . 


Watches,  gold  or  gold-plated, 
with  or  without  precious 
stones,  not  repeaters ....  each . , 


Watches,  silver  or  other  mate- 
rial, not  gold,  repeaters,  .each . 

Watches,  silver  or  other  mate- 
rial, except  gold,  not  repeaters 
. . .  each . . 


Vehicles- 

Carts,  wagons,  drays,  cars,  with- 
out springs,  for  loads,  gross 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Carts,    etc.,    with    springs,    for 
loads,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Handcarts  and  wheelbarrows, 
gross  weight.  — per  kilogram. . 

Cars,  railway,  all  kinds 


Maquinas  y  aparatos— continua. 

Maquinas  para  reloj  de  pared 
6  mesa,  peso  legal kilo . 

Maquinas  para  reloj  de  bolsillo, 
con  repetici6n una . 

Maquinas  para  reloj  de  bol- 
sillo, sin  repetici6n una. 

Martinetes  para  clavar  estacas. . 

Pararrayos  de  todas  clases,  in- 
cluso  sus  correspondientes 
conductores  y  aisl  adores 

Prensas  para  imprenta  y  lito- 
grafia,  letra,  vinetas,  piedras  y 
demas  utilts  especiales  no 
especificados 

Reloj es  para  torres  y  edificios 
publicos 

Relojes  para  mesa  6  pared,  de  to- 
das clases,  aun  cuando  teugan 
pequenos  adornos  de  metal 
ordinario,  peso  legal kilo. 

Relojes  para  bolsillo  de  oro  6 
chapeados  de  oro,  aun  cuando 
tengan  piedras  preciosas,  sien- 
do  de  repetici6n uno . , 

Relnjes  para  bolsillo  de  oro  6 
chapeados  de  oro,  aun  cuando 
tengan  pied  ras  preciosas, 
cuando  no  scan  de  repetici6n 


Relojes  para  bolsillo,  de  plata  £ 
otras  materias,  excepto  oro, 
siendo  de  repetici6n uno. 

Relojes  para  bolsillo,  <Je  plata  u 
otras  materias  excepto  oro,  no 
siendo  de  repeticion uno. . 

Vehiculos. 

!arretas,  carretones  y  carros, 
sin  muelles,  para  carga,  peso 
bruto kilo 

Idem,  id.,  id.,  con  muelles,  para 
carga,  peso  bruto kilo . . 

Carretillas  de  una  6  dos  ruedas, 

peso  bruto kilo . . 

arros  y  coches  de  todas  clases 
para  camiuo  de  hierro 


Dollart, 

.60 
5.0O 

1.00 
Free. 

Free, 

Free. 
Free. 

.75 
14.00 

7. (XX 

5.00 

• 
1.00 


.06 
.08 

.01 
Free. 


TARIFF. 


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ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Vehicles — continued. 

Carriages  of  all  kinds,  not  spec- 
ified, weighing  not  more  than 
100  kilograms,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Carriages,   etc.,    weighing  more 
than   100  and  not  more  than 
250  kilograms,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Carriages,    etc.,   weighing  more 
than  250  and  not  more  than 
500  kilograms,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Carriages,  etc.,   weighing    more 
than  500   and  not  more  than 
750  kilograms,  net  weight 
per  kilogram.. 

Carriages,    etc.,    weighing  more 
than  750  and  not  more  than 
1,000  kilograms,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . , 

Carriages,  etc.,  weighing  more 
than  1,000  kilograms,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Carriages,  unfinished,  without 
trimmings  and  unpainted, 
weighing  not  more  than  1,000 
kilograms,  net  weight.per  kilo . . 


The  same,  weighing  more  than 
100  and  not  more  than  250 
kilograms,  net  weight, per  kilo . . 

The  same,  weighing  more  than 
250  and  not  more  than  500  kil- 
ograms, net  weight,  .per  kilo. . 

The  same,  weighing  more  than 
500  and  not  more  than  750  kil- 
ograms, net  weight. .  per  kilo. . 

The  same,  weighing  more  than 
750  and  not  more  than  1,000 
kilograms.net  weight,  per  kilo. . 

The  same,  weighing  more   than 
1,000  kilograms,  net  weight 
per  kilogram. . 

Carriages,  all  kinds,  small,   for 
children,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Stage-coaches,    omnibuses,   and 
covered  wagons  of  all   kinds, 
without  springs,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


VehiculOS— continua. 

Carruajes  de  todas  clases  no 
especificados,  cuando  su  peso 
no  exceda  de  100  ki!6gramos, 
peso  neto kilo . 

Carruajes  de  todas  clases  no  es- 
pecihcados,  ouando  su  peso  ex- 
ceda de  100  y  no  pase  de  250 
kildgramos,  peso  neto. ..  .kilo. 

tdem,    id.,    id.,  cuando   su  peso 
exceda  de  250   y   no  pase  de 
500  kildgramos,  peso  neto 
kilo. 

[dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  peso 
exceda  de  5(JO  y  no  pase  de  750 
kildgramos,  peso  neto..  .kilo. 

.dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su   peso 
exceda   de   750   y  no  pase   de 
1,000  kildgramos,  peso  neto 
kilo. 

dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  peso 
exceda  de  1,000  kildgramos, 
peso  neto kilo. 

Carruajes  en  bianco,  sin  vestir 
ni  pintar,  cuando  su  peso  no 
exceda  de  100  kildgramos, 
peso  neto kilo . . 

dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  peso 
exceda  de  100  y  no  pase  de 
250  kildgramos,  peso  neto 

kilo 


dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  peso  ex- 
ceda de  250  y  no  pase  de  500 
kilogramos,  peso  neto.  ...kilo. . 

dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  peso 
exceda  de  500  y  no  pase  de  750 
kildgramos,  peso  neto. ..  .kilo. . 

dem,  id  ,  id.,  cuando  su  peso  ex- 
ceda de  750  y  no  pase  de  1,000 
kildgramos,  peso  neto. ..  .kilo 

dem,  id.,  id.,  cuando  su  peso 
exceda  de  1,000  kildgramos, 
peso  neto kilo . . 

arruajes  pequeflos  de  todas 
clases,  para  ninos,  peso  neto 
kilo.. 


iligencias,  dmnibus  y  guayines 
de  todas  clases,  sin  muelles, 
peso  neto kilo . . 


Dollars. 

.60= 
.55- 

.50 

.45 

.40 
.35 

.30 

.25 
.20 
.IS 
.12 
.10 
.30 

.10 


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ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Vehicles— continued. 

Stage-coaches,    omnibuses,    and 
covered  wagons    of  all   kinds, 
with  springs,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Boats  of  all  kinds  and  sizes 

Running  gear,  forepart,  for  car- 
riages, gross  weight,  .per  kilo. 

Wheels,  separate,  for  carts,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . 

Wheels,  separate,  for  carriages, 
gross  weight ....  per  kilogram 

Velocipedes,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Arms  and  explosives. 

Arms,  side,  all  kinds,  and  sepa- 
rate blades  for  same,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Firearms,  repeating  and  breech- 
loading,  all   kinds,  and   their 
parts  for  repairs,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Firearms,  not  repeating  or 
breech-loading,  all  kinds  and 
their  parts  for  repairs,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Canes  with  blade,  firearm,  or 
air-gun,  with  handle  not  of 
gold,  silver,  or  platinum,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Cartridges,  loaded  or  unloaded, 
for  firearms,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Caps,  pprcussion,  for  firearms, 
gross  weight per  kilogram . . 

Explosive  agents  for  mines 


Dynamite  and  other  explosives 

for  mines 

Fireworks,  gross  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Slow  matches  for  mines 

Gunpowder,  for  mines 

Gunpowder,  not  for  mines,  gross 

weight per  kilogram . . 

Pyroxiline  or  gun-cotton 

Air  guns  and  air  pistols,  legal 

weight per  kilogram . . 


VehlCUloS— continua. 

Diligencias,  6mnibus  y  guayines 
de  todas  closes,  con  muelles, 
peso  neto kilo . 

Embarcaciones  de  todas  clases . . 
Juegos  delanteros  para  carrua- 

jes,  peso  bruto kilo . 

Ruedas  sueltas  para  carros,  peso 

bruto , .  kilo . 

Ruedas  sueltas  para  carruajes, 

peso  bruto kilo. 

Velocipedes,  peso  bruto. ..  .kilo. 


Annas  y  explosives. 

Armas  blancas  de  todas  clases 
y  sus  hojas  sueltas,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Armas  de  fuego,  de  repetici6n 
retrocarga,  de  todas  clases,  y 
sus  piezas  de  refaccion,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Armas  de  fuego,  que  no  scan  de 
repetici6n  6  retrocarga,  de  to- 
das clases,  y  sus  piezas  de 
refaccion,  peso  legal kilo . 

Bastones  con  arma  blanca,  de 
fuego  6  de  viento,  cuyo  puno 
no  sea  de  oro,  plata  6  platino, 

peso  leeal kilo . 

artuchos  cargados  6  sin  carga, 
para  arnias  de  fuego,  peso 
bruto kilo . , 

Oapsulas    f  ulminantes     para 
annas  de  fuego,  peso  bruto 
kilo., 

Detonadores  de  todas  clases  para 
minas 

)inamita  y  demas  explosives 
para  minas 

Tuegos  artificiales,  peso  bruto 

.  .kilo.. 


Vfechas  y  canuelas  para  minas. . . 

~'6l  vora  para  minas 

61vora  que  no  sea  para  minas, 

peso  bruto kilo . . 

iroxilina  6  algoddn  p6lvora 

istolas  y  carabinas  de  viento, 
peso  legal kilo . . 


DoUart. 

.20 
Free. 
.60 
.15 

.60 
.20 


.75 

1.7§ 

.50 

2.00 
.50 

.60 
Free. 
Free. 

.30 

Free. 
Free. 


Free. 


.50 


.60 


TARIFF. 


129 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Miscellaneous- 

Fans,  cloth,  without  handles, 
with  or  without  cord  and  tas- 
sels, legal  weight ....  per  kilo . 

Oils,  lubricating,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Frames  of  all  kinds  for  hats 

. . each . 


Articles  of  all  materials,  not 
specified,  with  ornaments,  etc., 
of  gold,  silver,  or  platinum, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. 

Articles  not  specified,  of  gutta- 
p ircha  or  celluloid,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Articles  not  specified,  for  artifi- 
cial flowers,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Razor-strops  of  all  kinds,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Belting,  rubber,  for  machinery, 
not  imported  with  the  corre- 
sponding machinery,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . 

Belting,  rubber,  for  machinery, 
imported  with  the  machines  to 
which  they  belong 


Belting,  machinery,  of  all  kinds, 
when  imported  with  the  corre- 
sp  .nding  machines 


Canes,    not    specified,     without 
ornaments  of  gold,  silver,  or 
platinum,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Balls,  billiard,  of  composition, 
gutta-percha,  or  celluloid,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Buttons,  covered  or  woven  with 
silk  or  cloth  containing  silk, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Buttons  covered  with  cloth  not 
containing  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Brushes,  painters',  of  all  kinds, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Caps  of  all  kinds  and  materials, 
with  or  without  visar.. .  .each . , 


Diversos. 

Abanicos  de  lienzo,  sin  varillas, 
aun  cuando  tengan  cordon  y 
borla,  peso  legal kilo . 

Aceites  para  lubricar,  peso  legal 
kilo. 


Armazones  de  todas  clases  para 
sombreros  una . 

Artefactos  de  t  )das  materias,  no 
especiricados,  con  adornos  6 
accesorios  de  oro,  plata  6  pla- 
tino,  peso  legal kilo . 

Artefactos  no  especificados  de 
gutapeichay  de  celuloide,  peso 
legal kilo . 

Artefactos  no  especificados  para 
flores  artificiales,  peso  legal 
kilo. 

Asentadores  de  todas  clases 
para  navajas,  peso  legal,  .kilo. 

Bandas  de  hule  para  maquina- 
ria,  cuando  no  vengan  en 
union  de  sus  correspondientes 
maquinas,  peso  bruto.  ...kilo. , 

Bandas  de  hule  para  maquina- 
ria,  cuando  vengan  en  union 
de  las  maquinas  &  que  corre- 
spondan 

Bandas  de  todas  clases  para 
transmision  de  movimiento, 
cuando  se  importea  con  la 
correspondiente  maquinaria.. . . 

tJastones    no    especificados    que 
no  contengan  adornos  de  oro, 
plata  6  platino,  peso  legal 
kilo. . 

3olas  de  composicidn,  guta 
percha  6  celuloide,  para  billar, 
peso  legal kilo . . 

3otones  forrados  6  tejidos  cou 
sed*  6  con  tela  que  la  cou- 
tenga,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Botoues  forrados  con  tela  que 
no  contenga  seda,  peso  legal 

..kilo.. 


3rochas  y  pinceles  de  todas 
clases,  peso  legal kilo. , 

Caehuchas  de  todas  clases  y  ma- 
terias, con  6  sin  vissra. .  .una. , 


Dollars. 

.25 
.06 
.25 

5.00 
.40 

1.50 
.60 

.10 

Free. 
Free. 

1.25 
2.0C 
1.00 

.40 
.05 
.50 


130 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 

money, 
weights, 
and 
measures. 


Miscellaneous— continfla. 

Boxes  of  paints,  all  kinds,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Baskets,    travelers',   with    table 
articles,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Tubing,   rubber,    with   cloth  or 
without,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Masks  of  all  kinds  except  wire. . 
each . . 

Sieves,  bolts,  and  sifters,  of  silk, 
hair,  or  wire,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Belts,  not  specified,  not  contain- 
ing precious  metal,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Cushions,    mattresses,    and    pil- 
lows, whose  covering  does  not 
contain  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cushions,  mattresses,  and  pil- 
lows, whose  covering  contains 
silk,  legal  weight per  kilo. . 

Collections,  numismatical,  geo- 
logical, or  of  natural  history, 
for  museums  and  cabinets 

Patterns,  for  t>lippers  of  all  kinds, 
of  cloth  not  containing  silk, 
legal  weight per  kilogram. . 

Patterns,  for  slippers  of  all  kinds, 
of  cloth  of  silk  or  containing 
silk,  legal  weight  . . .  .per  kilo. . 

Patterns,  for  gaiters,  of  cloth  not 
containing  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Patterns,  for  gaiters,  of  cloth  of 
silk  or  containing  silk,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. . 

Window  shades  of  painted  cloth, 
legal  weight per  kilogram. . 

Brass  strings,  for  musical  instru- 
ments, legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Artificial  teeth,  of  all  materials, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram. . 

Drawings,  molds,  models,  and 
patterns,  for  the  arts,  gross 
weight per  kilogram. . 


Di  verSOS  ™con  tintia. 

Cajas  de  pintura  de  todas  clases, 
peso  legal kilo. 

Canastas  de  viaje  con  avios  de 
mesa,  peso  legal kilo . 

Caneria  de  hule,  ann  cuando 
contenga  tela,  peso  legal 

kilo 


Caretas  de  todas  clases  que  no 
scan  de  alambre una. , 

Cedazos,  harneros  6  cribas  de 
seda,  cerda,  cuero  6  alambre, 
peso  legal kilo. , 

Cintu  rones  no  especincados,  que 
no  contengan  metal  iino,  peso 
legal kilo . , 

Co  Jin  es,  colchones  y  almohadas, 
cuyo  forro  no  contenga  seda, 
peso  legal kilo . 

Cojines,  colchones  y  almohadas, 
cuyo  forro  contenga  seda,  peso 
leyal kilo . 

Colecciones  numismaticas,  geo- 
16gicas  6  de  historia  natural, 
para  museos  y  gabinetes 

Cortes  de  babuchas,  chinelas  6 
pantunas  de  tela  que  no  con- 
tenga seda,  peso  legal. .  .kilo. . 

Cortes  de  babuchas,  chinelas  6 
pantuflas  de  tela  de  seda,  6  que 
contenga  seda,  peso  legal  kilo. . 

Cortes   de   bo  tines    de   tela  que 
no  contenga  seda,  peso  legal 
kilo 

Cortes  de  botines  de  tela  de 
seda  6  que  contenga  seda,  peso 

legal kilo. . 

brtinas  transparentes  de    tela 
pintada,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Cuerdas  entorchadas  para  ins- 
trumentos  de  musica,  peso 
legal kilo . . 

Dientes  artificial  es  de  todas  ma 
terias,  peso  legal kilo . . 

Disefios,  moldes,  modelos  y 
patrones  para  las  artes,  peso 
bruto kilo. . 


Dotlart. 

.30 
.60 

.12 
.25 

.25 


.60 

4.00 
Free. 
.75- 

s.oa 

1.00 

8.00 
.60 

.60 
4.00 

.01 


TARIFF. 


131 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


duties  in 

Mexican 

money, 

weights, 

and 

measures. 


Miscellaneous— continued. 

Buildings,     complete,    of    iron, 
steel,  or  wood,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram .  . 

Statues,  busts,  flower  vases,  and 
works  of  art,  of  any  material 
whatever,  weighiag  more  than 
50  kilograms,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Cases  (instrument,  etc.),  of  all 
kinds,  not  of  precious  metal, 
exclusive  of  their  contents, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Flowers,  artificial,  of  cloth  not 
containing  silk,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Flowers,  artificial,  and  feathers, 
of  silk  or  cloth  containing  silk, 
legal  weight ....  per  kilogram . . 

Hat  linings  and  coverings  of  all 
kinds,  net  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Covers  (sheaths),  all  kinds,  for 
umbrellas  and  parasols,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Rubber,  erasing,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Ice,  gross  weight .  .per  kilogram . . 

Rubber,  in  boots  and  shoes,  with 
or  without  cloth,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram  . . 

Rubber,  in  sheets,  with  or  without 
cloth  foundation,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Rubber,  spun  and  in  strips,  for 
billiard  cushions,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Rubber,  prepared,  dental,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Soap,  unseen  ted,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Sealing  wax,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . 

Asbestos,  paper  and  tow,  in 
sheets,  tarred,  for  roofing,  grots 
weight per  kilogram . 

Whips,  of  all  kinds,  without  or- 
naments   of    precious    metal, 
legal  weight. . .  .per  kilogram . 
Books  of  slate  or  imitation,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 


Di  versOS — continua. 

Mificios    completes    de    hierro, 
acero  y  madera,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. . 


£statuas,  bustos,  macetones  y 
obras  de  arte,  cualquiera  que 
sea  la  materia  componente, 
y  cuyo  peso  exceda  50  kilos, 

peso  bruto kilo. . 

stuches  de  todas  clases,  que 
no  tengan  metal  fino,  sin  in- 
cluir  los  avios  que  conten- 
gan,  peso  legal kilo. 

?lores  artificiales  de  tela  que  no 
contenga  seda,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . 


Floras  artificiales  y  plumas  de 
seda  6  tela  que  contenga  seda, 
peso  legal kilo . 

Fondos  y  forros  de  todas  clases. 
para  sombreros,  peso  neto 

. .  kilo . 


Fundas    de    todas    clases,    para 
sombrillas    y    paraguas,    peso 

legal kilo. 

oma  para  borrar,  peso  legal 

. .  kilo . 


Hielo,  peso  btuto kilo . 

Hule    en    calzado,    aun   cuando 
tenga  tela,  peso  legal. . .  .kilo. 

Hule  en  planchas,   aun  cuaudo 

tenga  alma  de  tela,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. 


Hule  hilado  y  en  tiras  para  ba- 
randas  de  billar,  peso  legal 

..kilo. 


Hule  preparado  para  dentistas, 

peso  legal kilo. 

Jab6n  sin  aroma,  peso  bruto 

..kilo. 


Lacre,  peso  legal kilo . 


Laminas  de  asbest6s,  cart6n  y 
estopa  alquitranada  para  te- 
chos,  peso  bruto kilo. 

Latigos  de  todas  clases  sin  ador- 
nos  de  metal  fino,  peso  legal 

Libros  de  pizarra  6  de  imitaci6n, 
peso  legal kilo. 


Dollars. 

.01 

.05 

.75 
3.00 
7.00 
2.00 

.50 

.40 
.01 

.60. 

.10- 

.40 
2.50 

.25 
.50 

.04 

1.2S 

.60 


132 


TARIFF. 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights, 
and 


Miscellaneous  —con  tinued. 

Tapers  for  night  lamps,  legal 
weight per  kilogram . 

Billiard  tables,  of  any  material, ex- 
clusive of  their  cloth  and  acces- 
sories, gross  weight,  .per  kilo. 

Wafers  for  letters,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . 

Embroideries,  begun  or  com- 
pleted, on  canvas,  not  speci- 
fied, legal  weight. .. .  per  kilo. 

Perfumery  of  all  kinds,  legal 
weight per  kilogram. , 

Paintings  on  paper,  cloth,  glass, 
porcelain,  wood,  or  metal,  with 
or  without  frame,  not  silver  or 
gold,  legal  weight per  kilo. . 

Plants,  artificial,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Feather  dusters,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Penholdrrs,  not  gold,  silver,  or 
platinum,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

'Game-bags,  legal  weight 

per  kilogram . . 

Hats,  felt  and  "Panama,''  and 
imitations  of  same,  unblocked, 

without  trimmings each . . 

Hats,  grass,  chip,  cotton  cloth 
prepared,  or  paper  pulp,  fin- 
ished or  unfinished,  and  with 
or  without  ornaments. .  .each. . 

Hats  of  all  kinds,  not  specified, 
wit!}  trimmiugs  and  ornaments 
or  without each. . 

Hats,  not  specified,  unfinished, 
without  trimmings each . . 

Hats  or  ca->quss  for  miner< 

Rubber  cloth   of    all   kinds,    in 
clothing,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Oilcloth  for   tables,    floors,    and 
other  uses,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram... 

Tents,  army,  all  kinds,  without 
their  poles,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


DiversOS— continfia. 

Mariposas  para  veladoras,  peso 
legal kilo. 

Mesas  de  billar  de  todas  mate- 
rias,  sin  incluir  el  pano  ni  sus 
accesorios,  peso  bruto. .  .kilo. 

Obleas  para  cartas,  peso  legal* 
kilo. 

Obras  comenzadas  6  acabadas 
sobre  caneva,  no  especificadas, 
peso  legal kilo . 

Perfumer-la  de  todas  clases,  peso 
legal : kilo. 

Pinturas  sobre  papel,  tela,  vi- 
drio.porcelana.madera  6  metal, 
auu  cuando  tengan  raarco  que 
no  sea  de  plata  li  oro,  peso 
legal kilo. 

Plantas  artificiales,  peso  legal 

kilo. 

Plumeros  para  despolvar,  peso 
legal kilo. 

I'ortaplunns  que  no  scan  de 
oro,  plata  6  platino,  peso  le- 
gal  kilo. 


Sacos  6  morrales  para  cazador, 
peso  le<^al kilo . 

Sombreros  de  fieltro,  los  llama- 
dos  de  jipijapa  y  sus  imitacio- 
nes,  en  corte,  sin  avios. .  .uno. 

Sombreros  de  esparto,  viruta, 
tejido  de  algodon  prepar^do 
6  pasta  de  papel,  en  corte  6 
acabados,  y  con  adornos  6  sin 
ellos uno . 

Sombreros  de  todas  clases,  no 
especificados,  con  avioi  y  con 
adornos  6  sin  ellos uno. 

Sombreros   no  especificados,    en 

corte,  sin  avios uno 

>mbreros  6  cascos  para  mineros  , 

Tela  ahulada  de  todas  clases,  en 
piezas  de  vestido,  peso  legal 

.  .kilo. . 


Tela  ahulada  para  mesas,  pisos 
li  otros  usos,  peso  bruto.  .kilo. . 

Piendas  de  campana  de  todas 
clases,  sin  incluir  los  postes 
para  armarlas,  peso  bruto 

.  .kilo. . 


Dollart. 

.40 

.30 
.50 

.70 
1.00 

.75 

1.00 

.40 

.10 

.75 

.50 

.20 

1.00 

.25 
Free. 

2.00 
.30 

.20 


TARIFF. 


133T 


ADDITIONS   TO  THE   TARIFF. 

FOREIGN     MERCHANDISE     IN     THE     FEDERAL     DISTRICT. 

On  the  20th  of  October,  1891,  the  following  decree  was  issued: — 

ARTICLE  1.  Foreign  merchandise  which  has  to  pay  duty  upon  its 
importation,  under  the  tariff  of  the  general  custom  house  Ordinance, 
when  introduced  to  the  Federal  district,  shall  pay  no  further  duty 
than  5  per  cent  for  consumption,  calculated  on  the  amount  of  the 
importation  duties. 

ART.  2.  Foreign  merchandise  exempt  from  the  payment  of  duties 
upon  its  importation  under  the  tariff  of  the  custom  house  Ordinance, 
shall  not  pay  any  further  duty,  when  introduced  to  the  Federal  dis- 
trict. . 

ART.  3.  The  prescriptions  of  the  tariff  of  consumption  duties  for 
the  Federal  district,  issued  on  the  16th  of  last  June,  are  hereby 
repealed,  in  so  far  as  they  are  opposed  to  the  carrying  out  of  this- 
decree. 

ART.  4.  This  decree  shall  take  effect  on  the  1st  of  next  Novem- 
ber. 

NEW  DUTIES. 

Under  decree  of  the  30th  of  November,  1891,  the  following 
articles  were  added  to  the  tariff: — 


ARTICLE  OF  MERCHANDISE. 


ARTICULO  DE  MERCANCIA. 


Duties  in 
Mexican 
money, 
weights,. 
and 
measures . 


Blocks  or  frames,  wooden,  for 
car  and  wagon  wheels,  gross 
weight per  kilogram . . 

Shirts,  cotton  cloth,  without  em- 
broidery, with   fronts   of   silk 
cloth,  for  men,  legal  weight 
per  kilogram . . 

Postal  stamps,  Mexican,  uncan- 
celed 

Mastic  or  putty  to  fix  glasses  on 
window  frames,  gross  weight 
per  kilogram . . 


Camas  de  madera  para  ruedas  de 
carros  y  carretas,  peso  bruto 
.  .kilo. , 


Camisas  de  tela  de  algodon  sin 
bordar  con  pecheras  de  tela 
de  seda,  para  hombres,  peso 
legal kilo . , 

Estampillas  postales  mexicanas 
sin.  cancelar 

Mastic  6  masilla  para  tijar  los 
vidrios  en  los  bastidores  de 
vidrieras,  peso  bruto. . .  .kilo. . 


Dollars. 

.06 

3,00 
Free, 

.08 


LIST    OF    CUSTOM   HOUSES  AND   OF  CUSTOMS 
SECTIONS  OR  POSTS. 


MARITIME  CUSTOM  HOUSES. 

IN   THE    GULP    OF    MEXICO. 

Vera  Cruz State  of  Vera  Cruz 

Progreso State  of  Yucatan 

Campeche State  of  Campeche 

Carmen  Island State  of  Campeche 

Frontera State  of  Tabasco 

Coatzacoalcos  (Minatilan) State  of  Vera  Cruz 

Tampico State  of  Tamaulipas 

Matamoros  (frontier  and  maritime) State  of  Tamaulipas 

IN    THE    PACIFIC    OCEAN. 

Todos  Santos Territory  of  Lower  California 

Magdalena  Bay Territory  of  Lower  California 

San  Jos6  del  Cabo Territory  of  Lower  California 

La   Paz _ Territory  of  Lower  California 

Santa  Rosalia Territory  of  Lower  California 

Guaymas State  of  Sonora 

Altata . . State  of  Sinaloa 

Mazatlan State  of  Sinaloa 

San  Bias Territory  of  Tepic 

Manzanillo State  of  Colima 

Acapulco State  of  Guerrero 

Puerto  Angel  (Pochutla) State  of  Oaxaca 

Salina  Cruz  (Tehuantepec) State  of  Oaxaca 

Tonald State  of  Chiapas 

Soconusco  (maritime  and  frontier,  Tapachula) State  of  Chiapas 

(134) 


LIST  OP  CUSTOM  HOUSES,  ETC.  135 

FRONTIER  CUSTOM  HOUSES. 

IN    THE    NORTH. 

Camargo - State  of  Tamaulipas 

Matamoros  (frontier  and  maritime) State  of  Tamaulipaa 

Mier ._ State  of  Tamaulipag 

Laredo . .  State  of  Tamaulipas 

Guerrero State  of  Tamaulipas 

Oiudad  Porfirio  Diaz  (formerly  Piedras  Negras) ..  State  of  Coahuila 

Oiudad  Juarez  (formerly  Paso  del  Norte) State  of  Chihuahua 

La  Ascencion . . .State  of  Chihuahua 

Palominas  (San  Pedro) State  of  Sonora 

Nogales State  of  Sonora 

Sasabe State  of  Sonora 

Tijuana . Territory  of  Lower  California 

IN   THE    SOUTH. 

Soconusco  (frontier  and  maritime,  Tapachula) State  of  Chiapas 

.Zapaluta  (Comitan) . . State  of  Chiapas 


CUSTOMS  SECTIONS  OR  POSTS. 

IN    THE    GULF    OP     MEXICO. 

Alvarado ^ 

mj       , ,  I  s Dependent  on  Vera  Cruz  Custom  House 

Nautla.. ) 

Tecolutla. . Dependent  on  Tuxpam  Custom  House 

Tonala Dependent  on  Custom  House  of  Coatzacoalcos 

Soto  la  Marina. Dependent  on  Custom  House  of  Tampico 

Celestum ^ 

Isla  de  Mujeres  v Dependent  on  Custom  House  of  Progreso 

Cozumel j 

p  ,.  e  > Dependent  on  Carmen  Island  Custom  House 

Dos  Boca    I Dependent  on  Frontera  Custom  House 


136  LIST  OF  CUSTOM  HOUSES,  ETC. 

IN  THE  PACIFIC  OCEAN. 

Cape  San  Lucas Dependent  on  San  Jose  del  Cabo  Custom  House 

Mulej6 Dependent  on  Santa  .Rosalia  Custom  House 

Agiabampo , Dependent  on  Guaymas  Custom  House 

Piaxtla \ 

eacapam .    .  i Dependent  on  Mazatlan  Custom  House 

Topolobampo  ) 

Chamela Dependent  on  Manzanillo  Custom  House 

„,  J      I Dependent  on  Acapulco  Custom  House 

Dependent  on  San  Bias  Custom  House 


~      ,  ,       Vi"*j>-.  --  Dependent  on  Todos  Santos  Custom  House 
Guadalupe  Island  J 

IN    THE    NORTHERN     FRONTIER. 

Reynosa Dependent  on  Matamoros  Custom  House 

Las  Vacas \ 

Pacuache > Dependent  on  Porfirio  Diaz  Custom  House 

"Villa  de  Fuerte  j 

Ojinaga  (formerly  Presidio  d  el  Norte) 

Dependent  on  Ciudad  Juarez  Custom  House 
Quitovaquita Dependent  on  Nogales  Custom  House 


MINING    LAWS. 


The  Mining  Code  of  the  Republic  was  approved  on  the  22d  of 
November,  1884,  and  repealed  all  existing  mining  laws.  It  went 
into  effect  on  the  1st  of  January,  1885.  That  Code  and  the  Regu- 
lations for  Mining  Deputations,  as  well  as  the  circulars  issued  by 
the  Department  of  Public  Works  on  the  subject  of  mining,  deter- 
mine and  regulate  everything  pertaining  to  mining  throughout  the 
Republic. 


THE   MINING   CODE. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY, 

AND  COMMERCE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC, 

BUREAU  FOURTH. 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased  to  send  me  the 
following  decree: — 

Manuel  Gonzalez,  Constitiitional  President  of  the   United  States 
of  Mexico,  to  all  those  whom  these  presents  may  see — 

KNOW  YE:  That  by  virtue  of  the  authority  granted  to  the  Ex- 
ecutive by  the  law  of  the  15th  of  December,  1883,  I  have  deemed 
it  proper  to  issue  the  following: — 

CODE  OF  MINES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  MEXICO. 
TITLE  I. — OF   MINES  AND  MINING  PROPERTY. 

ARTICLE  1.  The  following  are  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
Code:— 

I.  Mines  and  deposits  of  all  those  inorganic  substances,  as  gold, 
silver,  copper,  iron,  manganese,  lead,  mercury,  tin,  antimony,  zinc, 
sulphur,  rock  salt,  and  all  analogous  substances  whose  utilization 
requires  mining  labors,  and  which,  in  beds,  veins,  or  in  masses  of 
any  form,  constitute  deposits  whose  composition  is  distinct  from  that 
of  the  rocks  there  located. 

(137) 


138  MINING  LAWS. 

II.  Placers  of   gold  and  of  platinum  with   their   accompanying 
metals,  and  of  precious  stones  used  in  jewelry. 

III.  Reduction    works   and   sites    for   their   erection,    including 
under  the  first  designation  all  industrial  establishments  for  mining, 
wherein,  through  any  kind  of  process,  may  be  extracted  some  of  the 
substances  contained  in  the  materials  taken  out  from  the  mines,  or 
places  referred  to  in  the  two  foregoing  subdivisions  of  this  article. 

IV.  Waters  extracted  from  the  mines,  and  those  that  may  be  re- 
quired for  drinking  purposes  by   the  operatives    and  animals,  for 
motive  power,  or  for  any  other  use  in  mines  or  reduction  works. 

ART.  2.  Mines  and  placers  referred  to  in  subdivisions  I  and  II  of 
the  foregoing  article  constitute  real  property,  different  from  that  of 
the  ground  in  which  or  below  whose  surface  they  are  found,  even 
though  both  might  come  to  belong  to  the  same  owner. 

ART.  3.  The  ownership  of  mines,  placers,  reduction  works  and 
waters  referred  to  in  article  1,  shall  be  acquired  by  virtue  of  dis- 
covery and  denouncement,*  by  means  of  a  concession  made  by  the 
proper  authorities,  according  to  the  rules  and  under  the  conditions 
which  are  hereafter  laid  down  in  this  present  Code. 

ART.  4.  The  law  gi-ants  to  private  persons,  in  conformity  with  the 
preceding  article,  the  ownership  of  mines  for  an  unlimited  time, 
under  the  condition  of  working  and  developing  them  in  accordance 
with  the  prescriptions  of  this  Code  and  of  the  Regulations  which 
may  be  issued  for  the  operation  thereof,  for  the  purpose  of  provid- 
ing for  the  preservation  of  the  mines  and  the  security  of  the  opera- 
tives. 

ART.  5.  All  persons  who  can  legally  acquire  real  estate  in  the 
Republic  of  Mexico  may  acquire  mines,  placers,  reduction  works, 
and  water  comprised  within  the  first  article. 

ART.  6.  Foreigners  can  acquire  mining  property  under  the  same 
terms  and  with  the  restrictions  that  the  laws  of  the  republic  give 
them  for  the  acquisition,  possession,  and  transfer  of  ordinary  prop- 
erty; submitting  themselves,  like  Mexicans,  to  the  prescriptions  of 
this  law  and  to  any  others  which  may  be  issued  relative  to  mining 
industry. 

'"Denouncement"  is  the  term  that  has  been  adopted,  for  want  of  a  better 
one,  to  express  the  mode  of  claiming  mining  property  in  Mexico,  in  conform- 
ity with  this  Code. 


MINING  LAWS.  139 

ART.  7.  Mining  property  acquired  in  conformity  with  this  Code 
may  be  freely  transferred,  as  any  other  real  property,  subject  to  the 
prescriptions  of  the  law  in  force  relative  thereto. 

ART.  8.  Mining  property  shall  not  be  forfeited,  except  in  the 
cases  expressly  determined  in  this  Code. 

ART.  9.  The  title  to  ownership  of  the  property  referred  to  in  the 
four  subdivisions  of  the  first  article,  shall  be  a  transcript  of  the 
proceedings  of  record  as  to  the  denouncement  and  of  the  act  of  pos- 
session, which  are  to  be  given  by  the  authorities  or  functionaries  in 
manner  laid  down  in  this  Code. 

ART.  10.  The  owner  of  the  soil  shall  have  exclusive  property 
therein,  and  thereby  may  work  and  utilize,  without  necessity  of  de- 
nouncement or  of  special  condemnation  of  property : — 

I.  Deposits  of  the  various  varieties  of  mineral  coal. 

II.  Bocks  in  place  and  materials  of  the  soil,  such  as  limestonesi 
slates,  porphyries,  basalts,  stones  for  construction  purposes,  earths, 
clays,  sands,  and  another  analogous  substances. 

III.  Substances  not  specified  in  division  II  of  the  first  article, 
which  may  be  found  in  placers,  such  as  iron,  tin,  and  other  minerals 
*n  their  natural  state.* 

IV.  Salts  existing  on  the  surface,  pure  or  salt  waters,  either  su- 
perficial or  subterranean,  petroleum,  and  outlets  of  gas  or  of  warm 
or  medicinal  waters. 

For  the  extraction  of  all  these  substances  the  owner  of  the  soil 
shall,  nevertheless,  be  subject  in  his  labors  to  the  police  rules  and 
regulations;  and  for  the  working  of  mineral  coal  beds  and  of  other 
substances  which  require  the  opening  of  excavations  he  shall  be  sub" 
ject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Code,  relating  to  the  preservation  of 
the  mines  and  to  the  security  of  the  operatives. 

ART.  11.  It  is  hereby  declared  that  the  working  of  mines  and 
placers,  the  establishment  and  working  of  reduction  works,  and  the 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  May  29,  1889, 
the  destruction,  exportation,  and  sale  of  all  meteorites  is  prohibited;  said  sub- 
stances shall  be  preserved  in  the  places  where  they  may  have  fallen  or  be 
found,  and  all  political  authorities  of  the  .Republic 'are  required  to  notify  the 
Department  of  the  existence  of  such  meteorites,  so  that  proper  measures  may 
be  taken  to  preserve  them. 


140  MINING  LAWS. 

utilization  of  waters,  all  of  which  form  the  objects  of  the  present 
law,  according  to  article  1,  are  matters  of  public  utility. 

ART.  12.  Mining  claims  and  sites  for  reduction  works  can  be  de- 
nounced and  acquired  in  any  part  of  the  Republic,  whether  they  are 
situated  in  government  lands  or  in  those  of  public  or  private  prop- 
erty, indemnity  being  first  made  in  the  latter  two  cases,  for  the 
surface  occupied. 

ART.  13.  The  possession  and  property  acquired  in  mines  is  to  be 
understood  to  be  only  as  referring  to  all  that  may  be  under  the 
surface,  and  not  to  be  that  of  the  surface  itself.  The  latter  continues 
under  the  dominion  of  its  owner,  except  as  to  the  part  which  the 
miner  may  occupy,  according  to  the  two  preceding  articles. 

ART.  14.  Whenever  the  existence  of  a  mine  or  deposit  shall  be 
established,  the  lands,  even  if  of  private  property,  become  subject  to 
be  occupied  by  any  miner,  or  any  person  owning  or  in  charge  of  re- 
duction works,  in  all  the  extension  necessary  for  the  opening  of 
shafts,  or  for  the  construction  of  buildings,  dwellings,  warehouses, 
metallurgical  offices,  washers,  dams,  aqueducts,  and  roads,  after  in- 
demnity, according  to  valuation  by  experts,  for  the  surface  occupied 
or  for  the  easement  which  may  be  acquired  in  the  property  of  an- 
other person. 

ART.  15.  The  superficial  area  comprised  within 'the  limits  of  the 
claims  of  mines  and  placers,  and  also  the  areas  adjoining  thereto, 
shall  be  subject  to  an  easement  of  a  right  of  way  for  the  operatives,, 
wagons  and  animals  necessary  to  the  working  thereof,  and  to  the 
right  of  use  of  any  water  which  may  exist  therein,  or  pass  through 
them,  for  drinking  purposes  of  said  persons  and  animals.  Within 
said  areas  works  may  be  erected  for  providing  the  water  necessary 
for  the  working  of  machinery,  or  for  any  other  necessary  use  in 
mines  or  reduction  works.  The  easements  to  which  this  article  re- 
fers shall  be  established  only  after  proper  indemnity  has  been  made 
» therefor. 

ART.  16.  Roads  that  are  opened  for  any  mine  may  be  used  by 
any  other  mines  situated  in  the  same  mining  district,  but  in  this 
case  the  cost  of  preservation  shall  be  divided  among  the  mines  that 
use  said  roads,  according  to  agreement,  and  in  default  thereof  in 
accordance  with  the  use  that  is  made  of  such  roads. 

ART.  17.   Waters  proceeding  from  the  underground   workings  of 


MINING  LAWS.  141 

mines  belong  to  the  owners  thereof,  as  long  as  they  preserve  tho 
ownership  of  the  mines;  it  being  understood  that  the  provisions  of 
the  laws  in  force  are  to  be  observed,  with  regard  to  the  rights  of  the 
owners  of  the  lands  over  which  said  waters  may  be  discharged. 

TITLE  II. — OF  THE  AUTHORITIES  THAT  ARE  TO  INTERVENE  IN 
AND  TAKE  COGNIZANCE  OF  MINING  AFFAIRS. 

ART.  18.  Mining  affairs  with  regard  to  their  government  and 
administration  shall  be  dependent  on  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  and  upon  the  functionaries  or  authorities  made  suboidinate 
thereto  by  this  law.  In  contested  cases  the  cognizance  of  mining 
matters  pei  tains  to  the  judges  and  tribunals  of  each  locality  having 
jurisdiction  thereof. 

ART.  19.  There  shall  be  established  in  the  capital  of  the  Repub- 
lic a  corps  of  engineers  and  miners,  that  shall  be  immediately  sub- 
ordinate to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  that  shall  be 
composed  of  three  graduated  experts  and  of  three  mine  owners, 
and  that  shall  have  the  character*  of  an  advisory  council  for  the 
encouragement  of  mining. 

ART.  20.  The  corps  of  engineers  and  miners  mentioned  in  the 
preceding  article  will  consider  all  the  scientific,  economical,  or  ad- 
ministrative questions  which  may  be  submitted  or  proposed  to  it  by 
the  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  will  promote  everything  that 
pertains  to  the  improvement  and  advancement  of  mining  industries. 

ART.  21.  In  all  mining  districts  where  it  may  be  possible,  and 
where  the  Department  of  Public  Works  may  deem  it  necessary, 
there  sh;ill  be  established  Mining  Deputations,  that  shall  exercise  all 
the  governmental  and  administrative  functions  that  are  assigned  to 
them  by  this  Code. 

ART.  22.  All  Mining  Deputations  shall  be  dependent  on  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works,  and  be  directly  subject  thereto. 

ART.  23.  In  these  districts  in  which  Mining  Deputations  cannot 
be  established,  their  functions  shall  be  discharged  by  the  local  politi- 
cal authority,  which  shall  be,  in  the  exercise  of  their  powers,  subor- 
dinate to  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  24.  The  organization,  mimber  of  employes,  and  payment 
of  the  corps  of  engineers  «nd  miners  bhall  be  subject  to  regulations 
which  the  Executive  will  issue. 


142  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  25.  The  Executive  will,  in  the  same  manner,  regulate 
Mining  Deputations,  in  everything  relating  to  their  formation  by 
election  from  the  body  of  miners  of  each  district,  to  the  number  of 
their  members  and  to  their  periodical  renewal,  to  the  fees  which 
they  may  charge  for  the  judicial  proceedings  they  may  authorize  or 
carry  on,  and  to  the  remuneration  and  obligations  of  their  secretary. 

ART.  26.  In  mining  districts,  the  importance  of  which  makes  it 
possible  and  necessary,  there  shall  be  a  graduated  expert  attached  to 
the  local  Deputation  to  act  as  its  adviser  or  counselor,  who  shall  be 
obliged  to  do  all  the  labors  which  the  Deputation  may  intrust  to 
him,  with  the  salary  or  fees  that  may  be  fixed  by  the  regulations 
and  schedule  of  fees. 

ART.  27.  The  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  appoint  as 
many  mining  engineers  as  inspectors  of  mines  as  may  be  necessary., 
who  shall  be  obliged  to  visit  the  mining  districts,  to  make  reports, 
study,  prospect,  and  to  carry  on  any  labors  which  the  Department 
may  intrust  to  them. 

ART.  28.  Under  the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  the  Mining  Deputations  shall  labor  in  collecting  and  for- 
warding all  useful  and  pertinent  data  for  the  formation  of  mining 
statistics. 

ART.  29.  In  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  title,  a  sepa- 
rate bureau  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  have  charge 
of  everything  that  relates  to  the  industry  of  mining. 

TITLE  III. — OF  EXPLORATIONS  FOR  THE    DISCOVERY  OF  MINES. 

ART.  30.  Every  inhabitant  of  the  republic,  whether  native  or 
foreign,  may  undertake  and  carry  out  freely,  in  all  lands  not  pri- 
vate property,  exploration  labors  for  the  discovery  of  mines  and 
deposits  of  such  substances  as  are  the  objects  of  this  law. 

The  exploration  labors  may  be  effected  by  examinations,  whose 
depth  or  diameter  shall  not  be  more  than  five  meters,  or  by  borings 
made  by  drills  to  any  depth. 

ART.  31.  If  the  property  or  lands  should  belong  to  private 
parties,  and  if  the  owner  thereof,  or  his  manager,  or  the  person  in 
charge  should  object  to  the  performance  of  such  exploration  labors 
for  the  discovery  of  mines  as  are  referred  to  in  the  preceding  article,. 


MINING  LAWS.  143 

they  cannot  be  carried  on  except  by  the  special  permission  of  the 
political  authority  of  the  place,  and  with  the  limitations  and  requi- 
sites which  are  prescribed  in  the  following  articles. 

ART.  32.  If  the  lands  in  which  it  is  desired  to  explore  be  neither 
fenced  nor  cultivated,  the  authority,  after  due  hearing  given  to  the 
owner  of  the  land  or  to  the  person  in  charge  thereof,  shall  extend  a 
permit  to  carry  on  the  exploration  labors,  in  the  manner  set  forth  in- 
article  30;  provided,  however,  that  the  explorer  shall  give  a  bond, 
which  shall  be  sufficient  in  the  opinion  of  the  authority  referred  to,  to 
answer  for  all  damages  which  he  may  cause  to  the  owner  of  the 
land  by  his  exploration  labors. 

ART.  33.  If  the  exploration  is  to  be  made  in  fenced  or  cultivated 
lands,  the  political  authority,  after  a  verbal  hearing  of  the  parties 
concerned,  and  after  a  report  upon  the  advisability  of  the  explora- 
tion and  as  to  the  damage  it  may  cause,  shall  have  been  made  by  an 
expert  appointed  by  said  autbority  at  the  expense  of  the  explorer, 
shall  deny  or  grant  the  permit.  In  the  latter  case  the  petitioner 
shall  give  a  bond  in  the  same  terms  and  for  the  same  purpose  as 
stated  in  the  last  paragraph  of  the  preceding  article. 

ART..  34.  The  explorer  must  give  the  bond  referred  to  in  the  two 
preceding  articles,  for  the  sum  of  money  which  the  political  authority 
of  the  place  may  determine,  and  within  the  term  of  ten  days,  which 
cannot  be  extended,  and  at  the  expiration  whereof  he  forfeits  his 
rights. 

ART.  35.  After  the  proper  bond  has  been  given,  the  authority 
shall  issue  in  writing  the  permit  referred  to  in  articles  32  and  33  of 
this  title,  which  shall  clearly  designate  the  site  or  sites  where  the 
explorations  are  to  be  made,  and  the  number  of  persons  that  may 
be  employed  in  the  same,  it  being  understood  that  the  permit  is 
always  granted  under  the  following  conditions: — 

1.  That  the  time  for  completing  the  exploration  shall  not  exceed 
one  month,  calculated  from  the  date  of  the  permit. 

2.  Tli at  in  case  the  exploration  is  not  made  by  drills,  neither  the 
depth  of  the  excavations  nor  the  diameter  of  the  prospect  holes  shall 
exceed  five  meters.* 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  July  23,  1887, 
whenever  a  permit  is  granted  for  the  exploration  of  a  mine,  a  report  must  be 


144  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  36.  If  for  justifiable  cause  the  exploration  shall  not  be 
made  within  the  time  allowed,  the  permit  may  be  extended  once 
only,  and  for  one  month  more,  by  virtue  of  a  new  decision  of  said 
authority. 

ART.  37.  During  the  time  that  may  be  employed  in  going  through 
the  formalities  prescribed  in  the  preceding  articles,  as  being  necessary 
in  order  that  the  authorities  may  grant  the  permit  to  make  explora- 
tion, during  the  time  granted  for  such  explorations  and  for  one 
month  after,  neither  the  owner  of  the  land,  nor  any  other  person 
except  the  explorer,  can  denounce  mines  or  deposits  of  any  of  the 
substances  comprised  under  the  present  law,  in  the  place  designated 
for  the  exploration,  or  within  the  distance  of  three  hundred  meters 
in  all  directions  therefrom. 

ART.  38.  For  the  purpose  of  securing  the  right  to  which  the  pre- 
ceding article  refers,  and  in  order  that  if  there  be  different  de- 
nouncements, the  first  discoverer  may  have  the  preference,  the 
Authority  that  has  the  power  to  grant  the  permit  for  exploration 
shall  notify  the  proper  local  Mining  Deputation,  or  the  authority 
acting  in  its  stead,  of  the  petition  presented,  and  shall  designate  the 
place  or  places  chosen  by  the  explorer  to  effect  his  exploration  la- 
bors. 

ART.  39.  The  explorer  must  terminate  his  work  of  exploration 
•within  the  term  of  one  month,  or  within  the  extension,  if  8uch  an 
extension  has  been  obtained  by  him.  On  the  expiration  of  these 
periods  and  of  one  month  more,  if  the  explorer  has  not  made  the 
formal  denouncement,  according  to  the  prescriptions  of  this  law,  he 
shall  lose  the  exclusive  right  to  do  what  is  granted  to  him  by  arti- 
cle 37,  and  shall  have  no  preference  over  other  denouncers. 

ART.  40.  Only  by  the  consent  of  the  owner  shall  any  work  of 
mining  exploration  be  commenced  within  a  building  or  dwelling- 
house  or  within  its  appurtenances,  as  gardens,  yards,  orchards,  or 
stock  pens,  etc.,  or  at  a  distance  of  less  than  thirty  meters  from  its 
exterior  walls.  No  appeal  can  be  had  from  the  negative  of  the 
owner  in  the  cases  referred  to  in  this  article. 

made  to  the  Department  of  the  location  so  granted,  of  the  extension  thereof, 
who  are  the  explorers,  when  the  exploration  is  to  bagin  and  terminate,  and  also 
what  was  the  result  obtained  in  such  mining  explorations. 


MINING  LAWS.  145 

ART.  41.  Neither  shall  exploration  labors  for  the  discovery  of 
mines  be  made  in  the  streets  or  public  squares  of  towns,  nor  outside 
of  these  at  less  than  thirty  meters'  distance  from  the  exterior  lines 
of  roads  or  canals,  or  of  any  other  structure,  such  as  a  house,  arch- 
way, aqueduct,  dam,  bridge,  etc. 

TITLE  IV. — OF  THE  MANNER  OF  ACQUIRING  MINES,  PLACERS, 
ABANDONED  REDUCTION  WORKS,  OR  THE  SITES  TO  ESTAB- 
LISH SUCH  WORKS  AND  WATER  TO  FURNISH  MOTIVE  POWER 
FOR  MINES  OR"  REDUCTION  WORKS. 

ART.  42.  The  ownership  of  mines  and  reduction  works  or  of  sites 
to  establish  the  latter  and  of  water,  as  referred  to  in  this  title 
is  to  be  acquired  originally  by  adjudication  and  by  virtue  of  a  de- 
nouncement. 

ART.  43.  The  denouncement  may  be  made: — 

1.  Under  title  of  discovery. 

2.  Under  title  of  abandonment. 

3.  Under  title  of  the  lapse  or  extinction  of  the  rights  of  a  former 
owner  for  contravention  of  this  present  law,  in  the  cases. which  it 
expressly  determines. 

ART.  44.  The  discovery  may  be: — 

1.  Of  a  new  mineral  district. 

2.  Of  a  new  deposit  in  a  mineral  district  already  known. 

3.  Of  a  new  mine  in  a  known  deposit  in  a  known   mineral  dis- 
trict. 

ART.  45.  The  discoverer  of  a  new  mineral  district  shall  have  the 
right  to  a  concession  comprising  three  claims  following  each  other 
on  the  principal  vein  or  deposit,  and  to  one  more  claim  on  each  one 
of  the  other  veins  or  deposits  of  the  same  site  or  mining  district 
which  he  may  also  have  discovered;  the  possession  of  the  latter 
to  be  given  to  him  separately. 

•  In  the  second  case  the  discoverer  shall  have  the  right  to  two  suc- 
cessive claims,  and  to  only  one  claim  in  the  third  case. 

ART.  46.  The  claims  shall  have  the  area  and  dimensions  which 
will  be  prescribed  in  title  V  of  this  Code;  and  according  to  the  provis- 
ions of  article  106  of  that  title,  if  several  claims  should  be  included 
in  the  same  grant  or  adjudication,  they  must  be  measured  in  con- 
tinuation, and  prolongation,  one  after  the  other. 

• 
9 


146  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  47.  With  respect  to  the  effects  of  the  prescriptions  of  arti- 
cle 45,  the  restorers  of  ancient  mineral  districts,  ruined  or  aban- 
doned, shall  be  considered  as  discoverers  and  shall  have  the  same 
rights  as  the  latter;  said  districts  shall  be  considered  to  be  such, 
for  the  effects  of  this  article,  when  no  work  shall  have  been  done 
thereon  for  one  year. 

ART.  48.  If  the  discovery  should  be  of  placers,  beds  01'  layers,  the 
discoverer  shall  have  the  right  to  three  claims;  those  who  may  de- 
nounce after  him  on  the  same  deposit  shall  only  obtain  one  claim, 
all  in  the  form  and  according  to  the  measurements  set  forth  in  title 
V. 

ART.  49.  If  in  any  of  the  cases  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  arti- 
cles, the  denouncer,  discoverer,  or  restorer  should  be  a  company  con- 
stituted in  the  manner  and  form  established  in  title  VIII,  it  shall 
only  have  a  right  to  a  concession  of  four  claims  with  the  measure- 
ments which  are  fixed,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  deposit,  in 
the  corresponding  articles  of  title  V. 

ART.  50.  A  mine  shall  be  considered  deserted  and  abandoned  and 
may  be  granted  to  whoever  may  denounce  it,  if,  for  the  period  of 
one  year  preceding  the  date  of  the  denouncement,  or  for  a  more  lim- 
ited time,  it  shall  not  have  been  worked  by  six  miners,  employed  at 
some  underground  work  within  the  limits  of  the  claims  acquired 
under  any  single  concession,  for  twenty-six  weeks,  consecutive  or 
interrupted. 

A  cessation  of  work  at  any  time  prior  to  the  year  preceding  the 
date  of  the  denouncement  shall  not  be  taken  into  consideration. 

The  denouncement  and  adjudication  of  a  mine  as  deserted  and 
abandoned  shall  be  subject  to  the  formalities  prescribed  in  articles 
61  to  67.* 

ART.  51.  Only  in  case  of  calamities  or  of  disturbances  of  the  pub- 
lic order  within  twenty  leagues  around  the  locality  of  any  mines, 
and  only  for  the  time  during  which  these  circumstances  may  last, 
all  the  mines  in  general  of  that  particular  district  may  be  considered 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  July  13,  1886, 
the  omission  to  ^egin  working  upon  any  mine  as  prescribed  by  article  57,  is 
not  a  reason  why  it  should  be  considertd  abandoned,  but  it  is  only  from  that 
date  that  may  be  computed  the  period  of  abandonment  prescribed  in  the  man- 
ner staged  in  article  50. 


MINING  LAWS.  147 

as  protected  from  denouncement  without  necessity  of  a  special  pro- 
tection or  declaration ;  but  if  within  four  months  from  the  date  when 
public  oi-der  is  restored,  which  fact  shall  be  ascertained  and  pub- 
lished by  the  local  Deputation,  or  by  the  functionary  who  takes  its 
place,  the  work  be  not  recommenced  and  renewed,  the  mines  may  be 
denounced  under  title  of  abandonment. 

ART.  52.  Those  who  for  just  and  grave  causes  may  be  compelled 
to  suspend  the  working  of  their  mines  for  more  than  twenty-six 
weeks,  may  go  before  the  Mining  Deputation  to  solicit  the  necessary 
protection,*,  a'nd  must  explain  and  fully  state  the  reasons  for  their 
petition. 

ART.  53.  The  Mining  Deputation,  after  taking  into  consideration 
the  petition,  and  the  report  made  by  an  expei't  or  other  evidence, 
if  it  should  deem  it  necessary,  shall  deny  the  protection,  without 
further  appeal,  or  grant  it  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  six  months.! 

ART.  54.  Ifrfthe  miner  should  need  a  special  protection  for  more 
than  six  months,  he  shall  ask  it  through  the  Mining  Deputation, 
from  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  the  latter,  in  view  of 
the  report  of  the  Mining  Deputation  and  of  an  expert,  or  of  the 
evidence  that  may  be  presented  or  which  it  may  judge  necessary, 
shall  deny  the  protection  without  further  appeal,  or  may  grant  it 
for  a  term  not  to  exceed  one  year.! 

*The  word  "amparo"  is  translated  by  protection,  for  want  of  a  better  one, 
as  being  already  adopted  by  persons  dealing  in  mines  in  Mexico.  "Amparo" 
signifies  the  permission  given  by  the  authorities  to  a  mine  owner,  to  let 
his  mine  remain  without  being  worked  for  a  longer  peritd  of  time  than  is 
customary. 

tUnder  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  November  6, 
1886,  the  Mining  Deputation  must  exact  the  production  of  sufficient  evidence 
to  prove  that  the  mine  has  been  worked  up  to  the  date  of  the  petition,  or  up 
to  less  than  twenty-six  weeks,  at  most,  before  said  date.  The  same  evidence 
shall  be  adduced  when  petition  for  protection  of  a  mine  is  asked  through  the 
Deputation  to  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

+By  virtue  of  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  July  29, 
1885,  the  Mining  Deputation  having  jurisdiction  must  send  with  each  petition 
for  protection  to  a  mine  a  report,  wherein  it  shall  set  forth  the  reasons  which 
in  its  opinion  exist  to  grant  or  deny  such  petition,  and  if  the  mine  is  being 
worked,  the  report  of  the  expert  mentioned  in  article  54. 

And  under  circular  dated  January  25,  1887,  all  petitions  for  protection 
to  mines  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Department  by  the  Deputations,  with  the 
proper  reports  relative  thereto. 


148  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  55.  While  a  determination  is  being  had  as  to  the  protection 
asked,  work  in  the  mine  in  question  must  not  be  suspended,  under 
penalty  of  losing  it  for  abandonment,  according  to  the  provisions  of 
article  50. 

ART.  56.  The  especial  protections  granted  by  the  Mining  Deputa- 
tions, or  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  cannot  be  extended, 
and,  whatever  may  be  the  reasons  alleged,  no  second  protection  can 
be  granted  to  the  same  mine  within  the  term  of  three  years  there- 
after.* 

ART.  57.  For  the  purpose  of  declaring  any  minS  deserted  and 
abandoned,  according  to  article  50,  the  miner  shall  not  be  consid- 
ered exempt  from  the  obligation  of  working  the  same,  except  during 
the  term  of  the  special  protection  granted,  and  work  must  be  com- 
menced on  the  day  following  that  on  which  the  protection  granted 
may  have  expired. 

ART.  58.  When  protection  is  solicited  for  one  or  several  mines  in 
order  to  undertake  certain  works  in  neighboring  mines,  by  means 
whereof  the  former  may  be  more  conveniently  worked,  the  Mining 
Deputation  shall  appoint  an  expert  whom  it  may  consider  reliable, 
who  shall,  after  the  necessary  investigations,  give  his  opinion  upon 
the  utility  of  the  work,  and  upon  such  other  matters  as  he  may  con- 
sider pertinent.  The  Mining  Deputation,  upon  the  report  of  the 
expert,  shall  deny  the  protection  of  that  kind  or  in  the  form  solic- 
ited, or  shall  grant  it  for  the  time  which  the  projected  work  may 
last,  and  shall  fix  the  conditions  which  the  work  must  have  or  be 
subject  to. 

ART.  59.  The  ownership  of  any  mine  caay  be  forfeited,  and  it  may 
be*  awarded  to  whoever  may  denounce  such  mine: — 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  July  22,  1886. 
Mining  Deputations  must  state  in  their  report,  if  the  mine  to  be  protected 
has  or  has  not  been  granted  protection  theretofore  by  the  Mining  Deputation. 

Under  circular  dated  August  16,  1888,  whenever  the  Mining  Deputations 
transmit  to  the  Department  a  petition  for  special  protection,  they  must  ac- 
company it  with  a  report  thereon  of  an  expert,  and  a  statement  showing 
whether  protection  has  been  granted  to  the  same  mine  within  three  years 
prior  to  the  petition,  if  the  mine  has  been  worked  in  conformity  with  the  law 
for  twenty-six  weeks  before  the  presentation  of  such  petition,  and  if  the  peti" 
tioners  are  the  real  owners  of  the  mine,  or  duly  authorized  by  the  latter  to 
present  such  petition. 


MINING  LAWS.  149 

I.  When  for  want  of  work  for  preservation,  or  from  its  bad  con- 
dition, the  lives  of  the  operatives  shall  be   in   peril,  or   when  any 
workings,  indispensable  for    the  continuation  of  the  investigation 
and  labors  in  the  deposit,  such  as  shafts,  winzes,  tunnels,  main  gal- 
leries, or  slopes,  shall  be  in  a  ruinous  condition. 

The  ruin  of  old  workings,  useless  for  the  labors  and  through 
which  the  operatives  do  not  pass,  is  not  a  reason  why  the  owner 
shall  lose  his  property,  but  the  Mining  Deputations  may  order  their 
preservation,  if  they  should  deem  it  necessary. 

II.  When  the  working  places  are  badly  ventilated  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that,  through  scarcity  of  oxygen  in  the  air,  the  health  of  the 
operatives  may  be  injured,  or  the  combustion  of  the  lights  is  made 
difficult. 

III.  When  for  the  term  of  one  year  preceding  the  date  of  the  de- 
nouncement, or  for  a  shorter  period,  the  taking  out  of  the  waters 
which  may  prevent  the  workings  has  been  suspended  for  twenty-six 
weeks,  consecutive  or  interrupted. 

Suspension  of  drainage,  in  time  preceding  the  year  anterior  to  the 
date  of  the  denouncement,  shall  not  be  taken  into  account. 

In  case  that  a  mine  is  denounced  as  ruinous,  or  as  badly  venti- 
lated, or  for  the  suspension  or  want  of  drainage,  the  Mining  Depu- 
tation or  the  official  that  takes  its  place,  shall  take  note  of  the  de- 
nouncement, and  before  the  expiration  of  three  days  shall  have  the 
mine  examined  by  some  expert,  upon  whom  it  may  rely,  who  sliall 
be  accompanied  by  the  secretary  and  by  two  witnesses,  notifying  to 
the  owner  of  the  mine  and  to  the  denouncer  the  fact  that  such  ex- 
amination is  to  be  made. 

If  the  denouncement  shall  be  found  without  cause,  it  shall  be  re- 
jected; if  otherwise,  the  owner  of  the  mine  shall  be  notified  and  a 
time  be  granted  him,  which  shall  not  be  more  than  six  months,  dur~ 
ing  which  period  such  owner  may  remedy  the  denounced  evil  which 
has  been  found  to  exist. 

ART.  60.  If,  within  the  period  fixed  according  to  the  preceding 
article,  the  infractions  or  defects  shall  not  have  been  corrected  in 
the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Deputation,  or  if  the  drainage  shall 
not  have  been  re-established,  the  mine  shall  at  once,  without  further 
proceedings,  be  adjudged  to  the  denouncer,  and  Ke  shall  OB  put,  in 
possession  with  the  formalities  prescribed  for  said  act  tjy  this  law; 


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150  MINING  LAWS. 

always  provided  that  the  denouncer  shall  previously  give  a  bond, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Mining  Deputation,  for  the  cost  of  estab- 
lishing the  drainage,  or  of  the  workings  which  ought  to  be  and  are 
necessary  to  be  done,  which  workings  he  shall  begin  to  execute 
within  one  month  from  the  date  when  possession  was  given  him, 
and  he  shall  lose  his  rights  in  case  of  failing  to  do  so,  or  of  not 
remedying  the  denounced  evil  before  six  months,  calculated  from 
the  same  date. 

ART.  61.  A  denouncement  shall  be  made  in  all  cases  by  means 
of  a  petition  in  writing,  which  shall  be  presented  in  duplicate  te  the 
Mining  Deputation  of  the  district,  and  which  shall  express  under 
what  title  it  is  made  of  the  three  set  forth  in  article  43,  and  also 
the  name  of  the  denouncer  and  those  of  his  partners,  if  he  should 
have  any.  the  place  of  his  birth,  his  profession  or  trade  and  resi- 
dence, and  the  most  remarkable  features  of  the  deposit,  mine  or  site 
denounced,  or  of  which  the  adjudication  is  asked,  and  such  petition 
must  terminate  by  praying  that  the  party  or  parties  concerned 
shall.be  held  to  be  the  denouncers  in  some  one  of  the  three  cases  set 
forth  by  the  said  article  43.* 

ART.  62.  If  the  denouncement  should  be  for  abandonment  or  for 
forfeiture  of  title,  the  petition  in  writing  shall  also  contain  the  name 
of  the  last  possessor,  if  known,  his  domicile,  the  name  of  the  mine, 
and  its  location  and  distinctive  signs;  also  the  names  of  ttie  adjoin- 
ing mines  and  those  of  their  owners,  if  they  are  known. 

ART.  63.  Upon  presentation  of  the  petition  in  duplicate,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  Mining  Deputation  shall  annotate  upon  both  copies  the 
hour  and  day  of  the  presentation,  taking  note  of  these  facts  in  the 
register  book,  which  must  be  kept,  and  one  of  the  two  copies  shall 
be  returned  to  the  party  concerned  for  his  security. 

ART.  64.  The  Deputation  shall  pass  upon  the  petition  within 
twenty-four  hours,  ordering  the  denouncement  to  be  published  on 
the  three  following  Sundays,  by  means  of  placards,  which  shall  be 
affixed  in  the  customary  places,  and  by  the  official  newspaper,  if 
there  is  one,  in  the  seat  of  the  district  or  in  the  capital  of  the  State, 

*Under  circular  .of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  February  16, 
1887,  only  the  original  petition  for  denouncements  provided  for  by  this  arti- 
cle need  be  stamped;  the  duplicate  thereof  shall  not  require  that  formality. 

' 


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1 


MINING  LAWS.  151 

in  order  that,  coining  to  the  notice  of  all,  anyone  who  considers  he 
has  a  right  to  oppose  it,  may  do  so. 

AKT.  65.  In  the  same  decree  in  which  the  publication  of  the  de- 
nouncement is  orderetl,  the  denouncer  shall  be  notified  that  within 
four  months  from  the  date  of  the  denouncement  he  must  have  a 
working  opened  at  the  place  of  the  denouncement,  in  which  an  ex- 
pert can  investigate  the  peculiarities  of  the  deposit,  as  well  as  its 
strike  and  dip.  When  the  deposit  is  a  vein,  said  working  shall 
be  composed  of  a  shuft  and  a  gallery  opened  on  one  of  the  side 
walls,  each  one  of  which  excavations  shall  have  a  section  of  at 
least  one  and  a  half  meters  of  side  or  diameter,  and' five  meters  of 
depth  or  length.  *If  the  deposit  should  not  be  a  vein,  two  excava- 
tions in  distinct  directions  shall  be  opened  in  its  body,  each  one  of 
which  must  have  at  least  the  dimensions  indicated,  but  both  of 
them  must  always  be  sufficient  to  give  an  idea  of  the  nature  and 
formation  of  the  deposit  so  denounced. 

In  case  that  the  owner  of  the  soil  shall  claim,  before  giving  the 
possession  of  the  mine,  the  value  of  the  land  which  the  denouncer 
must  necessarily  occupy  on  the  surface  to  open  the  working  for  the 
investigatiqn,  the  Mining  Deputation,  or  the  authority  which  takes 
its  place,  after  a  report  previously  made  by  an  expert  whom  it  may 
trust,  and  after  hearing  the  parties  concerned,  shall  order  the  de- 
nouncer  to  pay  the  value  of  the  surface  that  he  may  require  to  oc- 
cupy, and  the  damages  which  may  directly  be  occasioned  to  the  owner 
of  the  soil. 

ART.  63.  As  soon  as  the  said  working  is  opened,  and  without 
waiting  for  the  termination  of  the  four  months  from  the  date  of  the 
denouncement,  provided  that  the  term  of  the  publications  has  passed, 
a  scientific  expert,  or,  in  the  absence  of  such,  a  practical  one,  shall 
be  appointed,  who,  after  previous  investigation  of  the  working  pie- 
pared,  of  the  material  of  which  the  vfein  or  deposit  is  composed,  of 
its  width,  hardness,  and  of  the  kind  of  ore,  with  its  strike  and  in- 
clination or  dip,  shall  measure  and  mark  on  the  ground  the  corres- 
ponding claim  or  claims,  staking  out  the  angles  thereof,  so  that  the 
landmarks  may  be  erected  which  are  to  serve  as  boundaries.  After 
the  conclusion  of  the  measurements,  and  after  the  report  and  the 
plan  made  by  the  expert,  on  which  must  also  be  laid  down  the  ad- 


152  MINING  LAWS. 

joining  mines,  shall  have  been  added  to  the  record  of  proceedings, 
the  adjudication  shall  be  decreed  in  favor  of  the  denouncer.* 

ART.  67.  Within  the  period  of  ten  days  next  following,  and  on 
the  day  assigned  for  the  giving  possession,  at  the  hour  which  may 
have  been  fixed,  one  of  the  deputies  of  the  district,  accompanied  by 
the  secretary  and  by  the  expert  who  made  the  measurements,  shall 
go  to  the  place  denounced,  and  give  to  the  denouncer  or  denouncers 
possession,  in  the  name  of  the  law.  of  the  mining  property  as  meas- 
ured and  marked. 

For  this  act,  and  for  that  of  measurement,  the  owners  or  parties 
in  charge  of  the  adjoining  mines  shall  always  be  summoned,  all  those 
mines  that  are  situated  at  a  distance  of  200  meters,  or  less,  from  the 
one  in  question  being  considered  adjoining  the  latter;  also  the 
former  possessor  shall  be  summoned,  in  the  case  of  a  mine  denounced 
as  abandoned,  or  for  violation  of  the  prescriptions  of  this  Code. 

ART.  63.  In  the  certificate  of  possession  shall  be  carefully  set 
forth  the  person  or  persons  who  take  possession,  whether  they  have 
been  present,  or  whether  they  appeared  by  attorney  in  fact,  for 
which  a  simple  unacknowledged  power  of  attorney  is  required, 
which- must  be  filed  with  the  other  papers  of  record.  The  propor- 
tions of  the  parts  into  which  they  themselves  consider  the  mine  vir- 
tually divided  as  represented  by  each  party  concerned,  must  also  be 
set  forth. t 

ART.  69.  When  all  this  is  terminated,  the  record  of  proceedings 
shall  be  deposited  in  the  archives,  there  shall  be  given  to  each  party 
concerned  who  may  request  it  a  certified  copy  of  the  record  in  due 
form,  at  his  expense,  for  the  security  of  his  rights. 

ART.  70.  The  same  proceedings  as  established  by  the  foregoing 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  June  17,  1887, 
whenever  Mining  Deputations,  or<  authorities  performing  their  duties,  shal 
have  to  appoint  experts,  they  must  give  preference  to  graduated  in  lieu  of 
practical  experts. 

tUnder  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  December  16> 
18SG,  a  simple  unacknowledged  power  of  attorney  is  not  sufficient  to  enable 
any  person  to  denounce  mines  in  the.  name  of  another,  or  of  a  company. 
There  must  be  a  power  of  attorney  given  in  legal  form  before  a  notary.  (Civi 
Code,  article  2352,  section  II  [. )  Far  the  taking  of  possession  in  the  name  of 
another  a  simple  unacknowledged  power  of  attorney  is  sufficient. 


MINING  LAWS.  153 

articles  shall  be  observed  in  proceedings  for  discovery,  as  well  as  in 
the  denouncements  for  abandonment. 

ART.  71.  In  denouncements  for  abandonment  the  publication 
shall,  however,  not  be  commenced  without  previously  summoning 
the  last  possessor,  when  known:  and  after  giving  him  a  copy  of  the 
denouncement,  he  shall  have  a  hearing,  to  which  the  denouncer  shall 
also  be  summoned. 

The  Deputation  shall  determine,  in  view  of  what  the  parties  con- 
cerned may  state,  if  they  come  to  the  hearing,  and  of  the  evidence 
or  information  that  they  may  present,  and  which  may  be  re- 
ceived within  a  term  of  not  over  ten  days,  whether  or  not  the  de- 
nouncement is  to  be  admitted.  In  the  first  case  the  publication 
shall  be  made  and  the  denouncement  shall  be  perfected,  according  to 
the  foregoing  articles;  in  the  second  case  the  mine  shall  continue  in 
the  possession  of  its  former  owner;  and  in  case  that  either  one  of 
the  parties  shall  not  be  satishVd  with  the  decision,  he  can  present 
his  opposition  thereto  within  the  period  of  eight  days. 

ART.  72.  Managers,  clerks,  or  employes,  and  operatives  of  a 
mine  are  prohibited  from  denouncing  other  mines  within  a  distance 
of  eight  hundred  meters  from  the  one  in  question;  they  can  only  do 
so  for  the  owner  of  said  mine  by  virtue  of  his  power  of  attorney  by 
letter,  or  if  he  shall  ratify  such  action  during  the  periods  prescribed 
for  the  proceedings  in  denouncement  and  for  the  taking  of  posses- 
sion. 

ART.  73.  An  opposition  to  any  denouncement  shall  be  admissible, 
if  founded  on  the  fact  that  the  person  making  the  opposition  had 
previously  denounced  the  mine  in  question,  or  on  any  other  legal 
cause  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  law,  provided  it  is  pre- 
sented before  the  termination  of  the  act  of  possession. 

ART.  74.  No  opposition  shall  be  admitted,  unless  the  writing  in 
which  it  is  made  shall  state  clearly  and  precisely  the  legal  cause  or 
motive  on  which  it  is  founded,  nor  after  the  period  prescribed  in  the 
preceding  article. 

AHT.  75.  In  case  of  contest  between  two  or  more  persons  who 
may  claim  to  have  discovered  any  mine,  he  who  may  have  registerd 
his  denouncement  first  shall  be  held  to  be  the  discoverer. 

ART.  76.  Whenever  two  or  more  denouncements  are  presented 
which  apply  to  the  same  site  or  deposit,  or  to  contiguous  sites  or  de- 


154  MINING  LAWS. 

posits,  the  proceedings  shall  take  place  strictly  in  the  order  of  the 
dates,  and  in  the  same  order  the  measurements  of  the  correspond- 
ing claims  and  the  possessions  thereof  to  the  denouncers  shall  be 
given. 

ART.  77.  If  the  opposition  is  presented  during  the  period  of  the 
preparation  or  publication  of  notices,  the  proceedings  in  denounce- 
ments shall  be  suspended  until  the  decision  thereof  is  made;  but  if 
the  opposition  be  presented  afterwards,  the  proceedings  shall  be  con- 
tinued until  possession  has  been  given  to  the  denouncer,  without 
prejudice  of  a  decision  upon  the  opposition,  after  this  shall  have 
been  fully  supported  by  proofs  and  at  the  proper  time. 

ART.  78.  In  all  cases  of  opposition  the  Deputation  shall  at  jonce 
summon  the  contestant  and  the  denouncer,  and  shall  endeavor  to 
make  them  come  to  an  agreement  and  avoid  the  contest;  but  if  it 
does  not  succeed  in  so  doing,  it  shall  receive  the  proofs  that  may  be 
presented  and  shall  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  the  necessary  exam- 
ination within  the  period  of  twenty  days,  after  which  time,  and 
within  the  ten  succeeding  days,  it  shall  render  a  decision  in  the 
premises  in  accordance  with  the  law. 

ART.  79.  A  record  shall  be  formed  of  everything  relative  to  the 
opposition,  wherein  all  the  proceedings  shall  bs  set  forth,  the  proof's 
shall  appear,  and  the  decision  which  may  be  rendered. 

Art.  80.  In  case  of  opposition  to  any  denouncement,  and  in  any 
other  contest  between  the  parties  concerned,  if  any  one  of  them  does 
not  wish  to  abide  by  the  decision  rendered  by  the  Mining  Deputa- 
tion, he  shall  state  the  same  in  writing,  or  by  appearance  in  p'erson, 
within  the  term  of  eight  days  after  he  shall  have  been  notified  of 
said  decision,  all  of  which  shall  be  set  forth  upon  the  record, 
which  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  court  of  first  instance  that  has 
jurisdiction  in  the  case,  and  if  there  be  several  such  courts,  to  which" 
ever  the  contestant  may  choose. 

ART.  81.  After  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  eight  days,  pre- 
scribed in  the  foregoing  article,  no  such  appeal  can  be  made  and  the 
decision  shall  be  held  as  agreed  to  and  shall  take  effect  irrevocably. 
If  the  appeal  is  perfected  within  said  time,  the  Deputation  shall 
allow  it,  and  shall  forward  the  record  to  the  proper  judge,  so  that, 
the  law  proceedings  being  instituted  and  legally  tried,  the  fact  or 
right  in  controversy  may  be  finally  decided. 


MINING  LAWS.  155 

ART.  82.  The  same  appeal  may  be  interposed  by  any  miner  who 
believes  himself  to  be  injured  or  prejudiced  in  his  rights,  in  the 
cases  referred  to  in  articles  50,  60,  and  73  of  this  Code,  provided 
that  he  does  so  at  the  time  that  possession  is  given  to  the  denouncer- 

ART.  83.  Until  a  judical  decree  be  rendered  contrary  to  the  de- 
cision of  the  Mining  Deputation,  and  notwithstanding  the  perfect- 
ing of  the  appeal  mentioned  in  the  preceding  articles,  the  decision  of 
the  Deputation  shall  be  carded  into  effect,  it  not  being  permitted  to 
suspend  the  working  of  a  mine,  even  though  it  may  be  in  litigation. 

ART.  84.  Only  in  case  of  the  non-existence  of  the  vein  or  deposit 
as  denounced,  or  when  there  is  not  enough  free  ground  to  permit 
the  giving  of  the  proper  claim  or  claims,  will  the  act  of  giving  pos- 
session be  suspended,  but  never  owing  to  any  opposition  that  may 
be  made  or  right  for  contest  that  may  be  alleged ;  the  opposition  shall 
only  be  made  to  appear  on  the  record,  preserving  thereby  the  rights 
of  the  opposing  party  or  contestant,  so  that  he  may  separately  ad- 
duce the  same  before  the  proper  judges  and  courts. 

ART.  85.  While  a  denouncement  has  not  been  finally  passed  upon, 
no  other  denouncement  shall  be  admitted  with  regard  to  the  same 
site,  mine,  or  deposit,  not  even  for  the  purpose  of  considering  it  as 
presented,  and  to  be  passed  upon  only,  in  case  the  former  one  is  re- 
jected. 

ART.  86.  The  foregoing  prohibition  extends  to  the  miner  who 
made  the  denouncement  and  his  partners;  and  neither  he  nor  they 
can  bs  allowed  to  present  successive  denouncements,  during  the 
pendency  of  the  proceedings  and  decision  upon  the  first  one. 

ART.  87.  The  right  acquired  by  any  denouncer  shall  lapse  if  he 
does  not  have  the  workings  open,  or  does  not  take  possession,  within 
the  periods  designated  by  this  Code  or  by  the  Mining  Deputation, 
in  conformity  with  articles  65  to  67. 

ART.  88.  The  aforesaid  periods  can  be  extended  by  the  Mining 
Deputation  for  any  just  cause,  and  once  only.,  by  the  granting  a 
second  term  to  the  contestant,  provided  such  extension  shall  not  ex- 
ceed two  months.* 

i 
*  Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  October  17,  1887, 

every  two  months  the  Mining  Deputations  or  authorities  perfowning  their 
duties,  shall  piiblish  a  list  of  the  mines  that  can  be  denounced,  stating  'their 
location,  and  in  such  list  must  be  included  those  referred  to  in  article  88,  when 
the  extension  of  two  months  therein  mentioned  shall  have  expired. 


156  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  89.  Old  sites  of  reduction  works,  new  sites  for  the  establish- 
ment of  the  same,  and  abandoned  works,  shall  be  denounceable,  and 
may  be  awarded  to  the  denouncer  in  the  same  manner  and  form  as 
is  established  with  regard  to  new  or  abandoned  mines;  the  same  re- 
quirements are  to  be  observed  in  case  of  opposition,  or  of  contest 
made  to  the  denouncement. 

ART.  "90.  A  redaction  works  site  or  establishment  for  the  reduc- 
tion of  ores  shall  be  held  as  abandoned  if  the  roofs,  machinery,  tools, 
and  serviceable  timbers  are  totally  wanting,  even  though  the  walls 
and  massive  structures  should  still  exist;  and  even  without  these 
circumstances  a  reduction  works  can  be  awarded  to  anyone  who 
may  denounce  it,  if  during  three  years  no  work  at  all  has  been  done 
therein,  and  if  the  owner,  after  a  requisition  of  the  local  Deputation, 
shall  not  re-establish  the  labors  within  a  proper  stated  period  of  time 
of  not  more  than  six  months. 

ART.  91.  In  the  case  referred  to  in  the  forgoing  article,  as  well 
as  in  that  of  the  awarding  of  a  mine  when  denounced  for  abandon- 
ment, or  for  forfeiture,  owing,  to  the  non-observance  of  the  rules  es- 
tablished as  to  the  manner  of  working  it,  if  the  former  possessor 
shall  claim  to  have  left  at  the  mine  or  reduction  works  any  exterior 
removable  structures  made  at  his  expense,  such  as  sheds,  machinery, 
or  other  things  of  the  kind  which  the  denouncer  may  use,  and  desire 
to  preserve,  the  latter  shall  pay  their  value  to  the  owners  thereof, 
according  to  the  appraisement  of  experts  to  be  appointed,  one  by 
each  party,  and  a  third  by  the  Deputation  in  case  of  disagreement. 

ART.  92.  The  denouncement  of  vacant  ground  between  claims 
shall  be  entirely  subject  to  the  provisions  of  title  V,  articles  111, 
112,  and  113. 

ART.  93.  Upon  the  presentation  of  a  denouncement  of  a  stream, 
or  fall  of  water,  to  be  employed  in  the  working  of  mines  or  of  re- 
duction works,  either  for  motive  power  or  for  the  washing  of  the 
ores,  said  denouncement  shall  be  admitted  and  established  by  the 
same  proceedings  as  those  relative  to  mines,  as  well  in  case  that 
said  water  was  formerly  used  for  the  purposes  referred  to  (if  de- 
nounced as  abandoned  and  deserted),  as  in  the  case  that  it  has  no 
known  owner;  in  no  case,  however,  shall  such  a  denouncement  be 
allowed,  neither  shall  forcible  occupation  be  permitted  on  the  ground 
of  public  utility,  in  favor  of  the  miner,  in  regard  to  waters  of  private 


MINING  LAWS.  157 

property,  which  the  owner  thereof  may  be  using,  or  may  need  for 
his  own  uses,  or  for  that  of  his  property  or  industries. 

The  ownership  of  a  stream  or  fall  of  water  shall  be  lost,  and  may 
be  adjudged  to  the  first  denouncer,  when  it  has  not  been  utilized 
during  twenty-six  weeks,  consecutive  or  interrupted,  within  the 
period  of  one  year  prior  to  the  denouncement. 

Waters  that  have  been  used  in  reduction  works  are  not  de- 
nounceable  unless  such  works  have  been  abandoned.* 

ART.  94.  Waste  heaps  and  dumps  of  abandoned  mines  are  not 
denounceable,  unless  by  denouncing  at  the  same  time  the  mines  from 
which  they  come. 

Neither  are  the  slag  heaps  and  slime  pits  of  abandoned  smelters 
and  reduction  works  denounceable,  apart  from  the  works  them- 
selves, f 

ART.  95.  In  every  case  in  which  the  mine  owner,  after  the  termi- 
nation of  the  proceedings  for  the  taking  possession  of  the  mine  or 
deposit,  may  require  to  occupy  some  part  of  the  surface  of  the 
ground,  either  within  or  without  his  claims,  in  order  to  open  shafts, 
establish  offices,  roads,  dams,  aqueducts,  or  any  other  construction, 
in  the  exercise  of  the  rights  granted  to  him  by  articles  12  to  15 
of  the  title  I,  or  to  utilize  the  superficial  portion  of  any  depo$it  accord- 
ing to  article  98  of  title  V,  he  may  do  so  by  consent  of  the  Mining 
Deputation,  when  the  ground  is  government  land;  if  the  land  is 
either  public  or  private  property,  the  miner  must  first  pay  the  value 
of  the  area  which  he  may  occupy  and  the  direct  damages  that  may 
follow  to  the  owner,  without  taking  into  consideration  the  value 
of  the  ore  according  to  the  appraisement  made  by  experts,  who  shall 
be  appointed,  one  by  each  party,  and  the  third  by  the  Deputation  in 
case  of  disagreement.  Nor  can  anyone,  under  pretext  of  the  owner- 
ship of  the  land,  oppose  the  possession  of  any  mine  which  is  granted 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  August  14,  1886, 
falls  or  streams  of  water,  denounced  and  duly  taken  possession  of  for  the  es- 
tablishment of  new  reduction  works,  cannot  be  denounced  separately  from  the 
reduction  works  under  construction,  as  the  works  upon  the  latter  completely 
protect  the  water  right. 

tBy  virtue  of  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  December 
16,  1886,  it  is  forbidden  to  pick  ore  of  mines  once  worked  and  abandoned,  and 
the  ore  extracted  may  be  confiscated. 


158  MINING  LAWS. 

to  a  denouncer,  nor  the  carrying  on  of  the  workings  and  the  pro- 
ceedings prior  to  the  possession. 

ART.  96.  In  cases  where  there  is  no  contention  or  opposition  by 
other  persons,  the  parties  concerned  may  appeal  from  the  decision 
of  any  Mining  Deputation,  or  the  functionaries  that  take  its  place, 
to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  ask  a  revocation  thereof, 
but  any  such  appeal  must  be  presented  and  perfected  within  one 
month  from  the  date  when  the  decision  in  question  has  bjen  notified 
to  said  parties  concerned. 

TITLE  V. — OP  THE  DIMENSIONS  THAT  MINING  CLAIMS 
OUGHT  TO  HAVE. 

ART.  97.  The  claim  or  unit  of  measurement  for  mining  conces- 
sions is  a  solid  of  indefinite  d-epth,  limited  on  the  exterior  by  the 
projection  upon  the  surface  of  the  ground  of  a  horizontal  square  or 
rectangle,  and  in  the  interior  by  four  vertical  planes'  which  pass 
through  its  respective  sides. 

ART.  98.  The  dimensions  of  the  square  or  rectangle,  which  ought 
to  serve  as  the  upper  base  to  the  solid,  which  constitutes  the  clai  m 
are  fixed,  in  the  following  articles,  in  conformity  with  the  nature  and 
position  of  the  deposit,  with  the  understanding  that  the  miner  may 
work  and  profit  by  all  the  mineral  substances  existing  within  the 
interior  of  his  claim,  and  that  after  previously  paying  the  value  of 
the  soil,  without  taking  into  consideration  the  mineral  that  may  be  » 
the  object  of  the  exploitation,  he  may  also  utilize  that  part  of  the 
deposit  that  may  lie  on  the  surface,  and  may  occupy  the  ground 
which  he  may  IT  quire  for  Ids  operations  and  workings,  according  to 
the  provisions  of  articles  12  to  15  of  title  I. 

ART.  99.  The  mining  claim,  or  the  aggregate  of  claims,  that  con- 
stitutes any  single  concession,  is  indivisible  between  the  owners 
thereof,  as  it'  also  is  in  any  case  of  transfer  of  the  ownership  of  the 
said  property,  by  whatever  title  it  may  be  made. 

ART.  100.  In  concessions  upon  veins,  the  upper  base  of  the  claim 
shall  be  a  rectangle,  of  which  two  sides,  parallel  to  the  strike  of  the 
vein,  shall  always  be  200  meters  long  on  the  level;  and  the  length 
of  the  other  two  sides,  perpendicular  to  the  first  one,  shall  vary, 
with  the  inclination  of  the  vein,  between  100  and  300  meters, 


MINING  LAWS.  159 

according  to  the  principles  which  will  be  stated  in  detail  in  the  fol- 
lowing article,  so  that  the  miner  shall,  as  a  general  rule,  be  able  to 
work  about  400  meters  upon  the  vein  in  the  direction  of  its  dip. 

ART.  101.  When  the  vein  is  perpendicular,  or  when  it  has  an  in- 
clination or  dip  of  more  than  85°,  the  transverse  width  shall  be  100 
meters,  measured  on  eitlier  side  of  the  vein,  or  divided  between  both 
sides,  as  the  miner'  may  wish,  always  provided  that  no  detriment 
to  third  parties  shall  result  therefrom. 

When  the  vein  has  less  then  85°  of  dip,  the  length  of  the  trans- 
verse sides  of  any  claim  shall  be  measured  in  the  direction  of  the 
dip,  and  shall  be  as  stated  in  the  following  table: — 

The  length  of  the  transverse 
When  the  dip  is  between  side  shall  be 

85°    and75|° 100  meters 

75£°  and  72£° 120  " 

72i°  and  69i° 140  " 

69|°  and66J° : J60  " 

66|°  and  63|° 180  " 

63^°  and  60°    200  " 

60°    and56f° 220  " 

56|°  and  53£° 240  " 

53£°  and49i° 260  " 

49 £°  and  45£° 280  «' 

45i°andless. 300  " 

ART.  102.  The  measurement  pf  the  sides  of  the  rectangle  of  the 
claim  parallel  to  the  strike  of  the  vein  may,  in  ground  free  from 
other  mining  possessions,  be  laid  off  to  one  or  the  other  side  of  the 
workings  for  explorations  referred  to  in  article  65,  title  IV,  as  the 
miner  may  desire. 

ART.  103.  When  the  vein  has  less  than  85°  of  dip,  and  the  miner 
petitions  that  some  part  of  the  transverse  width  that  he  owns 
shall  be  measured  in  a  direction  opposite  to  that  of  the  dip,  it  may 
be  allowed  to  him  to  the  extent  qf  25  meters,  provided,  however,  that 
no  detriment  to  third  parties  can  result  therefrom.  Only  in  case 
that  on  account  of  the  existence  of  another  claim  on  the  side  of  the 
dip  of  vein  denounced,  there  shall  not  be  room  for  the  whole  length 
of  the  whole  transverse  side,  will  more  than  25  meters  be  measured  in 
a  direction  contrary  to  that  of  the  dip. 

ART.  1 04.  With  reference  to  concessions  upon  placers  of  precious 


160  .MINING  LAWS. 

stones,  of  gold  or  of  platinum  and  their  accompanying  metaJs,  the 
upper  face  of  the  claim  shall  be  a  square  of  20  meters  on  each  side, 
which  shall  be  measured  in  a  horizontal  direction  and  as  the  de- 
nouncer may  direct. 

ART.  105.  With  regard  to  concessions  upon  beds  or  upon  irregu- 
lar deposits  not  specified  in  the  foregoing  articles,  the  upper  face  of 
the  claim  shall  be  a  square  of  300  meters  on  each  side,  which  shall 
be  measured  in  a  horizontal  direction  and  laid  out  as  the  denouncer 
may  desire. 

If  the  deposit  is  of  iron,  the  upper  face  of  the  claim  shall  be  a 
square  of  500  meters  on  each  side. 

ART.  106.  The  demarcation  of  claims  shall  be  made  according  to 
the  following  conditions: — 

I.  The  working  or  excavation  referred  to  in  article  65  of  title 
IV  must  be  included  within  the  boundaries  of  the  claim. 

II.  Whatever  may  be  the  irregularities  of  the  ground,  the  hori- 
zontal projections  of  the  sides  of  the  rectangle  or  of  the  square,  in 
their  respective  cases,  shall  have  the  length  designated  in  the  fore- 
going articles;  provided  it  shall  not  be  permitted  for  any  reason  to 
measure  off  a  fraction  of  a  claim. 

III.  All  measurements  must  be  made  upon  lands  that  are  not 
occupied  by  any  other  mining  property,  so  that  no  claim  shall  ever 
overlap  that  of  any  neighboring  one. 

IV.  When  a  concession  consists  of  several  claims,  they  shall  be 
continuous  and  must  be  measured,  one  on  the  prolongation  of  the 
other,  so  that  the  concession  shall  be  bounded  by  a  square  or  a  rect- 
angle, even  if  it  should   be  necessary,  in  order  to  comply  with  this 
prescription,  to  reduce  the  number  of  claims  which  ought  to  belong 
to  any  miner.* 

ART.  107.   Experts  must  refer  the  courses  of  their  measurements 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  November  12, 
1 886,  all  the  claims  may  be  placed  along  the  strike  or  the  dip,  some  on  the 
strike  and  the  others  on  the  ip,  such  a  way  that  there  never  will  exist  any 
portion  of  free  ground  within  the  interior  of  the  concession,  and  so  that  the 
sides  of  some  of  them  may  be  on  the  prolongation  of  the  other,  it  being  in- 
tended that  the  figure- which  limits  the  surface  of  the  ground  which  is  to  be 
granted,  shall  have  the  form  of  a  square  or  a  rectangle;  provided  all  this  may 
be  done  without  injuring  the  rights  of  third  parties. 


MINING  LAWS.  161 

to  the  magnetic  meridian,  but  shall  note  the  variation  of  the  magnetic 
needle,  and  shall  insert  the  same  in  their  plans,  whenever  it  is  known 
in  the  place  of  their  operations;  and  they  must,  whenever  it  is  pos- 
sible, fix  the  position  of  the  workings  of  exploration,  that  of  a  boiind- 
ary  corner,  or  that  of  some  one  of  the  lines,  by  noting  their  distances 
from  other  fixed  objects. 

ART.  108.  The  angles  of  the  rectangle  or  square  of  the  concession 
shall  be  marked  by  solidly-constructed  landmarks,  which,  if  possible, 
shall  be  distinguished  from  those  of  the  neighboring  owners  by  their 
form  or  by  some  sign. 

ART.  109.  These  landmarks  shall  be  immovable  and  the  miner 
must  preserve  them  in  good  condition,  making  the  necessary  repairs 
and  abstaining  from  changing  their  place. 

ART.  110.  If  any  miner  observes  that  his  vein  has  undergone 
any  perceptible  change  in  its  strike  or  in  its  dip,  and  desires  to 
alter  his  claims,  so  as  to  bring  them  in  correspondence  with  the 
changes  observed,  he  may  petition  for  new  measurements  from  the 
Mining  Deputation,  which  may  be  granted  to  him  after  an  examina- 
tion and  a  report  thereon  has  been  made  by  an  expert,  if  no  detri- 
ment to  third  parties  follows  therefrom,  and  if  such  a  petition  is  pre- 
sented before  the  expiration  of  one  year  from  the  giving  of  the  first 
possession. 

ART.  111.  If  there  should  exist  between  two  or  more  neighboring 
claims  any  piece  of  free  land  which  is  not  sufficiently  large  to  con- 
tain a  claim,  it  shall  constitute  an  addition,  which  can  only  be 
awarded  to  one  of  the  adjoining  mine  owners,  or  divided  between 
the  claims  which  it  separates.* 

ART.  112.  If  the  addition  should  be  denounced  by  one  of  the 
miners,  on  account  of  having  passed  out  of  his  claim  and  entered 
into  the  addition  with  interior  workings  that  have  more  than  100 
meters  of  length  or  of  depth,  the  addition  shall  be  awarded  to  him 
as  a  wliole-t 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  November  15. 
^886,  all  proceedings  for  denouncement,  awarding,  and  forfeiture  of  the 
additional  claims  referred  to  in  articles  111,  et  aeq.,  shall  be  the  same  as  those 
referring  to  a  mine,  with  the  restrictions  set  forth  in  said  articles. 

tBy  virtue  of  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  October 
5,  1886,  the  additional  ground  comprised  between  several  claims  is  to  be 

1O 


162  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  11*3.  If  the  addition  should  be  denounced  before  having 
been  occupied  in  the  interior  by  any  workings,  it  shall  be  divided 
between  the  adjoining  claims,  according  to  agreement  between  the 
owners  of  the  same  or  in  default  thereof,  in  equal  portions;  the 
cost  of  the  measurements  and  possession  shall  be  divided  between 
the  owners,  proportionately  to  that  part  of  the  addition  which  each 
one  may  receive. 

ART.  114.  In  case  that  any  miner  has  so  far  advanced  in  his  sub- 
terranean workings  as  to  have  passed  out  of  the  limits  of  his  claim, 
whether  along  the  strike  or  transversely,  he  may  continue  his  work- 
ings wherever  he  is  in  free  ground,  and  may  acquire  the  same  by 
denouncement;  provided  that  no  concession  shall  exceed  more  than 
double  the  measurement  first  granted,  and  that  the  miner  shall 
be  required  to  remove  his  landmarks  to  the  new  limits. 

ART.  115.  If  the  requirements  of  the  working  of  a  mine,  such  as 
ventilation,  drainage,  etc.,  should  oblige  the  owner  to  carry  any  of 
his  workings  into  other  claims,  it  shall  be  permitted,  whenever  in 
the  opinion  of  an  expert,  designated  by  the  Mining  Deputation,  the 
proposed  working  shall  be  useful  and  that  thereby  no  detriment  shall 
result  to  the  adjoining  mine  owner.  Said  workings  shall  be  carried 
out  entirely  according  to  the  directions  prescribed  by  the  Mining 
Deputation  upon  the  report  of  the  expert  it  may  designate,  and  at 
the  exclusive  expense  of  the  miner  who  may  be  interested  in  having 
the  labors  executed. 

ART.  116.  If  during  the  execution  of  the  works  referred  to  in  the 
foregoing  article  any  ore  or  products  of  value  should  be  found,  the 
mine  owner  carrying  on  the  work  shall  be  required  to  give  notice  at 
once  to  the  Deputation  and  to  the  owner  of  the  claim,  and  thereafter 
must  divide  with  the  latter  the  ores  or  products  and  the  costs 
thereof  in  equal  parts,  in  case  that  the  exploitation  is  profitable. 

The   above   prescriptions  shall    be  carried   into  effect  until   the 

awarded  to  that  mine  owner  who  has,  in  some  subterranean  working  of  more 
than  100  meters  long,  passed  out  of  his  own  claim  and  entered  within  the 
surplus  grounds,  even  though  his  workings  should  have  only  a  small  part  of 
their  length  within  the  addition.  With  regard  to  the  one  hundred  meters  of 
depth,  it  is  to  be  understood  that  the  shaft  or  winze  must  have  them;  the  gal- 
lery which  is  directed  toward  the  addition  may  have  any  length,  however 
small,  it  being  strictly  necessary  that  it  enter  within  the  addition. 


MINING  LAWS.  163 

owner  of  the  claim  shall  communicate  his  own  workings  with  those 
that  are  yielding  ore;  after  such  a  communication  is  made,  the 
first  mine  owner  shall  stop  taking  out  ore  from  the  claim  of  the 
other,  and  shall  only  proceed  with  the  workings  necessary  for  the 
convenience  of  his  own  mine,  according  to  the  authorization  as 
granted  him  in  the  foregoing  article. 

ART.  117.  When  a  mine  owner  gets  to  the  boundary  of  his  claim 
with  any  working  that  is  yielding  ores  or  products,  he  may  con- 
tinue onward  even  into  another  claim,  provided,  however,  he  shall 
give  immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  Mining  Deputation  and  to  the 
owner  of  the  claim,  and  thenceforward  he  shall  divide  with  the 
latter  the  products  and  the  costs  thereof  in  equal  parts,  in  case  that 
the  exploitation  is  profitable;  .all  of  which  shall  be  done  until  the 
said  owner  shall  communicate  his  workings  with  those  yielding  ore. 

If  the  mine  owner  shall  not  give  the  notice  prescribed  in  this  arti- 
cle and  in  the  foregoing,  he  shall  pay  the  value  of  all  the  products 
for  ores  that  he  may  have  taken  out  of  the  other  claim,  without  de- 
duction of  the  expenses  incurred,  and  he  shall  be  forbidden  to  con- 
tinue utilizing  the  part  that  might  have  belonged  to  him. 

ART.  118.  As  soon  as  the  communication  referred  to  in  the  fore- 
going article  has  been  made,  each  miner  shall  keep  within  the  limits 
of  his  claim,  fixing  on  the  dividing  line,  whenever  necessary,  a  grat- 
ing that  will  prevent  the  passage  of  the  operatives,  but  which 
must  not  obstruct  the  free  circulation  of  air. 

TITLE  VI. — OF  THE  MANNER  OF  WORKING  MINES. 

ART.  119.  Mines  shall  be  worked  according  to  the  rules  of  min- 
ing scientific  principles,  and  subject  to  the  presciiptions  of  this  title, 
but  nevertheless  the  police  regulations  shall  also  be  observed,  in  so 
far  as  they  relate  to  the  works  or  workings  which  may  be  under- 
taken in  the  mines. 

ART.  120.  In  the  working  of  mines  the  following  prescriptions 
shall  be  complied  with: — 

I.  By  natural  or  artificial  means  the  necessary  ventilation  shall 
be  maintained. 

II.  The  interior  passages  shall  be  sufficiently  ample,  and  when- 
ever the  number  of  operatives  shall  exceed  fifty,  there  shall  not  oe 
less  than  two  passages  that  must  communicate  with  the  exterior. 


164  MINING  LAWS. 

III.  Weak  workings  shall  be  strengthened  with  timber  or  masonry 
work,  by  constructing  at  convenient  places  such    arches,  bridges, 
pillars,  and  supports,  as  may  be  necessary  to   prevent  any  sliding 
down  or  caving  in. 

IV.  In  case  of  not  preserving  the  natural  pillars  and  supports  of 
the  deposit,  which  are  ordinarily  left  to  sustain  the  slopes,  all  such 
work  of  strengthening  shall  be  done,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
security  of  the  mine  itself  and  of  the  operatives  engaged  therein. 

V.  The  workings  and  passages  shall  be  kept  clear,  the  rubbish 
being  placed  in  the  interior,  in  the  cavities  that  may  be  found  from 
the  sloping  out  of  the  deposit,  or  on  the  surface  at  points  where  it 
will  not  obstruct  public  roads,  nor  prevent  the  flow  of  streams. 

VI.  When  the    labor   on  a  mine,  requires   the  drainage  of  its 
workings,  the  same  shall  be  maintained  continuously. 

ART.  121.  To  secure  the  fulfillment  of  these  conditions,  and  of 
the  police  regulations  relative  to  the  workings  of  mines,  the  authori- 
ties will  exercise  proper  vigilance  through  the  Mining  Deputations, 
the  mining  engineers,  or  any  agents  they  may  find  proper  to  em- 
ploy. 

ART.  122.  Mining  Deputations  are  obliged  to  visit  or  to  order 
examined  whenever  they  may  deem  it  necessary,  or  at  least  once  in 
two  years,  the  mines  comprised  within  their  respective  districts.* 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  October  29,  1886, 
every  two  years  each  Deputation  must  appoint  an  expert  who,  accompanied 
by  two  witnesses,  shall  visit  all  the  mines  comprised  within  the  district  and 
render  a  detailed  report  concerning  the  condition  of  each  one  of  them;  they 
shall  make  extraordinary  visits  whenever  they  obtain  reliable  information  as 
to  the  bad  condition  of  any  mine,  in  which  case  the  Deputation  shall  ac- 
company the  expert,  if  it  deem  it  proper  to  do  so,  and  in  all  cases  an  en- 
deavor shall  be  made  to  render  the  visit  as  economical  as  possible. 

By  virtue  of  circular  dated  January  10,  1887,  whenever  an  expert  may  have 
to  go  over  a  long  distance,  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  has  to  visit  several  mines 
distant  from  each  other,  the  Deputation  must  appoint  several  experts  instead 
of  one,  and  each  if  possible  from  the  place  where  the  mine  is  situated,  in  order 
to  reduce  the  expense  of  the  visit  to  the  various  mines. 

Under  circular  dated  March  15,  1887,  the  Deputations,  or  the  political  au- 
thorities performing  their  duties,  must  send  to  the  Department  a  copy  of  every 
report  made  by  the  experts  on  their  visits,  either  biennial  or  extraordinary, 
to  any  mine,  and  also  render  reports  on  the  visits  which  the  Deputations  them- 
selves may  make. 


MINING  LAWS.  165 

ART.  123.  These  visits  may  be  made  by  the  Mining  Deputation 
accompanied  by  an  expert,  or  it  may  order  the  latter  to  make  such 
visits  accompanied  by  a  notary  or  by  witnesses.  In  the  report 
of  the  visits  shall  be  stated  the  condition  in  which  the  mine  may  be 
found,  and  also  whatever  may  be  observed  relative  to  article  120  of 
this  title.  If  any  infractions  are  observed,  the  Mining  Deputation 
shall  give,  in  writing,  adequate  wai-ning  to  the  owner  of  the  mine  to 
correct  the  same  within  proper  time,  which  shall  be  stated  to  him.* 

ART.  124.  If  the  owner  of  the  mine  shall  not  comply  with  what 
the  Deputation  has  prescribed,  by  remedying  the  infractions  which 
have  been  noticed,  he  shall  be  fined,  according  to  the  discretion  of 
said  Deputation,  and  in  proportion  to  the  gravity  of  the  infraction, 
from  fifty  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  first  offense.  If 
the  disobedience  is  repeated,  the  Deputation  shall  double  the  fine 
and  order  the  partial  or  total  suspension  of  the"  working  of  the  mine, 
until  the  execution  of  the  works  that  have  been  ordered. 

ART.  125.  If  by  the  method  indicated  or  owing  to  some  complaint 
(in  which  case  a  visit  to  the  mine  shall  be  made  in  the  same  man- 
ner), it  should  appear  that  the  infractions  are  serious,  so  that  on 
account  of  them  the  prosecution  of  the  working  of  the  mine  is  hin 
dered,  or  the  lives  or  health  of  the  operatives  is  imperiled,  the 
Mining  Deputation  shall  take  such  measures  as  it  may  deem  nec- 

*A  circular  dated  June  24,  1887,  gives  the  following  rules  for  the  official 
visits  to  be  made  to  all  mines,  in  conformity  with  articles  122  and  123  of  the 
Code: — 

I.  The  visits  to  mines  are  of  two  kinds,  biennial  or  ordinary  and  extraor- 
dinary. 

II.  Biennial  visits  shall  be  made  every  two  years,  beginning  in  the  month 
of  January,  and  only  to  those  mines  that  have  been  under  possession  for 
more  than  six  months,  and  which  have  not  enjoyed  any  special  protection 
during  that  time. 

III.  Biennial  visits  are  not  to  be  made  to  any  mine  that  is  under  special  pro- 
tection under  the  Code. 

IV.  Biennial  visits  shall  always  be  made  by  an  expert  and  two  witnesses. 

V.  The  corresponding  fees  of  the  experts  and  witnesses  must  be  paid  by  the 
mine  owners;  but   the  Mining  Deputations,  or  authorities  performing  their 
duties,  are  to  see  that  before  the  visits  an  arrangement  is  entered  into  between 
the  owners  and  the  expert  and  witnesses,  whereby  the  fees  for  such  visits 
may  be  according  to  the  relative  importance  of  each  mine  and  taking  into  ac- 
count the  number  of  mines  to  be  visited,  and  not  with  strict  adherence  to  the 


166  MINING  LAWS. 

essary,  and  may  go  so  far  as  to  cause,  as  a  precautionary  measure, 
the  suspension  of  the  workings  in  the  whole  mine,  or  in  certain  por- 
tions thereof,  according  as  the  case  may  require  it.  If  a  total  sus- 
pension of  the  workings  should  be  ordered,  and  if  the  owner  does  not 
correct  the  indicated  evil  within  the  period  of  six  months,  he  shall 
lose  the  ownership  of  the  mine,  which  may  be  awarded  to  whoever 
may  denounce  it  under  title  of  abandonment,  according  to  the  provis- 
ions of  article  50. 

ART.  126.  If  the  parties  concerned  in  the  mine  do  not  wish  to 
abide  by  the  decisions  of  the  Mining  Deputation,  they  shall  be  exe- 
cuted notwithstanding,  and  the  record  shall  be  forwarded  to  the 
proper  judicial  authority  for  its  decision  according  to  law. 

The  said  authority,  after  hearing  the  parties  concerned  and  re- 
ceiving from  them  the  evidence  they  may  adduce  within  a  term  of 
not  more  than  fifteen  days,  shall  decide  whatever  may  be  proper  in 
the  premises,  and  from  the  decision  so  given  there  shall  be  no  recourse, 
except  that  of  responsibility. 

ART.  127.  In  these  cases  the  decision  shall  be  given  after  citation 
to  the  official  who  ordered  the  suspension,  and  the  evidence  shall 
also  be  received  after  citation  to  the  same;  but  if  there  should  be  a 
denouncer  who  asks  that  the  mine  be  awarded  to  him,  the  legal  pro- 
schedule.  The  two  witnesses  should,  if  possible,  be  taken  from  the  mines 
themselves,  in  order  to  avoid  paying  them  fees  for  mileage. 

VI.  Extraordinary  visits  are   to   be  made  whenever  tby  common   reports 
well  established,  any  mine  is  thought  not  to  be  worked  according  to  the  law, 
In  this  case  the  authority  that  receives  such  information  shall  communicate  it 
to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  which  will  decide  as  to  whether  the  visit 
should  be  made. 

VII.  The  Department  in  these  cases  will  decide  if  the  visit  is  to  be  made  by 
an  expert  and  two  witnesses,  or  whether  the  Mining  Deputation  is  to  accom- 
pany the  expert. 

VIII.  Only  in  case  the  Department  has  ordered  a  Deputation  to  make"  an 
extraordinary  visit,  can  such  Deputation  charge  fees  for  their  visits. 

IX.  Experts  must  carefully  note  in  their  visits  the  condition  of  fortifications, 
etc.,  of  the  mine,  and  whether  the  police  regulations  are  duly  complied  with, 
also  the  state  of  the  mine  with  respect  to  richness. 

X.  Experts  shall  report  to  the  Deputation  as  to  what  work  is  urgently 
needed  in  the  mine,  and  the  time  it  will  take  to  perform  the  same,  so  that  the 
Deputation  may  give  the  ne<  essary  orders,  in  confoimity  with  aiticle  123,  and 
the  succeeding  ones  of  the  Mining  Code. 


MINING  LAWS.  167 

ceedings  shall  be  carried  on  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  articles  70, 
71,  and  from  78  to  83  of  title  IV. 

ART.  128.  The  management  of  the  interior  and  exterior  works  of 
any  mine,  the  redaction  of  the  ores,  and  the  establishment,  con- 
struction, and  preservation  of  machinery,  shall  necessarily  be  com- 
mitted to  the  care  of  scientific  or  practical  experts  of  known  apti- 
tude. 

ART.  129.  Accidents  that,  through  unskillfulness,  may  happen  in 
the  working  of  any  mine,  or  from  the  use  of  machinery,  shall  be 
upon  the  responsibility  of  the  miner,  when  he  does  not  employ  gi'ad- 
uated  or  practical  experts  according  to  the  foregoing  article. 

ART.  130.  In  case  mines  are  not  managed  by  graduated  mining 
experts,  in  places  where  they  can  be  had,  the  Mining  Deputations 
shall  take  care  that  such  expsrts  take  part: — 

I.  In  the  laying  out  of  important  works,  such  as  tunnels,  work- 
ing shafts,  galleries  of  co  nmunications,  etc.,  with  the  obligation  to 
visit  the  work  every  one  or  two  months,  as  its  progress  may  demand, 
so  as  to  avoid  in  time  any  error  in  the  execution  thereof. 

II.  In   the  communications  to  be  made  with  inundated  workings 
or  with  those  that  contain  mephitic  gases. 

III.  In  the  execution  of  workings  near  the  surface  that  might 
endanger  the  security  of  buildings  or  inhabitants. 

ART.  131.  The  superintendents  of  mines  shall  give  notice  to  the 
local  Mining  Deputation,  and,  in  the  proper  case,  to  the  executive 
or  judicial  authority,  of  the  death,  or  of  any  serious  accident  to  any 
operative,  when  it  occurs  within  the  mine,  and  also  of  any  calamity 
that  may  occur  therein,  such  as  a  cave-in,  an  inundation,  a  tire,  etc. 

ART.  132.  Tho^e  mining  enterprises  whose  operatives  may  exceed 
two  hundred  in  number,  shall  keep  a  medicine  chest,  and  shall  have 
\n  their  employment  a  surgeon  to  attend  at  first  to  the  operatives,  in 
case  of  any  accidents  that  may  occur  during  the  exploitation  of  the 
mine. 

TITLE  VII. — OF  THE  DRAINAGE  OP  MINES,  OF  ADVENTURER  TUN- 
NELS, AND  OF  GALLERIES  OF  EXPLORATION. 

ART.  133.  Mine  owners  must  continually  maintain  the  drainage 
of  the  mines  by  means  of  shafts  or  of  tunnels,  and  by  employing  the 
adequate  resources  and  expedients  of  mining  principles,  so  that  if 


168  MINING  LAWS. 

any  mine  owner  shall  confine  himself  to  the  working  of  the  upper 
levels  of  his  mine  without  maintaining  the  drainage,  the  mine  may 
be  denounced  according  to  the  provisions  of  articles  59  and  60. 

ART.  134.  If  the  owner  of  any  mine  that  has  workings  below 
those  of  the  neighboring  mine*,  should  be  burdened  with  the  costs  of 
drainage,  because  in  the  latter,  mines  they  do  not  maintain  it,  or 
do  not  maintain  all  that  may  be  necessary,  thereby  permitting  the 
water  from  such  mines  to  flow  to  his  own,  the^  said  owner  shall 
have  a  right  to  be  indemnified  by  the  owners  of  the  mines  thus  ben- 
efited, and  the  latter  must  contribute  to  the  costs  of  drainage  in 
proportion  to  the  benefits  they  may  receive. 

ART.  135.  Owners  of  any  mines  that  may  be  completely  drained 
shall  deliver  as  indemnity  to  whoever  keeps  up  the  drainage,  the 
tenth  part  of  all  the  products  they  may  extract  from  below  the  level 
that  the  experts  shall  fix  beforehand. 

ART  136.  If  the  drainage  should  not  be  complete,  being  only 
partially  done,  the  compensation  above  mentioned  shall  be  dimin- 
ished more  or  less  according  to  the  estimate  of  experts,  one  to  be 
named  by  each  party  concerned,  and  a  third,  in  case  of  disagree- 
ment, to  be  appointed  by  the  Mining  Deputation. 

ART.  137.  Mines  that  are  newly  opened  at  places  where  they  may 
be  benefited  by  the  drainage  already  existing  in  other  mines,  shall 
be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  articles. 

ART.  138.  The  provisions  of  the  three  foregoing  articles  shall  only 
be  enforced  when  the  parties  concerned  do  not  arrive  at  an  agree- 
ment upon  that  point;  for  if  there  should  be  an  agreement  they 
must  abide  by  it. 

ART.  139.  If  the  opening  of  a  tunnel  would  facilitate  the  drain- 
age, exploration,  or  exploitation  of  several  mines  opened  upon  any 
class  of  deposits,  and  if  all  the  mine  owners,  or  some  of  them,  or  an 
outside  party,  either  alone  or  associated  with  various  partners  (even 
if  none  of  the  latter  should  be  owners  of  any  claims  through  which 
the  tunnel  must  pass),  shall  offer  to  open  said  tunnel,  tlie  proposi- 
tion of  the  party  or  parties  undertaking  the  work  and  the  denounce- 
ment they  must  present,  shall  be  allowed  under  the  following  con- 
ditions:— 

I.  That  the  work  shall  be  possible  and  useful,  in  the  opinion  of 
an  expert  named  by  the  Mining  Deputation. 


MINING  LAWS.  169 

II.  That  the  petition  of  denouncement  shall  be  accompanied  by 
a  plan  formed  by  an  expert,  on  which  shall  be  marked  the  line  of 
direction  of  the   tunnel,  the  mining  claims   through  which  it  is  to 
pass,  and   also  those  that  are  within  the  distance  of  100  meters  on' 
each  side. 

ART.  140.  In  the  denouncements  for  such  tunnels  the  proceedings 
established  for  the  acquirement  of  new  mines  shall  be  observed,  and 
the  dimensions  of  their  claims  in  any  portions  of  free  ground  shall 
be  the  following: — 

I.  If   the  adventurer  tunnel  is   to  be   opened   along  a  vein,  the 
width  of  the  rectangle  shall  be  that  which  corresponds  to  the  greater 
or  smaller  dip  of  the  vein,  according  to  the  provisions  of  article  101, 
and  its  length  shall  be  that  of  the  tunnel  to  be  made. 

II.  If  the  greater  part  of  the  tunnel   is  to   be  opened  outside  of 
any  vein  or  deposit,  the  claim  thereof  shall  be  100  meters  in  width, 
distributed  in  equal  portions  on  each  side  of  the  line  or  lines  marked 
for  the  tunnel,  and  the  length  shall  be  that  of  the  tunnel  itself.     In 
those  portions  of  the  land  where  there  are  mines  under  possession, 
the  vacant  addition   may  be  granted  to  the  adventurer,  and  his 
measurements  may  be  permitted  to  cross  other  claims,  provided   al- 
ways that  he  respects  the  ownership  of  the  same. 

ART.  141.  The  mine  owner  or  the  company  that  may  undertake 
an  adventurer  tunnel  must  comply  with  the  special  prescriptions 
which,  in  conformity  with  the  opinion  of  an  expert,  the  Mining 
Deputation  shall  lay  down  for  the  execution  thereof  at  the  time  of 
giving  possession,  it  being  further  provided  that  in  the  carrying 
out  and  legal  protection  of  the  work,  the  provisions  of  the  fore- 
going titles  shall  be  observed.  The  workings  of  such  tunnels  shall 
approximately  follow  the  line  or  lines  laid  down  in  the  concession; 
but  if  it  should  be  more  convenient  for  the  party  who  undertakes 
the  work  to  vary  the  direction,  he  may  present  a  petition  therefor, 
and  may  be  allowed  to  do  so  without  detriment  to  third  parties, 
provided  the  proceedings  of  a  new  denouncement  are  first  complied 
with. 

ART.  142.  The  owner  or  the  person  undertaking  an  adventurer 
tunnel  shall  be  entitled  to  the  following  concessions: — 

I.  He  may  work,  not  only  in  vacant  ground,  but  also  within  the 
claims  of  mines  occupied,  without  injuring  the  security  thereof. 


170  MINING  LAWS. 

II.  He  may  denounce  at  the  time  of  planning  the  tunnel  or  dur- 
ing its  execution,  and  may  acquire  as  many  as  five  new  or  aban- 
doned mines,  each  one  with  the  claims  granted  to  a  company, -always 
•provided  that  they  shall  be   less  than  150  meters  distant  from  the 
line  of  the  tunnel. 

III.  If  during  the  execution  of  the  tunnel,  new  veins  or  deposits 
should  be  discovered  after  a  previous  denouncement,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings incident  thereto,   besid«  what  is  granted  in   the  foregoing 
subdivision,  the  owner  or  person  undertaking  the  work  may  acquire 
three  claims  upon  each  one  of  the  said  veins  or  deposits,  if  working 
alone,  and  four  if  working  with  a  company,  as  also  the  whole  of  the 
additions  wherever  there  may  not  be  room  for  a  complete  claim. 

IV.  The  concessions  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  two  subdivisions 
shall  be  considered  as  annexed  to  the  tunnel  and  as  protected  by  the 
working  thereof,  but  when  the  tunnel  is  finished  each  concession 
shall  be  worked  separately. 

AKT.  143.  When  the  tunnels  have  for  their  principal  object  the 
drainage  of  the  mines,  and  where  MO  agreement  therefor  exists,  the 
owner  or  person  undertaking  the  work  shall  receive  the  compensa- 
tion mentioned  in  the  articles  135,  136,  and  137  of  this  title,  with- 
out interfering  with  their  other  prerogatives  as  such  adventurers. 

ART.  144.  If  the  owners  of  any  tunnel  should  find  ores  in  their 
workings  in  the  claims  of  other  persons,  they  shall  be  obliged  to 
give  immediate  notice  thereof  to  the  Deputation  and  to  the  owner  of 
the  claim,  and  to  divide  with  the  latter  the  ores  and  their  cost  in 
equal  parts,  always  provided  that  the  extraction  thereof  be  profitable; 
the  foregoing  shall  be  done  until  the  owner  of  the  claim  may  break 
through  and  communicate  with  the  tunnel  workings,  after  which 
time  the  owners  of  the  tunnel  must  cease  to  appropriate  the  ores  so 
found. 

ART. '145.  If  the  adventurer,  or  those  who  undertake  the  work  on 
the  tunnel,  shall  not  give  in  proper  time  the  notice  referred  to  in 
the  foregoing  article,  they  shall  pay  to  the  owner  of  the  claim,  in 
conformity  with  the  valuation  of  experts,  the  entire  value  of  the 
ores  that  they  may  ascertain  to  have  extracted,  without  deducting 
the  expenses  incurred  thereby,  and  they  shall  be  prohibited  from 
continuing  to  appropriate  the  portion  that  might  have  belonged  to 
them. 


MINING  LAWS.  171 

ART.  146.  If  the  tunnel  should  be  utilized  by  any  mines  for  the 
purposes  of  transportation  and  extraction,  they  shall  pay  the  adven- 
turer that  which  they  may  have  agreed  to,  or,  in  case  no  agreement 
has  besn  made,  they  shall  deliver  to  him  five  per  cent  of  the  ores 
they  may  take  out  through  the  tunnel. 

ART.  147.  Neither  the  owner  of  an  adventurer  tunnel,  nor  in 
general  any  other  miner,  shall  have  a  right  to  be  compensated  for 
the  service  of  ventilation  that  he  may  afford  to  other  mines,  by  means 
of  his  works  of  communication. 

ART.  148.  When,  in  any  mine,  one  or  more  shafts  are  fitted  up 
with  proper  machinery  to  raise  water  to  the  surface,  and  thereby 
cause  the  general  drainage  of  several  mines,  such  shafts,  after  a 
proper  petition  has  been  presented,  and  after  a  favorable  report 
thereon  from  two  experts  that  the  Mining  Deputation  shall  appoint, 
may  be  considered  as  general  shafts,  and  the  galleries  and  drifts 
that  lead  away  therefrom  shall  be  held  as  adventurer  tunnels,  with 
all  the  rights  and  obligations  of  the  latter,  and  may  be  continued 
onward  even  into  claims  of  the  other  owners. 

ART.  149.  Whenever- a  gallery  of  exploration,  or  other  working  of 
common  utility  to  various  mines,  even  though  it  should  not  be  for 
the  purpose  of  drainage,  and  should  have  to  be  opened  in  the  claims 
of  other  owners,  is  to  be  started  from  a  shaft  or  other  subterraneous 
workings,  it  may  be  permitted  to  be  made,  if  it  should  be  really  use- 
ful in  the  opinion  of  two  experts  appointed  by  the  Mining  Deputa- 
tion. 

ART.  150.  The  conditions  under  which  the  works  mentioned  in 
the  foregoing  article  are  to  be  executed,  shall  be  those  prescribed  for 
the  adventurer  tunnels. 

The  distribution  of  the  expenses  thereof,  and  of  the  ores  and  prod- 
ucts between  the  several  mines,  shall  be  made  according  to  agree- 

'  O  O 

ment,  and  in  default  thereof  proportionally  in  conformity  with  the 
opinion  of  experts,  applying  thereto  the  principles  that  refer  to 
similar  cases  in  adventurer  tunnels. 

TITLE  VIII.— OP  MINING  COMPANIES. 

ART.  151.  Partnerships  or  companies  that  may  be  formed  for 
working  mines  and  the  operation  of  reduction  works,  shall  be  regu- 
lated by  the  provisions  of  the  Civil  Code  of  the  Federal  District,  in 


172  MINING  LAWS. 

so  far  as  the  same  may  not  be  modified  by  the  special  provisions  of 
this  title. 

ART.  152.  Every  mine,  whether  consisting  of  one,  two,  or  more 
claims,  according  to  the  title  of  concession  thereof,  is  indivisible  in 
the  sense  of  not  being  allowed  to  be  separated,  so  as  to  be  subdi- 
vided between  different  owners,  and  also  in  the  sense  that  the  part- 
ners of  a  mining  company  shall  have  no  right  to  insist  on  working 
for  their  separate  individual  account  any  particular  claim  or  por- 
tion of  the  mine  or  mines  that  comprise  the  object  of  the  company; 
but  the  work  must  be  done  jointly,  and  the  costs  and  products  shall 
be  divided  according  to  agreement,  and  in  the  absence  thereof,  pro- 
portionally to  the  share  represented  by  each  person: 

ART.  153.  Every  company  formed  for  working  mines  may  acquii-e, 
according  to  the  provisions  of  article  49,  by  denouncement,  four 
continuous  claims  upon  the  same  vein  or  deposit. 

ART.  154.  Every  mining  company  must  be  constituted  by  a  deed 
duly  recorded  as  the  necessary  requisite  for  its  validity.* 

ART.  155.  The  contract  for  the  formation  of  the  company  must 
necessarily  contain  the  name  and  domicile  of  each  one  of  the  part- 
ners, and  the  share  represented  by  each  one,  or  the  part  he  may 
have  in  the  company;  the  latter  will  not  be  considered  as  constituted 
unless  the  above  requisites  are  complied  with. 

ART.  156.  In  every  mining  partnership,  or  company,  the  mine 
shall  be  considered  as  divided  into  a  certain  number  of  shares,  and 
each  partner  shall  have  a  right  to  one  or  several  of  such  shares, 
according  to  the  agreement  entered  into. 

ART.  157.  Any  one  of  the  partners  shall  be  free  to  dispose  of 
the  share  that  he  may  represent,  but  the  other  partners  shall  have 
no  right  of  preference  for  the  same  price.  Notice  must  be  given  to 
the  director  or  manager  of  the  company  of  the  person  to  whom  any 
share  may  have  been  transferred,  except  in  case  that  the  shares  are 
represented  by  certificates  in  favor  of  bearer. 

ART.  158.  The  death  of  any  partner  shall  not  dissolve  the  com- 
pany, but  it  shall  continue  with  his  hairs,  who  may  make  use  of  the 
right  granted  in  the  foregoing  article. 

*  Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  March  31,  1886, 
the  deed  for  the  organization  of  a  mining  company  must  be  executed  before, 
and  not  after,  possession  of  the  mine  is  taken  and  work  thereon  is  com- 
menced. 


MINING  LAWS.  173 

ART.  159.  It  is  not  necessary  that  the  capital  of  any  company 
formed  for  the  working  of  mines  shall  be  fixed  or  determinate. 

ART.  160.  In  mining  companies  the  partners  are  only  responsible 
for  the  amount  or  value  of  their  shares,  deducting  therefrom  what 
they  may  have  contributed  towards  the  operations,  if  a  determinate 
value  has  been  fixed  for  the  shares  at  the  time  of  the  formation  of 
the  company;  otherwise,  the  partner  shall  not  be  responsible  for  the 
obligations  contracted  by  the  company,  except  up  to  the  value  of 
the  mine  or  undertaking  itself,  including  whatever  may  belong 
thereto. 

ART.  161.  Notwithstanding  that  a  mine  is  real  and  immovable 
property,  and  subject,  on  that  account,  to  all  the  provisions  of  the 
Civil  Code  of  the  Federal  District  as  to  real  estate,  in  whatever  re- 
lates to  its  sale  or  transfer  of  dominion,  mortgage,  and  other  con- 
tracts, nevertheless,  the  shares  in  any  mining  company  or  partner- 
ship shall  be  considered  personal  property  for  all  legal  purposes. 

ART.  162.  The  shares  of  mines,  or  I/eduction  works,  referred  to  in 
the  foregoing  article  shall  be  represented  by  certificates  drawn  to 
bearer  or  order,  and  transferable  by  simple  indorsement,  without 
the  other  stockholders  having  any  right  to  be  preferred  as  purchas- 
ers for  an  amount  equal  to  that  offered  by  any  other  person. 

ART.  163.  If  no  stipulations  are  contained  in  the  contract  for  the 
formation  of  the  company,  the  decision  of  any  questions  that  may 
arise  with  relation  to  the  working,  management,  etc.,  shall  be  made 
by  the  partners,  by  a  majority  of  votes;  but  in  order  to  pass  any 
resolution  that  implies  the  sale  of  the  ownership  of  any  mine,  a 
unanimous  vote  shall  be  required. 

ART.  164.  In  the  deliberations  of  such  companies,  the  owner  or 
owners  of  one  share  shall  have  one  vote,  and  the  owner  of  more 
than  one  share  shall  be  considered  when  voting  with  the  representa- 
tion that  may  correspond  to  the  number  of  shares  that  he  may 
have,  but  if  one  person  should  be  the  sole  owner  of  one-half  or  more 
of  the  shares,  his  vote  shall  always  be  considered  as  one  less  than 
half  thereof. 

ART.  165.  In  all  cases  where  no  decision  can  be  obtained  owing 
to  the  equality  of  the  votes,  an  appeal  may  be  had  to  the  Mining 
Deputation,  which  shall  decide  without  further  proofs  than  the 
knowledge  of  what  has  occurred  and  been  said  at  the  meeting,  and 


174  MINING  LAWS. 

the  Deputation  shall  take  into  account  the  equity  between  the  part- 
ners and  the  interest  of  mining  industry,  when  adopting  a  determi- 
nation of  the  case. 

ART.  166.  In  order  that  any  resolutions  adopted  may  be  valid, 
it  shall  be  necessary  to  have  notice  of  the  meeting  or  citation  given 
to  all  the  shareholders,  stating  the  object  of  the  meeting  or  the  sub- 
ject to  be  discussed,  and  such  citation  or  notice  shall  be  issued  at 
least  fifteen  days  in  advance;  furthermore,  the  attendance  of  the 
majority,  or  of  one  more  than  half  of  the  shares  is  required,  but  if 
for  want  of  such  attendance  a  new  citation  has  to  be  issued,  the 
meeting  then  may  be  held  with  the  number  of  shares  that  are  rep- 
resented by  the  persons  that  may  attend. 

ART.  167.  The  citation  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article  shall 
be  made  personally  to  the  known  shareholders  that  may  reside  or 
have  a  representative  in  the  same  place,  and  to  the  remaining  share- 
holders through  the  official  newspaper  of  the  district,  if  there  should 
be  one,  and  it'  there  is  none,  by  means  of  that  of  the  capital  of  the 
State. 

ART.  168.  Any  partner  who  shall  neglect  to  contribute  the  por. 
tion  of  the  expenses  that  correspond  to  him,  and  who  does  not  pay 
his  assessment  within  the  period  of  two  months,  shall  lose  his  shares; 
these  shall  be  declared  without  owner,  and  the  remaining  shares 
shall  be  proportionally  increased  in  the  manner  and  under  the  con- 
ditions stated  in  the  following  articles. 

ART.  169.  In  order  to  declare  any  share  without  owner  there 
must  first  be  notice  given  by  the  contributing  shareholders,  or  by 
the  manager  or  superintendent  of  the  mine,  to  the  proper  Deputa- 
tion, so  that  note  may  be  taken  of  the  date  on  which  the  owner  of 
said  share  neglected  to  contribute;  and  that  thereupon  the  share 
may  be  declared  without  owner  by  said  Deputation,  if  two  months 
elapse  without  payment  being  made  by  such  shareholder. 

ART.  170.  If  it  should  not  be  shown  that  the  stockholder  has  had 
notice  of  the  assessment  voted  or  demanded,  and  of  the  payments 
that  he  was  bound  to  make,  and  that  he  has  demurred  or  refused  to 
pay  up,  the  two  months'  time  fixed  in  the  preceding  articles  shall 
only  begin  after  the  shareholder  has  been  notified  by  the  Deputation 
of  the  obligation  he  has  to  meet,  and  of  the  amount  that  he  must 
contribute.  If  the  shareholder  should  not  be  known,  or  should  be 


MINING  LAWS.  175 

absent,  the  notice  sliall  be  made  through  the  newspapers  and  for  a 
period  of  fifteen  days,  as  is  provided  for  the  notice  of  meetings  or 
assemblies  in  article  167. 

ART.  171.  In  case  that  any  shares  are  declared  to  be  lost  or  with- 
out an  owner  by  the  Deputation,  the  si iareh older,  owner  of  the  same, 
who  does  not  wish  to  abi-le  by  that  determination,  may  bring  suit 
against  the  company  that  has  petitioned  for  such  determination,  by 
applying  to  a  competent  civil  court,  provided  that  he  shall  do  so 
within  fifteen  days  calculated  from  the  time  when  he  shall  have  been 
notified  of  the  said  determination  and  not  afterwards. 

ART.  172.  The  partner  whose  shares  have  been  declared  without 
an  owner  shall,  in  the  absence  of  a  contrary  agreement,  preserve 
only  the  right  to  be-  reimbursed  of  what  he  may  have  paid  in.  This 
reimbursement  shall  be  made  out  of  fifty  per  cent  of  the  net  profit 
of  the  mine,  after  making  tlie  payment  of  all  the  expenses  incurred 
by  the  remaining  partners,  both  before  and  after  the  determination 
as  to  the  share  being  without  an  owner. 

ART.  173.  The  partners  in  the  absence  of  any  contrary  agreement, 
shall  not  have  any  obligation  to  reduce  their  ores  in  common,  nor 
to  contribute  to  the  purchase  or  establishment  of  reduction  works. 
The  division  of  the  ore  extracted  between  the  partners,  proportion- 
ally to  the  shares  that  each  one  represents,  shall  not  be  made  until 
after  everyone  has  paid  in  the  portion  of  the  expenses  of  the  mine 
that  corresponds  to  him. 

ART.  174.  The  foregoing  rules  and  prescriptions  shall  only  be 
applicable  in  the  absence  of  an  agreement,  but  if  others  are  adopted 
in  the  contract  entered  into,  or  in  the  respective  by-laws,  the  latter 
sliall  be  enforced;  still  the  provisions  of  articles  152,  154,  155,  156, 
158,  and  161  of  this  title  cannot  be  renounced,  nor  can  they  be 
altered  or  modified  by  private  parties. 

TITLE  IX. — OF  CONTRACTS  OF  HABILITATION*  AND  OF  OTHER  CON- 
TRACTS IN  RELATION  TO  MINES. 

ART.  175.  The  contract  of  habilitation  may  be  made  either  by 
the  habilitator  acquiring  a  portion  of  the  mine,  or  as  a  mere  loan  or 

*The  contract  of  avio  has  been  called  of  habilitation,  by  employing  an  ob- 
solete English  word,  which  has  been  generally  adopted  by  English-speaking 
residents  of  the  Republic  to  designate  such  a  contract.  Avio  means  the  con- 


176  MINING  LAWS. 

assistance;  and  in  either  case  the  stipulations  of  the  agreement  shall 
be  complied  with;  or,  in  default  thereof,  the  following  rules  must 
be  followed,  although  the  provisions  contained  in  articles  181,  183, 
and  186  cannot  be  modified  or  avoided. 

ART.  176.  When  in  the  contract  of  habilitation  it  is  provided 
that  the  habilitator  acquire  a  share  in  the  mine,  he  shall  keep  the 
same  and  the  administration  thereof  while  he  maintains  the  habili- 
tation; and  the  net  profits  shall  be  used  in  the  first  place  to  pay 
off  the  debt  of  habilitation,  and  afterward  they  shall  be  divided 
between  the  owner  and  the  habilitator  in  proportion  to  the  share 
which  each  one  of  them  may  have. 

The  habilitator  or  habilitators  may  terminate  the  contract  of  ha- 
bilitation whenever  he  or  they  may  so  desire,  by  losing  in  such  a 
case  the  portion  of  the  mine  which  they  had  conditionally  acquired, 
and  the  latter  shall  again  become  the  property  of  the  original  owner 
or  owners,  whilst  the  habilitator  shall  preserve  the  right  to  be  re- 
payed  whatever  he  may  have  spent,  as  long  as  the  ownership  of  the 
mine  is  not  lost. 

ART.  177.  If  the  capital  of  habilitation  is  exhausted  or  be  only 
partly  repaid,  the  miner  shall  not  be  obliged  to  repay  it  with  his 
other  property,  but  only  out  of  the  net  profits  of  the  mine.  Fifty 
per  cent  of  such  profits,  after  payment  of  the  last  habilitation,  shall 
be  devoted  to  the  payment  of  the  former  habilitators  one  after  the 
other,  beginning  with  the  latest  or  newest,  always  provided  that  the 
capital  shall  have  been  spent  in  the  exploration  of  the  mine. 

The  debts,  charges,  or  mortgages  that  any  mine  may  have,  are 
extinguished  in  case  that  the  property  is  lost  owing  to  abandonment 
or  for  nonobservance  of  the  provisions  of  this  Code,  and  they  shall 
not  be  recoverable  when  the  mine  is  in  the  hands  of  a  new  owner. 

ART.  178.  A  contract  of  habilitation  entered  into  as  a  loan, 
whether  it  earns  interest  or  not,  or  under  the  condition  of  receiving 
the  silver  or  ores  with  some  profit,  shall  be  repaid  only  with  the 
products  of  the  mine,  and  shall  not  imply  any  other  security  except 

tract  whereby  a  capitalist  furnishes  money  to  work  a  mine;  he  is  said  to  be 
the  aviador,  and  the  mine  so  worked  is  spoken  of  as  aviadtt.  Of  course 
custom  alone  has  in  Mexico  sanctioned  the  use  of  the  words  "habilitation," 
"habilitator,"  and  "habilitated,"  to  substitute  the  corresponding  Spanish 
words. 


MINING  LAWS.  177 

the  mine  itself,  unless  mortgages  of  other  properties  or  other  securi- 
ties have  been  given,  or  especially  stipulated  for  in  the  contract. 

ART.  179.  With  the  exception  of  operatives'  wages  due  and  un- 
paid, the  claim  of  the  habilitator  referred  to  in  the  preceding  article 
shall  be  preferred  to  any  other  claim  that  does  not  proceed  from  a 
contract  of  habilitation,  provided  the  capital  has  been  used  in  the 
mine;  and  as  between  several  habilitators  the  preference  shall  be 
given  to  the  latest,  or  to  the  last  one  of  the  preceding  ones. 

ART.  180.  If  the  mine  itself  and  its  machinery,  stores,  and  other 
valuable  things  that  form  part  of  the  undertaking,  should  be  at- 
tached and  sold  in  execution,  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  articles 
shall  be  observed  in  favor  of  the  habilitators,  as  to  the  preference  of 
their  several  claims  among  themselves,  and  with  regard  to  the  other 
creditors. 

ART.  181.  Every  contract  of  habilitation  must  be  ^executed  by 
recorded  deed;  and  if  this  requirement  is  not  complied  with,  it 
shall  have  no  validity,  nor  can  it  have  any  legal  effect. 

ART.  182.  If  the  habilitation  should  be  made  for  any  fixed  period, 
or  if  the  habilitator  should  agree  to  advance  any  specified  amount 
of  capital  to  the  miner,  the  former,  in  case  of  suspending  or  ceasing 
to  furnish  the  funds  under  the  contract  of  habilitation  before 
fully  complying  with  his  agreement,  shall  lose  the  right  to  collect 
whatever  amount  he  may  have  advanced,  without  prejudice  to  the 
right  that  the  miner  shall  have-  to  demand  the  carrying  out  of  the 
contract',  and  to  look  for  another  habilitator. 

ART.  183.  Any  miner  to  whom  his  habilitator  does  not  advance 
the  wages  of  the  operatives  at  the  proper  time,  may  take  and  sell 
for  the  payment  thereof,  and,  notwithstanding  any  agreement  to  the 
contrary,  all  such  articles  or  tools  as  may  be  easiest  to  realize  on, 
and  any  loss  that  may  be  suffered  thereby,  shall  be  for  account  of 
the  habilitator. 

ART.  184.  Any  habilitator  who  does  not  manage  the  mine  may 
put  in  an  intervenor,  and  the  miner  or  owner  may,  in  his  turn,  put 
in  an  intervenor  as  against  the  habilitator,  if  the  latter  has  the  man- 
agement of  the  mine,  under  the  terms  of  the  contract. 

ART.   185.  The  intervenors  referred    to  in    the  foregoing  article 

shall    not  interfere  with  the  management,  and    they  shall  confine 

hemselves  to  watch  and  examine  the  operations,  books  and  accounts; 

11 


178  MINING  LAWS. 

but  they  must  give  notice  to  the  habilitator  or  to  the  owner,  which- 
ever they  may  represent,  of  everything  that  it  may  be  to  their  inter- 
est to  know,  and  in  serious  and  urgent  cases,  and  when  it  is  neces- 
sary to  prevent  some  abuse  or  damage,  they  may  give  information 
thereof  to  the  local  Mining  Deputation. 

ART.  186.  With  regard  to  sales  or  contracts  relating  to  mines 
there  shall  not  be  in  any  case  a  right  to  bring  the  action  of  recision 
on  account  of  partial  failure  of  consideration,  nor  to  the  action  of 
entire  restitution. 

ART.  187.  The  salary,  day's  wages,  division  of  ore,  or  any  other 
system  of  payment  of  operatives  that  may  be  adopted  in  mining 
enterprises,  is  a  matter  for  private  arrangement  between  the  owners 
of  the  same  and  the  employes  or  operatives,  and  all  contracts  relat- 
ing thereto  shall  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  the  ordinary  laws. 

TITLE  X. — OF  LEGAL  PROCEEDINGS  IN  MINING  CASES. 

ART.  188.  The  Deputations  must  observe,  in  all  that  refers  to 
the  economical  and  administrative  portions  of  legal  proceedings 
in  mining  matters,  the  provisions  laid  down  in  titles  IV  and  VI  of 
this  Code. 

ART.  189.  All  litigation  in  mining  matters  shall  be  heard  and 
ultimately  decided  in  the  Federal  District,  in  the  territory  of  Lower 
California,  and  in  each  State,  by  the  judges  and  courts  having  j uri si- 
diction  thereof,  and  according  to  the  local  appropriate  laws  of  pro- 
ceedings, but  always  observing  the  rules  prescribed  in  the  fbllowing 
articles. 

*  ART.  1 90.  The  proceedings  shall  always  be  of  a  summary  char- 
acter whenever  the  litigation  has  not,  owing  to  its  proper  nature, 
some  special  or  briefer  form  by  the  law  of  proceedings  of  the  State 
in  which  the  mine  is  situated,  or  by  that  of  the  Federal  District  or 
Territory  in  the  corresponding  case. 

ART.  191.  Work  in  any  mine  or  reduction  works  cannot  be  sus- 
pended owing  to  any  litigation,  attachment,  or  execution,  but  an  in- 
tervenor  may  be  put  in  charge  of  the  property. 

ART.  192.  Machinery,  tools,  utensils,  and  provisions  necessary  to, 
or  existing  in,  any  mine  or  reduction  works,  cannot  be  levied  upon  or 
attached  separately  from  the  business  for  any  debt  of  the  mine 
owner;  only  for  the  payment  of  the  wages  of  the  operatives  may  this 


MINING  LAWS.  179 

be  effected  out  of  such  property  seized  and  taken,  though  only  in 
such  amount  as  may  be  necessary  and  sufficient*  for  that  purpose. 

ART.  193.  In  any  case  of  attachment  or  of  execution  the  products 
of  any  mine  or  reduction  works  shall  be,  by  preference,  used  for 
the  continuance  of  the  labors  undertaken. 

ART.  194.  In  cases  of  insolvency,  or  of  proceedings  testamentary, 
or  of  administration  of  an  estate,  if  there  should  exist  among  the 
property  any  mine  or  reduction  works,  the  continuance  of  the  labors 
therein  shall  be  attended  to  by  the  judge  or  by  the  representative 
of  the  creditors,  or  of  the  estate,  and  if  the  products  of  the  said 
mine  or  reduction  works  shall  not  be  sufficient  for  such  labors,  and 
if  all  the  parties  concerned  do  not  present  themselves  to  contribute 
thereto,  any  one  of  them  may  pay  the  expenses  thereof,  in  which 
case  the  latter  shall  have  the  same  rights  as  a  habilitator,  with  re- 
gard to  whatever  he  may  advance  and  invest  for  said  purpose,  and 
if  a  creditor,  for  his  original  claim;  but  should  none  of  the  parties 
concerned  contribute,  an  outside  habilitator  may  be  sought. 

ART.  195.  Any  creditor  in  execution  shall  have  the  right  granted 
in  the  foregoing  article  if,  when  the  products  are  not  sufficient  to 
continue  the  labors  and  the  person  in  possession  under  execution 
does  not  provide  for  the  same,  said  creditors  shall  offer  to  do  so. 

TITLE  XL— OF  TAXES  UPON  MINING. 

ART.  196.  During  the  period  of  fifty  years,  calculated  from  the 
date  of  this  law,  all  mines  of  mineral  coal  of  every  kind,  of  iron  and 
of  quicksilver,  and  the  products  of  such  mines,  shall  be  exempt 
from  all  direct  taxes. 

ART.  197.  The  circulation  in  the  interior  of  the  Republic  of  gold 
and  silver,  in  bars  or  coined,  of  other  metals,  and  of  all  the  products 
of  the  mines,  shall  be  exempt  from  all  duties  or  taxes. 

AtRT.  198.  Quicksilver  shall  continue  to  be  exempt  from  all  im- 
port duties  and  from  the  payment  of  direct  taxes. 

ART.  199.  Beside  the  imports  or  duties  of  coinage  and  of  expor- 
tation already  existing,  or  that  may  be  established,  such  mines  as 
are  not  excepted  in  article  196  and  the  products  thereof,  shall  not 
pay  more  than  one  single  direct  tax,  which  shall  be  levied  upon  the 
value  of  the  oive  or  substance  taken  out  of  the  mines,  without  deduc- 
tion of  expenses,  and  such  tax  shall  never  exceed  two  per  cent  of 
said  value. 


180  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  200.  The  direct  tax  to  which  reference  is  made  in  the  fore- 
going article,  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  State  where  the  mine  may 
be  situated,  or  for  the  Federal  Government  if  located  within  the 
Federal  District  or  territory  of  Lower  California,  and  for  that 
reason  the  rate  of  such  tax,  within  the  limit  prescribed,  shall  be 
annually  determined  by  the  Legislatures  of  the  respective  States, 
and,  in  the  proper  case,  by  the  Congress  of  the  Union,  taking  into 
account  the  requirements  of  the  treasury  and  the  protection  which 
must  be  given  to  mining  industry. 

ART.  201.  Reduction  works,  or  metallurgical  shops  of  any  kind, 
shall  only  pay  to  the  State  in  which  they  may  be  situated,  or  to  the 
Federation,  if  located  in  the  Federal  District  or  in  the  territory  of 
Lower  California,  the  same  taxes  which  in  their  respective  districts 
are  levied  upon  other  industrial  establishments,  without  any  differ- 
ence whatever. 

ART.  202.  The  Federal  Government  shall  receive,  as  is  already 
prescribed,  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  taxes  which,  according  to  the 
preceding  articles,  are  levied  by  the  States. 

TITLE  XII.— GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

ART.  203.  It  is  the  duty  of  Mining  Deputations,  in  addition 
to  those  that  are  especially  prescribed  in  this  law,  to  oversee  the 
«xact  observance  and  fulfillment  of  its  prescriptions  in  the  mines 
and  reduction  works  within  their  respective  districts,  under  the 
instructions  and  direction  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works.  In 
serious  and  urgent  cases,  which  may  not  allow  them  time  to  con- 
milt  with  said  Department,  the  Deputations  may  decree,  upon  then- 
own  responsibility,  such  measures  or  proceedings  as  they  may  deem 
necessary  or  timely,  for  the  preservation  and  proper  regulation  of 
the  workings  and  labors  in  the  mines,  and  the  local  authorities  must 
lend  them  assistance  for  the  execution  thereof,  if  it  should  be  ne*ces. 
sary. 

ART.  204.  The  persons  who  may  comprise  any  Mining  Deputa- 
tion shall  be  treated  with  all  the  respect  which,  according  to  law, 
should  be  had  toward  public  authorities  and  functionaries;  and  in 
case  of  any  accusation  against  any  Deputy  on  account  of  some  act 
relative  to  his  office,  the  only  tribunal  competent  to 'try  him  shall 
be  that  which  has  jurisdiction  in  cases  against  judges  of  first  in- 
stance. 


MINING  LAWS.  181 

ART.  205.  Mining  Deputies  and  the  employes  of  the  Deputations 
shall  be  responsible  for  any  crimes  or  abuses  they  may  commit  in 
the  exercise  of  their  duties,  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Penal  Code  of  the  Federal  District. 

ART.  206.  For  any  minor  offenses  that  they  may  commit,  and  in 
cases  of  complaints  for  having  delayed  the  dispatch  of  business  un- 
duly and  without  justified  cause,  persons  constituting  Mining  Dep- 
utations may  be  suspended  and  fined  in  conformity  with  the  order 
given  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works.* 

ART.  207.  The  Deputations  shall  receive  the  fees  that  are  fixed  in 
the  schedule  to  be  prepared  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works  for 
the  legal  acts  performed  by  them,  or  the  proceedings  in  which  they 
may  take  part. 

ART.  208.  The  fees  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article,  and  those 
that  said  schedule  shall  fix  for  experts,  must  be  paid  by  those  de- 
nouncing mining  properties  or  commencing  proceedings  in  mining 
matters;  but  in  case  any  denouncement  founded  on  the  fact  that 
a  mine  is  being  improperly  worked  should  prove  to  be  well  founded, 
if  the  person  denouncing  it  does  not  take  possession,  because  the 
owner  or  possessor  remedies  the  evil  complained  of  within  the 
period  decreed,  the  costs  of  the  denouncement  shall  be  satisfied  by 
the  said  owner  or  possessor. 

ART.  209.  All  owners  or  habilitators  of  mines  must  have,  within 
the  district  in  which  is  situated  the  mine  that  they  own,  or  is  being 
•  worked  under  their  contract  of  habilitation,  in  case  they  absent 
themselves  therefrom,  an  agent  or  attorney-in-fact  duly  accredited, 
with  whom  the  authorities  may  communicate  regarding  all  legal  pro- 
ceedings that  may  arise.  In  default  of  such  an  agent  or  attorney- 
in-fact,  they  shall  communicate  and  act  with  the  manager  or  person 
in  charge  of  the  business  if  he  is  to  be  found  therein,  and  in 
default  of  such  person  with  any  one  of  the  employes.  If  none  of 
those  persons  are  to  be  found,  judgment  shall  go  by  default,  in  con- 
formity with  the  law  of  proceedings  relative  thereto. 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  October  8,  1886, 
Mining  Deputations  are  responsible  under  article  206  for  the  failure  of  any 
expert  to  present  any  report  or  any  labors  intrusted  to  him,  within  the  period 
that  the  Deputations  must  specify  beforehand,  and  the  duration  whereof  must 
depend  on  the  nature  of  the  business  in  question. 


182  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  210.  The  Executive,  in  conformity  with  article  21  of  the 
Constitution,  shall  designate  the  penalties  to  be  incurred  by  those 
who  may  infringe  the  provisions  of  any  regulations  that  he  may 
issue  for  the  application  of  this  Code;  and  he  may  authorize  the 
Mining  Deputations  or  the  functionaries  who  may  perform  their 
duties,  to  apply  the  penalties  so  prescribed. 

ART.  211.  All  owners  of  mines  or  of  reduction  works,  or  the  man- 
agers thereof,  are  obliged  to  supply  such  data  and  statistical  infor- 
mation as  may  be  required  of  them  by  the  Deputations,  or  by  the 
functionaries  that  perform  their  duties,  in  conformity  with  the  in- 
structions that  may  be  issued  by  the.  Department  of  Public  Works, 
or  by  the  General  Bureau  of  Statistics;  and  should  such  persons 
not  furnish  said  data  and  information,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the 
penalties  prescribed  in  the  Regulations  of  Statistics. 

TRANSITORY  PROVISIONS. 

ART.  212.  All  mining  properties  legally  acquired  before  the  date 
in  which  this  present  law  shall  begin  to  take  effect,  must  remain 
subsisting,  even  though  they  may  be  of  substances  or  deposits  not 
comprised  herein,  or  though  the  claims  should  have  measurements 
different  from  those  now  established. 

ART.  213.  If  the  properties  acquired  by  denouncement  prior  to  the 
date  on  which  this  law  begins  to  take  effect,  should  be  of  deposits 
or  substances  which,  according  to  article  10,  belong  to  the  owner  of 
the  soil,  the  parties  to  whom  they  may  have  been  awarded  as  mines 
shall  continue  to  possess  them  as  heretofore,  and,  for  that  time  only, 
shall  enjoy  a  special  protection  for  two  years,  calculated  from  the  date 
on  which  this  Code  begins  to  take  effect,  so  that  within  that  period 
they  may  begin  the  operations  of  working  such  mining  properties; 
and  if,  after  said  period  has  expired,  such  mining  properties  are 
abandoned,  or  the  ownership  therein  is  lost  by  forfeiture,  they  shall 
thenceforward  be  considered  as  the  property  of  the  owner  of  the  soil. 

Any  denouncements  that  may  be  presented  before  this  Code  be- 
gins to  be  in  force,  shall  be  decided  in  conformity  with  the  laws  in 
force  at  the  date  when  they  shall  be  presented,  but  the  prescriptions 
of  this  Code  shall  be  observed  in  the  proceedings  had  thereunder. 

ART.  214.  Any  mines  that  may  be  worked  or  legally  protected 
up  to  the  time  of  the  publication  of  this  Code,  shall  preserve  the 


MINING  LAWS.  183 

measurements  they  may  have,  even  if  their  claims  should  be  differ- 
ent from  those  hereby  pi-escribed;  but  such  measurements  may  be 
ratified,  if  the  parties  concerned  should  so  demand. 

ART.  215.  In  all  cases,  in  order  to  continue  preserving  the  rights 
previously  acquired,  it  is  a  necessary  requirement  that  the  possessor 
shall  comply  hereafter  with  the  prescriptions  of  this  Code,  under 
the  penalties  established  by  the  same. 

ART.  216.  Salt  deposits  which  the  Federal  Government  owns  on 
the  coasts  of  the  Republic,  or  at  other  places  within  the  national 
territory,  shall  be  worked  according  to  such  regulations  as  may  be 
prepared  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  without  interfering, 
however,  with  leases  or  other  contracts  that  may  have  been  made 
with  regard  to  these  deposits  until  the  termination  thereof. 

Regarding  such  of  the  above  deposits  as  may  have  been  alienated 
by  the  National  Government,  their  present  possessors  shall  continue 
to  hold  them  in  conformity  with  the  terms  of  their  respective  con- 
tracts, and  the  owners  of  the  soil  in  which  such  salt  deposits  may 
be  found  must  respect  all  acquired  rights. 

ART.  217.  Those  States  whose  taxes  upon  mines  and  their  prod- 
ucts, as  also  upon  reduction  works  or  establishments  of  any  class, 
may  not  be  regulated  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  title  XI 
of  this  Code,  shall  pass  the  necessary  laws,  so  that  the  said  taxes 
may  be  in  accord  with  the  prescriptions  of  said  title,  after  July  1 
1885. 

FINAL  PRESCRIPTION. 

ART.  218.  This  Code  shall  begin  to  be  in  force  throughout  the 
Republic  on  the  first  day  of  January,  1885;  and  thenceforward  the 
Mining  Ordinances  of  the  22d  of  May,  1783,  as  well  as  all  other 
laws,  decrees,  and  regulations  of  the  colonial  epoch  of  the  Federal 
Government  or  of  the  States,  relating  to  the  industry  of  mining, 
shall  be  repealed,  even  those  portions  thereof  not  in  conflict  with 
this  Code. 

Wherefore,  I  order  that  it  shall  be  printed,  published,  circulated, 
and  duly  observed. 

Given  in  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power  of  the  Union,  in 
Mexico,  on  the  22d  of  November,  1884.  MANUEL  GONZALEZ. 

To  the  Citizen  Manuel  Fernandez,  Subsecretary  in  charge  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Works. 


184  MINING  LAWS. 

And  1  communicate  it  to  you  for  your   knowledge,  and  for  the 
proper  purposes. 

Liberty  and  Constitution:   Mexico,  November  22,  1885. 

M.  FERNANDEZ,  Subsecretary. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  MINING  DEPUTATIONS  AND 
SCHEDULE  OF  FEES. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PDBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY,  ^ 
AND  COMMERCE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC. 
BUREAU  FOURTH. 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased  to  address  me  the 
following  decree : — 

Manuel  Gonzalez,  Constitutional  President  of  the   United  States 
of  Mexico,  to  all  those  whom  these  presents  may  see — 

KNOW  YE:  That  by  virtue  of  the  authority  given  by  the  Consti- 
tution to  the  Executive,  and  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of 
article  25  of  title  II  of  the  Mining  Code,  I  have  considered  it  proper 
to  issue  the  following: — 

REG  ULATIONS. 

FOB  THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  MINING    DEPUTATIONS  AND    SCHEDULE 
FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OP  FEES  AND  DUES. 

CHAPTER  I.— OF  MINERS. 

ART.  1.  All  persons  who  know  how  to  read  and  write,  and  who 
are  inscribed  in  the  book  or  register  referred  to  in  article  6,  shall  be 
considered  miners  in  each  locality,  for  the  purpose  of  being  able  to 
vote  in  the  elections  of  members  of  Mining  Deputations.  In  order 
to  be  inscribed  in  said  book  or  register,  persons  must  have  some  of 
the  following  requisites: — 

I.  Those  who  for  the  period  of  one  year  before  the  date  of  the  in- 
scription have  been  owners  or  habilitators,  in  whole  or  in  part,  of 
one  or  several  mines  or  reduction  works. 

II.  Mining  engineers  or  assayers  of  ores,  after  they  have  resided 
one  year  in  the  locality. 

III.  Those    who,  having  already  been  inscribed    in    some  other 


MINING  LAWS.  185 

Mining  Deputation,  may  acquire  property  in  that  locality,  even  if 
they  have  not  owned  it  for  a  whole  year.* 

ART.  2.  Such  persons  as  are  comprised  within  subdivision  I  of  the 
foregoing  article  may  be  inscribed  as  miners  in  any  locality,  if  they 
themselves  expressly  solicit  it.  For  that  purpose  they  must  present 
a  proper  petition  therefor  in  writing  to  the  Mining  Deputation  of  such 
locality,  together  with  the  documents  that  prove  their  ownership,  so 
that  the  Deputation  may  determine  what  may  be  just  in  the  prem- 
ises. 

ART.  3.  All  petitions  for  inscription,  referred  to  in  the  foregoing 
article,  can  be  made  through  an  attorney  in  fact,  and  it  shall  also  be 
sufficient  for  the  purpose  to  give  a  simple  power,  by  letter  duly 
signed  in  the  presence  of  two  known  witnesses. 

ART.  4.  Persons  that  are  comprised  within  subdivision  II  of  arti- 
cle 1  must  present  with  their  petition  such  documents  as  may  be  nec- 
essary to  prove,  in  a  legal  manner,  their  residence  in  the  locality  for 
the  time  that  is  stated  in  said  subdivision. 

ART.  5.  Persons  that  are  comprised  within  the  provisions  of  sub- 
division I.I  of  said  article  1  shall  accompany  their  petition  with  a 
certificate  from  the  Deputation  in  which  they  were  formerly  in- 
scribed, and  with  evidence  of  ownership  of  property  in  that  locality. 

ART.  6.  For  the  purpose  of  recording  the  petitions  mentioned  in 
the  foregoing  articles,  and  the  resolutions  that  may  be  had  thereon, 
if  favorable,  a  book  shall  be  formed  which  shall  be  entitled  "Regis- 
ter of  Miners  of  the  Mining  Deputation  of "  (locality). 

CHAPTER  II. — OF  THE  MINING  DEPUTATIONS. 

ART.  7.  Mining  Deputations  shall  exercise  such  economical  and 
administrative  powers  as  are  granted  to  them  in  the  Mining  Code, 
and  are  obliged  to  supply  such  information  and  to  render  such  re- 
ports as  may  be  demanded  from  them  by  the  political  or  judicial 
authorities,  or  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  8.  Mining  Deputations  shall  exercise  their  functions  under 
the  immediate  supervision  and  direction  of  the  Department  of 
Public  Works. 

*  Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  November  11, 
1886,  miners  who  are  foreigners  have  the  right  to  vote  at  all  elections  of  Min- 
ing Deputations. 


186  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  9.  For  the  present  there  shall  be  Mining  Deputations  in  the 
places  designated  in  article  56.  Hereafter,  whenever  a  number  of 
miners,  or  of  Mining  Deputations,  may  solicit  it,  or  whenever  new 
mining  districts  are  discovered,  the  Department  of  Public  Works 
may  establish  new  Mining  Deputations,  defining  their  proper  limits 
of  jurisdiction;  but  in  order  that  such  resolution  may  be  carried 
into  effect,  it  is  indispensable  that  there  should  be  residing  in  the 
chief  place  of  the  district  in  question  at  least  fifteen  persons  able 
to  perform  the  duties  of  Mining  Deputies,  which  fact  must  be 
established  by  the  certificate  of  the  first  political  authority  of  the 
place. 

AET.  10.  The  limits  of  the  jurisdiction  of  Mining  Deputations 
shall  be  conformable,  as  far  as  possible,  to  the  political  divisions  of 
the  State,  Federal  District,  or  Territory  in  which  they  may  be  located. 

ART.  11.  Half  of  the  members  of  each  Mining  Deputation  shall 
be  renewed  each  year,  and  such  Deputations  shall  consist  of  two  dep- 
uties and  four  substitutes  or  alternates,  directly  elected  by  the  min- 
ers that  are  inscribed  in  each  locality. 

ART.  12.  Mining  Deputies  and  their  alternates  shall  not  have  any 
fixed  salary,  but  shall  receive  such  fees  as  are  designated  in  article 
47.  Their  term  of  office  shall  be  two  years,  and  they  may  be  re- 
elected. 

ART.  13.  In  order  that  the  ordinary  elections  may  take  place,  the 
Deputations  in  office  must  issue  the  proper  notices  therefor  before 
the  fifteenth  day  of  November  of  each  year,  stating  therein  the  day, 
hour,  and  place  in  which  the  election  is  to  be  held.  The  omission 
of  what  is  here  provided  shall  be  punished  by  the  Department  of 
Public  Works  by  a  fine  of  from  ten  to  fifty  dollars,  which  shaD  be 
imposed  on  the  deputies  that  do  not  comply  with  this  provision. 

When  it  is  intended  to  establish  a  new  Mining  Deputation,  the 
order  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  relative  thereto  shall  des- 
ignate the  date  on  which  the  president  of  the  Town  Council  or  of 
tlie  municipal  corporation  of  the  locality,  must  issue  the  notice  for 
the  election  and  the  day  on  which  this  is  to  be  held. 

As  soon  as  the  order  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  for  the 
establishment  of  a  new  Deputation  is  received,  the  president  of  the 
municipality  shall  issue  the  notice  for  an  election,  and  from  that 
time  on  and  up  to  within  three  days  prior  to  the  election,  he  shall 


MINING  LAWS.  187 

keep  open  a  provisional  register  for  the  inscription  of  miners,  in 
which  note  shall  be  taken  of  all  such  persons  as  may  have  a  right 
to  take  part  in  the  election,  on  account  of  possessing  some  of  the 
qualifications  that  are  stated  in  article  1.  The  resolutions  of  the 
municipal  President,  whether  he  admits  or  refuses  the  petitions  for 
inscription,  cannot  be  reversed  on  appeal,  but  the  Department  of 
Public  Works,  on  the  petition  of  any  person  aggrieved,  may  punish 
the  omissions  which  the  municipal  president  may  make  in  this  re- 
gard, by  a  fine  of  from  ten  to  fifty  dollars. 

ART.  14.  The  ordinary  election  shall  be  held  on  the  first  day  of 
December  in  every  year,  even  though  it  should  be  a  legal  holiday, 
in  those  places  where  a  Mining  Deputation  is  already  established. 
The  election  shall  be  presided  over  by  the  deputy  whose  turn  it  may 
be;  and  two  of  the  persons  present  shall  act  as  canvassers  or  in- 
spectors, they  being  elected  on  the  spot  by  a  majority  of  the  votes 
of  the  persons  present.  In  each  year  there  shall  be  elected  one 
deputy  and  two  alternates  in  order  to  partly  renew  the  Deputation. 

Where  there  is  no  Mining  Deputation,  the  first  election  for  all  its 
members  shall  be  held,  having  as  presiding  officer  the  president  of 
the  municipality  of  the  place  in  which  the  Deputation  is  to  perform 
its  duties,  and  at  the  termination  of  the  first  year  the  first  deputy 
and  the  two  first  alternates  shall  cease  to  hold  office,'  unless  they 
are  re-elected. 

ART.  15.  In  order  to  be  a  Mining  Deputy,  whether  as  proprietor 
or  substitute,  the  person  must  be  a  miner  inscribed  in  the  register 
of  -that  Deputation,  a  Mexican  citizen  in  the  exercise  of  his  rights, 
and  a  resident  of  the  place  in  which  the  Deputation  is  to  perform 
its  duties. 

ART.  16.  In  these  elections  all  the  miners  that  are  inscribed  in 
the  register  referred  to  in  article  6  have  a  right  to  attend,  either 
personally  or  by  an  attorney-in-fact,  who  must  be  a  miner,  if  the 
said  inscription  has  taken  place  at  least  three  days  before  the  elec- 
tion. 

ART.  17.  In  order  to  hold  an  election,  it  is  necessary  that  at  least 
fifteen  miners  inscribed  in  the  register,  or  their  representatives,  shall 
attend  the  meeting.  If  the  election  cannot  be  held  for  want  of  a 
quorum,  a  new  election  must  be  called,  to  be  held,  at  most  ten  days 
after,  until  it  takes  place. 


188  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  18.  Each  one  of  the  miners  shall  "have  one  vote  and  may 
represent,  if  he  has  special  authorization  therefor,  which  may  be 
by  a  power  of  attorney  in  legal  form,  or  by  a  simple  letter  signed 
before  two  known  witnesses,  as  many  as  four  other  miners,  so  that 
in  no  case  can  the  representation  of  one  person  comprise  more  than 
five  votes.  If  any  one  of  the  pei'sons  present  shall  have  more  than 
five  authorizations,  his  total  representation  shall  merely  be  counted 
as  five  votes. 

ART.  19.  The  election  shall  be  held  for  each  office  separately,  and 
it  shall  be  by  secret  ballot.  If,  on  the  first  count,  it  shall  appear  that 
no  one  has  obtained  an  absolute  majority,  the  election  shall  be  re- 
peated between  the  two  highest  candidates,  until  a  majority  is  ob- 
tained. Whenever  two  candidates  shall  obtain  an  equal  number  of 
votes,  the  election  shall  be  held  once  more,  and  if  two  candidates 
should  again  receive  an  equal  number  of  votes,  lots  shall  be  cast  to- 
ascertain  which  one  of  the  two  is  to  be  considered  as  elected.  When 
the  presiding  officer  shall  declare  who  were  the  persons  elected,  the 
official  certificate  of  the  election  shall  be  prepared,  discussed,  and  be 
signed  by  the  persons  that  may  comprise  the  board  of  election. 

ART.  20.  If  any  of  the  miners  who  voted  with  the  minority  shall 
present  a  protest  or  allege  the  election  was  null  and  void,  either  be- 
fore the  election  or  during  the  same,  such  protests  or  allegations 
shall  be  added  to  or  be  noted  down  in  the  certificate. 

ART.  21.  Copies  of  the  certificate  of  election,  and  of  the  protests 
when  there  have  been  any,  duly  legalized  by  the  citizens  that  formed 
the  board  of  election,  shall  be  sent  to  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  and  the  parties  elected  shall  be  notified  of  their  election,  so 
that  they  can  take  possession  of  their  offices  on  the  1st  of  January 
following. 

ART.  22.  In  case  that  the  election  should  be  declared  null  and 
void  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  the  miners  shall  be  called 
anew  to  an  election,  which  must  be  held  within  a  new  period  of  time 
that  must  not  be  longer  than  ten  days,  but  the  said  reversal  shall 
not  invalidate  any  acts  of  the  deputy  or  deputies  that  may  have  en- 
tered into  possession  of  their  offices. 

ART.  23.  The  office  of  Mining  Deputy,  whether  proprietor  or  al- 
ternate, cannot  be  renounced,  except  for  a  justified  cause  proved  be- 
fore the  Deputation.  The  fact  that  any  person  has  filled  the  office 
during  the  two  preceding  years  is  a  Talid  excuse. 


MINING  LAWS.  189 

ART.  24.  When,  at  the  time  of  holding  an  ordinary  election,  the 
Deputation  is  incomplete  on  account  of  the  disability  or  absence  of 
some  deputy  or  an  alternate,  which  vacancy  has  happened  during  the 
year,  then  there  shall  be  elected,  in  addition  to  such  deputies  as  are 
to  replace,  according  to  law,  those  who  may  have  completed  their 
term  of  office,  as  many  deputies  more  as  may  be  necessary  to  fill  the 
vacancy  or  vacancies  that  may  exist. 

The  person  or  persons  so  elected  shall  only  hold  office  for  the 
unexpired  term  of  the  two  years,  which  should  have  been  served  by 
the  person  that  they  are  to  replace. 

ART.  25.  In  order  that  there  may  be  no  delays  in  the  denounce- 
ment and  in  the  other  administrative  business  and  simple  formalities, 
the  two  deputies  shall  alternate  in  the  transaction  of  business  dur- 
ing periods  of  three  months  each. 

ART.  26.  All  important  or  difficult  matters  that  may  present 
themselves,  such  as  orders  of  adjudication,  protection,  and  declara- 
tions as  to  mines  deserted  or  forfeited,  shall  be  heard  and  decided  by 
the  two  deputies  together,  for  which  purpose  they  shall  meet  once 
a  week,  and  on  other  occasions  whenever  it  may  be  necessary. 

ART.  27.  When  the  opinions  of  the  two  deputies  shall  be  at  vari- 
ance upon  any  matter,  they  shall  summon  one  of  the  alternates  in 
the  order  of  their  election,  so  that  after  proper  examination  of  the 
point  in  question  by  the  three,  a  decision  may  be  arrived  at  as  the 
majority  shall  sustain.  All  the  three  who  may  take  part  in  the  de- 
cision should  sign  it,  adding  thereto  such  explanations  as  they 
may  deem  proper. 

ART.  28.  Deputies  shall  consult  with  a  legal  adviser  of  their  own 
free  choice,  as  to  any  doubts  that  may  present  themselves  to  them, 
whether  as  to  the  jurisdiction  that  they  may  or  may  not  have  in  the 
matters  before  them,  or  whether  as  to  what  are  the  proceedings 
that  should  be  adopted;  but  it  shall  not  be  obligatory  upon  the 
deputies  to  accept  the  opinion  of  the  legal  adviser. 

ART.  29.  For  the  proper  dispatch  of  such  business  as  is  of  their 
jurisdiction,  all  Mining  Deputations  shall  have  a  secretary. 

ART.  30.  The  secretary  shall  have  a  salary  of  six  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  and  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  Mining  Deputies. 

ART.  31.  In  order  to  be  secretary  of  a  Mining  Deputation,  it  is 


190  MINING  LAWS. 

necessary  to  be  a  Mexican  citizen  in  the  full  exercise  of  his  rights 
and  have  the  practice  and  knowledge  that  are  necessary  for  the  dis- 
patch of  business  in  the  opinion  of  the  Deputation  itself.* 

ART.  32.  Without  interfering  with  the  holding  of  ordinary  and 
extraordinary  meetings  that  the  deputies  may  hold,  the  secretary 
shall  keep  his  office  open  to  the  public  during  four  hours  of  the  day 
to  receive  there  petitions  for  denouncements  and  other  motions  of  the 
miners. 

ART.  33.  Deputies,  secretaries,  and  experts  may  excuse  themselves 
in  any  particular  proceeding,  but  always  for  cause,  and  strictly  in 
conformity  with  the  laws  for  the  administration  of  justice  in  force 
in  that  locality.  The  point  in  question  shall  be  settled  by  the  Dep- 
utation itself,  made  up  of  the  other  deputy  and  by  the  alternate  to 
whom  it  may  fall  in  turn,  with  the  exclusion,  for  this  case  only,  of 
the  person  to  whom  the  matter  may  relate. 

ART.  34.  The  first  deputy  shall  be  replaced  by  the  second',  in  the 
temporary  or  absolute  disability  of  the  first,  and  in  place  of  the  sec- 
ond deputy  the  alternates  must  be  called,  in  the  order  of  their  elec- 
tion . 

ART.  35.  In  the  absence  or  disability  of  the  latter,  those  persons 
who  may  have  been  deputies  or  alternates  during  the  preceding 
year,  or  in  former  years,  shall  fill  their  places. 

ART.  36.  The  substitutions  provided  in  the  two  foregoing  arti- 
cles shall  last,  in  the  case  of  an  absolute  disability  of  the  principals, 
until  a  new  election  can  be  held  in  conformity  with  article  24. 

ART.  37.  When  the  secretary  shall  be  absent  temporarily  and  for 
less  than  one  month,  or  should  not  act  in  some  special  matter,  the 
deputies  may  perform  their  duties  in  the  presence  of  two  wit- 
nesses, but  if  the  absence  of  the  secretary,  through  sickness,  leave 
of  absence,  or  his  staying  away,  is  to  last  more  than  one  month,  a 
temporary  secretary  may  be  appointed  with  the  consent  of  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works,  who  shall  only  hold  office  until  the  re- 
turn of  the  permanent  secretary. 

ART.  38.    Members    of    the    Mining    Deputations,    during    the 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  October  17,  1887, 
the  secretaries  of  Mining  Deputations  must  safely  keep  the  records,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  their  term  of  office  must  deliver  all  such  records  to  their 
successors,  with  an  inventory  thereof. 


MINING  LAWS.  191 

period  for  which  they  are  elected,  shall  be  excused  from  the  per- 
formance of  other  municipal  duty. 

ART.  39.  In  each  Deputation  there  shall  be  kept  a  book  which 

shall  be  entitled:  "Experts  of  the  Mining  Deputation  of "  (such 

a  place),  and  that  shall  be  formed  from  a  list  of  the  petitions  of  the 
parties  concerned  approved  by  the  competent  Deputation.  It  shall 
contain  an  extract  or  copy  of  the  accompanying  proofs,  the  originals 
whereof  shall  be  returned  after  having  compared  the  copies  thereof.* 

ART.  40.  All  mining  engineers,  reducers,  or  assayers  of  ores,  civil 
and  mechanician  engineers,  land  and  water  surveyors,  who  may  peti- 
tion shall  be  registered  as  scientific  experts  for  the  purpose  of  carry- 
ing on  their  professional  labors.  Such  persons  shall  only  be  consid- 
ered as  practical  experts  in  those  branches  that  are  not  comprised 
in  their  respective  diplomas. 

ART.  41.  In  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  article  26  of  the 
Mining  Code,  the  Deputation  shall  appoint  from  among  the  regis., 
tered  experts  a  graduated  expert,  with  whom  they  may  consult  re- 
garding official  matters  that  may  come  before  them. 

ART.  42.  In  all  proceedings  between  private  parties,  the  Mining 
Deputations  must  of  preference  appoint  as  experts  in  their  respec- 
tive branches  such  graduated  experts  as  may  be  registered. 

Excepting  in  the  absence  of  such  persons,  shall  they  appoint  in 
their  place  some  of  the  practical  experts  of  the  locality,  who,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Deputation  itself ,  are  the  most  intelligent. 

ART.  43.  Mining  Deputations,  in  addition  to  the  books  for  the  in- 
scription of  miners  and  of  experts  already  mentioned,  shall  also 
keep  the  following:  A  book  for  the  registration  of  elections;  one  for 
the  registry  of  denouncements;  one  for  the  possessions  of  mines  and 
reduction  works;  one  for  the  protection  to  mines;  one  for  the  visits 
to  mines;  one  for  the  record  of  all  proceedings  transcribed  to  the 
courts;  and  one  for  a  general  inventory  of  their  archives. 

ART.  44.  Whenever  Mining  Deputations  shall  take  any  determi- 
nation whereby  any  party  concerned  may  think  himself  aggrieved,  the 
latter  may,  without  in  any  way  interfering  with  the  prescriptions 

*Under  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  January  16, 
1886,  Mining  Deputations  must  report  to  the  Department  when  an  expert  is  in- 
scribed and  when  anyone  already  inscribed  goes  to  reside  at  some  other 
locality. 


192  MINING  LAWS. 

of  articles  80  and  96  of  the  Mining  Code.,  present  his  complaints 
with  competent  proofs,  to  the  Secretary  of  Public  Works,  wh  must 
immediately  demand  a  report  thereon  from  the  deputies  whose  acts 
are  questioned,  and  to  whom  shall  be  sent  the  complaint  and  proofs, 
either  in  the  original  or  by  copies. 

ART.  45.  The  complaints  referred  to  in  tlie  foregoing  article  can 
only  be  presented  and  taken  into  consideration,  within  one  month 
after  notification  has  been  given  of  the  proceeding  in  question. 
When  this  period  of  time  has  elapsed,  or  when  the  complaint  is  not 
accompanied  by  the  proper  proofs,  it  will  be  rejected  at  once. 

ART.  46.  The  Secretary  of  the  Department*  of  Public  Works, 
upon  due  examination  of  the  complaint  and  of  the  report  and  proofs 
thereon,  will  resolve  what  is  just  and  proper  in  the  premises. 

I.  If  a  slight  fault  has  been  proven,  a  fine  not  to  exceed  one  hun- 
dred dollars  shall  be  imposed  without  further  proceedings  upon  the 
responsible  party. 

II.  If  the  fault  should  be  a  grave  one,  the  fine  shall  be  from  one 
hundred  to  five  hundred  dollars;  and  if  any  crime  should  have  been 
committed,  the  record  of  the  case  shall    be  sent  to   a   competent 
court  or  tribunal,  and  the  guilty  party  shall  be  accused  before  it,  so 
that,  after  trial  is  had  therefor,  he  may  suffer  the  punishment  that 
he  may  deserve. 

CHAPTER  III.— OF  THE  FEES  THAT  SHOULD  BE  PAID  IN  MINING 

PROCEEDINGS. 

ART.  47.  Mining  Deputations  shall  not  have  the  right  to  receive 
fees,  except  in  the  following  cases: — 

I.  For  every  rule  or  decree  that  they  may  make  or  issue  for  the 
allowance  of  petitions  of  denouncements,  for  the  recording  of  any 
denouncement,  granting  an  order  of   protection,  adjudication  of  a 
mine,  etc.,  they  shall  receive  one  dollar. 

II.  For  their  presence    at  meetings  or  sessions,  two  dollars  for 
every  hour  or  fraction  of  an  hour  that  they  may  be  so  engaged. 

III.  For  delivering  possession  of  a  mine,  of  whatever  number  Q£ 
claims  it  may  consist,  or  for  that  of  any  additions  or  of  any  reduc- 
tion works,  five  dollars. 

IV.  For  any  surface  examination  or  investigation  of  the  exterior 
works  of  a  mine,  whether  consisting  of  one  or  several  claims,  of  any 
additions  to  a  mine  or  reduction  works,  five  dollars. 


MINING  LAWS.  193 

•V.  For  inspections,  visits,  or  examinations  in  the  interior  of  mines, 
five  dollars  for  each  claim  when  the  depth  is  not  greater  than  100 
meters,  and  five  dollars  more  for  each  100  meters  or  fraction  thereof 
more  than  100  meters  in  depth. 

If  the  examination  should  extend  to  another  or  to  other  claims, 
they  shall  receive  besides  one-half  the  fee  mentioned  in  this  subdivi- 
sion, for  each  additional  claim. 

VI.  For  the  leagues  the  deputies  may  travel  in  order  to  practice 
the  above  formalities,  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for 
each  league  going  and  the  same  for  return.* 

ART.  48.  Secretaries  of  Mining  Deputations  shall  receive: — 

I.  .For  legalizing  any  decree,  extract  of  record,  or  certificate  of  the 
deputies,  one  dollar. 

II.  For  countersigning  the  leaves  contained  in  the  record  of  any 
case,  and  the  other  documents  that  they  may  have  to  make  an  ab- 
stract of,  at  the  rate  of  five  cents  per  leaf. 

III.  For  preparing  and  writing  orders,  decrees,  statements,  in- 
spections, appearances,  notices,  citations,  abstracts,  advertisements, 
extracts,  etc.,  at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  cents  for  every  ten  lines  or 
fraction  thereof,  in  addition   to  the  fees  prescribed  in  subdivision  I. 

IV.  For  writing  and  comparing  and  authenticating  legal  copies, 
certificates,  and  other  exact  copies,  at  the  rate  of    one  dollar  for 
every  hundred  lines  or  fraction  thereof,  and  one-half  of  that  amount 
when  the  copies  are  not  legalized. 

V.  For  attending  meetings,  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  every 
hour  or  fraction  thereof  that  they  may  be  so  occupied. 

VI.  For  attendance  at  delivery  of   possessions  and  at  examina- 
tions of  exterior  works  of  mines,  five  dollars  for  each  of  said  services, 
whether  with   reference  to  the  addition  of  one  or  of  several  claims, 
or  of  a  reduction  works. 

VII.  For  a  search  of  records  or  for  any  other-  documents  in  the  ar- 


*By  virtue  of  circular  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  dated  March  2, 
1891,  Mining  Deputations  must  require  prepayment  of  the  fees  due  in  min- 
ing proceedings,  and  when  it  is  impossible  to  ascertain  beforehand  the  amount 
of  such  fees,  a  sum  approximately  sufficient  to  cover  it  shall  be  deposited,  and 
upon  the  termination  of  the  proceedings  the  party  concerned  shall  pay  the  rest 
of  the  indebtedness,  and  if  he  refuses  to  pay,  the  fee  bill  may  be  forwarded 
to  a  competen^  court,  where  the  *um  due  may  be  collected  together  with  costs. 

1* 


194  MINING  LAWS. 

chives,  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  each  year  of  archives  so  exam- 
ined. 

VIII.  For  the  notifications  or  citations  they  may  give  by  visiting 
the  houses  of  the  parties  concerned,  fifty  cents  more  than  is  stated 
in  subdivision  111. 

IX.  For  inspections  and  visits  or  investigations  to  the  interior 
works  of  mines,  and  for  the  leagues  they  may  travel,  the  same  pay 
as  to  the  deputies. 

X.  For  the  copying  of  plans,  five  dollars  for  each  one. 

ART.  49.  When  for  want  of  a  secretary  the  deputies  [shall  act, 
accompanied  by  witnesses,  such  deputies  shall  receive  the  fees  fixed 
for  the  secretary,  the  amount  whereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  witnesses. 

ART.  50.  Graduated  mining  experts,  if  no  other  agreement  has 
been  made,  shall  receive  the  following: — 

I.  For  any  examination  of  a  vein  or  deposit  that  they  may  make, 
in  any  new  or  old  mine  to  stake  out  its  claims,  and  for  the  proper 
report  and  plans  thereof,  five  dollars  for  each  grant  made  of  what- 
ever number  of  claims;  and,  furthermore,  for  the  measurements  they 
may  make  to   mark    boundaries,  they  shall  receive  at    the  rate  of 
five  cents  for  each  meter  that  thev  may  measure. 

II.  For  the  resurveys  they  may  make  to  rectify  the  respective 
boundaries  of  each  mine,  or  to  lay  off  the  figures  and  perimeters  of 
any  addition  to  a  mine,  five  dollars  for  the  corresponding  report  and 
plan  thereof,  and,  in  addition,  five  cents  for  each  meter  that  they 
may  measure. 

III.  For  any  visits,  investigations,  or  inspections  in  the  interior 
of  mines,  if  they  are  simple  visits  without  measurements,  and  for  the 
report  thereof,  ten  dollars  for  each  claim  when  the  depth  does  not 
exceed  100  meters,  and  ten  dollars  more  for  every  additional  100 
meters  or  fraction  thereof  in  depth.     If  the  examination  should  in- 
clude other  claim  or  claims,  they  shall  also  receive  half  of  the  fee 
stated  in  this  subdivision  for  each  additional  claim. 

IV.  For  the  underground  surveys  they  may  make,  at  the  rate  of 
fifteen  cents  for  each  meter  of  hypothenuse. 

V.  For  the  di  awing  of  any  plans  that  are  not  of  those  mentioned 
in  sections  I  and  II,  wherein  they  may  have  to  calculate  and  lay 
down  tlie  horizontal  and  vertical  projections,  whether  the  survey 
be  exterior  or  interior,  fifteen  cents  for  each  meter;  i£  the  number 


MINING  LAWS.  195 

of  meters  is  too  limited,  or  the  plan  relates  to  a  work  of  a  simple 
nature,  ten  dollars  shall  be  charged  as"  a  minimum. 

VI.  For  each  copy  they  may  make  of  any  plan  already  drawn, 
they  shall  receive  the  fourth   part  of  the  cost  of  the  original  plan, 
always  provided  that  the  minimum  value  of  such  copy  shall  be  five 
dollars. 

VII.  For  all  written  reports   they  may  make  xipon  matters  of 
their  profession,  not  of  those  comprised  within    subdivisions  I,  Ily 
and  III,  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  every  twenty-five  lines. 

VIII.  ForTatten dance  at  meetings,  two  dollars  per  hour,  or  frac- 
tion thereof,  that  they  may  be  so  occupied. 

IX.  For  the  preparation  of  estimates  and  valuations,  in  addition 
to  the  fees  already  stated,  they  shall  receive  on  the  value  of  such 
estimate  or  valuation,  when  not  amounting  to  one  thousand  dollars, 
ten  dollars. 

When  the  value  does  not  amount  to  ten  thousand  dollars,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  fees  stated  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  for  the  excess 
over  one  thousand  dollars,  rive  dollars  per  thousand. 

When  the  amount  of  the  estimates  or  valuation  is  over  ten  thou- 
sand dollars,  they  shall  receive,  in  addition  to  the  fees  stated  in  the 
two  preceding  paragraphs,  two  dollars  per  thousand  for  the  excess 
above  ten  thousand  dollars. 

X.  If  the  expert  is  hindered  in  the  execution  of  his  labors,  he 
shall  be  paid  ten  dollars  for  each  day  that  the  interruption  may 
.last. 

XI.  For  the  work  done  for  the  measurement  of  waters,  grading, 
and  other  similar  operations,  ten  dollars  for  each  half  day  or  less,  of 
the  time  employed  in  the  execution  of  such  work,  in  addition  to  the 
fees  stated  for  surveys,  reports,  etc. 

XII.  For  the  leagues  they  may  travel  to  perform  the  commissions 
intrusted  to  them,  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  for  every  league  in  going 
and  the  same  in  returning. 

ART.  51.  Graduated  experts  for  reduction  of  ore,  if  no  other  agree- 
ment has  been  made,  shall  receive  as  follows: — 

I.  For  any  labor  that  they  may  perform  in  reduction  works,  ten 
dollars  a  day. 

II.  For  any  other  labor  that  they  may  do,  the  same  fees  that  are 
fixed' for  mining  experts  in  the  foregoing  article. 


196  MINING  LAWS. 

ART.  52.  Assayers  of  ore,  unless  there  is  a  different  agreement, 
shall  receive  : — 

I.  For  any  assay  in  the  dry  way  to  determine  a  single  substance, 
two  dollars. 

II.  For  the  assay  of  silver  mixed  with  gold,  three  dollars. 

III.  For  an  assay  in  the  wet  way,  five  dollars. 

IV.  For  an  analysis,  fifty  dollars. 

*  ART.  53.  In  the  case  of  a  practical  expert,  he  shall  receive  the 
same  fees  as  are  fixed  for  scientific  experts  in  the  foregoing  articles. 

ART.  54.  In  cases  not  stated  in  this  schedule,  and  where  no  agree- 
ment has  been  made,  the  fees  shall  be  paid  according  to  an  estimate 
made  by  experts. 

ART.  55.  The  fees  fixed  for  the  deputies,  secretaries  and  experts 
shall  be  the  same,  whether  they  are  to  be  paid  by  a  single  individual 
or  by  a  company. 

TRANSITORY   PROVISIONS. 

ART.  56.  For  the  present,  and  until  the  proper  data  can  be  ob- 
tained as  to  the  necessities  of  all  the  mining  districts  of  the  Repub- 
lic, Mining  Deputations  shall  be  estalflished  at  the  following 
places: — 

Taseo,  Zacualpan,  Tlalpujahua,  Angangueo,  Pachuca,  Zimapan, 
Cadereita,  Guanajuato,  Oatorce,  Zacatecas,  Durango,  Chihuahua, 
Batopilas,  La  Paz,  Ouliacan,  Hermosillo,  Alamos,  and  Oaxaca. 

As  soon  as  the  Deputations  above  mentioned  are  installed,  each 
one  of  them  shall  report  within  fifteen  days  to  the  Department  of 
Public  Works,  as  to  the  limits  over  which  they  deem  it  for  the  pub- 
lic interest  that  they  should  have  jurisdiction.  While  the  Depart- 
ment determines  this  matter,  the  Deputations  shall  perform  their 
duties  in  the  political  districts  where  they  are  situated. 

ART.  57.  The  municipal  authorities  of  the  places  which  are  men- 
tioned in  the  foregoing  article  shall  issue  a  call  before  the  next 
15th  of  January,  so  that,  in  the  place  and  at  the  hour  that  they 
may  name,  there  may  assemble  all  such  persons  as,  according  to  ar- 
ticle 1  of  these  regulations,  are  miners  of  their  respective  localities, 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  on  the  1st  of  February  next  the  first 
Mining  Deputation.  All  such  persons  as  may  be  considered  to  have 
the  right  to  vote  must  be  registered  before  the  28th  of  said  January. 


MINING  LAWS.  197 

ART.  58.  All  those  who  may  be  elected  on  the  1st  of  February 
next  shall  immediately  enter  into  the  discharge  of  their  duties.  They 
shall  take  the  oath  of  office  before  the  municipal  authority  that  |  (re- 
sided at  the  election,  promising  that  they  will  faithfully  perform  all 
the  duties  of  their  office. 

ART.  59.  As  soon  as  the  Mining  Deputations  are  installed,  they 
shall  appoint  a  temporary  secretary  and  then  shall  propose  to  the 
Department  of  Public  Works  the  person  that  is  to  hold  such  office 
permanently. 

ART.  60.  All  Mining  Deputations  that  shall  be  elected  on  the  1st 
of  February  next,  shall  receive  from  those  authorities  that  have 
hitherto  had  jurisdiction  of  mining  matters,  all  the  records  relative 
thereto,  make  an  inventory  thereof,  and  give  the  proper  receipt 
therefor. 

ART.  61.  Of  the  Mining  Deputations  and  their  alternates  that 
are  to  be  elected  on  the  1st  of  February  next,  the  first  deputy 
and  the  first  and  second  alternates  shall  hold  office  until  the  1st  of 
January,  1886;  and  the  second  deputy  and  the  third  and  fourth  al- 
ternates shall  continue  in  office  until  the  1st  of  January,  1887.  The 
retiring  deputies  shall  be  replaced  by  those  who,  in  conformity  with 
article  14,  are  to  be  elected  respectively  on  the  1st  of  December, 
1885  and  1886,  unless  they  shall  be  re-elected. 

Wherefore  I  order  that  this  be  printed,  published,  circulated,  and 
duly  complied  with. 

Given  in  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power  of  the  Union  in 
Mexico,  on  the  28th  of  November,  1884. 

MANUEL  GONZALEZ. 

To  citizen  Manuel  Fernandez,  subsecretary  in  charge  of  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you  for  your  knowledge  and  for  the 
proper  purposes. 

Liberty  and  Constitutfon:    Mexico,  November  28,   1884. 

M.  FERNANDEZ,  Subsecretary. 


198  MINING  LAWS. 


LAW  TO  FOSTER  MINING  AND  AGRICULTURE. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLQNIZATION,  INDUSTRY  "| 
AND  COMMERCE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC. 

BUREAU  FIFTH.  J 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  seen  proper  to  address  me  the 
following  decree: — 

Porfirio  Diaz,  Constitutional  President   of  the  United  States  of 
Mexico,  to  all  the  inhabitants  thereof — 

KNOW  YE;  That  the  Congress  of  the  Union  has  seen  proper  to 
decree  as  follows: — 

The  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico  decrees: — 

ART.  1.  After  the  promulgation  of  this  law  all  mines  of  stone 
coal,  of  all  varieties,  those  of  petroleum,  iron,  and  quicksilver  as 
well  as  the  ores  extracted  therefrom,  national  iron,  wrought,  or  cas^ 
in  rods,  bars,  pigs,  coils,  beams,  or  rails,  and  national  quicksilver  in 
liquid  form,  the  product  of  the  reduction  of  the  ores  whence  it  is  ex- 
tracted, shall  be  free  from  all  Federal,  local,  and  municipal  taxes,  ex- 
cept the  revenue  stamp  tax. 

ART.  2.  The  circulation  throughout  the  interior  of  the  Republic, 
of  gold  and  silver,  in  form  of  ore,  bars,  or  coins,  that  of  all  other 
metals,  and  that  of  all  the  products  of  the  mines,  shall  be  free  from 
all  excise  or  consumption  duties,  and  from  all  other  imposts,  by 
whatever  name  they  may  be  designated. 

ART.  3.  Quicksilver  of  whatever  origin  shall  be  free  from  all 
charges,  of  whatever  kind  they  may  be. 

ART.  4.  All  mines  that  are  not  excepted  in  article  1,  and  the  prod- 
ucts thereof,  shall  only  pay  one  single  tax,  in  addition  to  the  Federal 
tax  on  coinage,  which  shall  be  computed  upon  the  value  of  the  ore 
or  of  the  substances  that  may  be  extracted,  without  deducting  ex- 
penses, and  such  tax  shall  never  exceed  two  per  cent  of  said  value 

ART.  5.  The  tax  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  article  shall  belong 
to  the  State  wherein  the  mine  may  be  situated,  or  to  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment when  the  mine  is  situated  in  the  Federal  District  or  in  the 
Territories,  wherefore  the  amount  of  said  tax  within  the  limits  stated 
shall  be  annually  determined  by  the  respective  Legislatures  of  the 
States,  or  by  the  Congress  of  the  Union  in  the  corresponding  case> 


MINING  LAWS.  199 

reference  being  had  to  the  necessities  of  the  treasury  and  to  the  pro- 
tection-that  should  be  accorded  to  mining. 

ART.  6.  Reduction  works  or  metallurgical  shops  of  any  kind 
when  in  operation,  shall  pay  to  the  State  in  which  they  may  be  situ- 
ated or  to  the  Federal  Government,  if  they  are  found  in  the  Federal 
District  or  in  the  Territories,  as  the  only  tax,  the  limit  whereof  can- 
not be  exceeded,  up  to  six  dollars  per  thousand,  upon  the  value  of 
such  real  property  and  its  machinery. 

ART.  7.  The  Federal  Government,  as  already  prescribed,  shall  re- 
ceive as  its  share  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  taxes  which,  according 
to  the  pi'eceding  articles,  are  to  be  levied  by  the  States. 

ART.  8.  Any  other  tax  excepting  the  revenue  stamp  tax,  by  what- 
ever name  it  may  be  designated,  levied  upon  the  extraction,  produc- 
tion, or  the  profits  of  reduction  works,  upon  the  capital  invested  in 
mines  and  in  reduction  works,  or  in  the  shares  and  bonds  of  mines, 
or  of  any  kind  of  reduction  works  and  upon  any  transfer  of  owner- 
ship of  mining  properties  and  of  reduction  works,  and  of  the  shares 
relative  thereto,  is  absolutely  prohibited  by  this  law. 

ART.  9.  The  States  are  prohibited  from  levying  taxes  on  denounce 
ments,  possessions,  and  other  proceedings  necessary  for  the  acquiring 
of  mining  property  and  of  reduction  works,  or  upon  the  organization 
of  mining  companies  and  the  issuance  of  the  stock  or  bonds  thereof. 

ART.  10.  The  Executive  is  authorized  to  enter  into  contracts 
granting  especial  privileges  and  ample  concessions  without  prejudice 
to  the  rights  of  third  parties,  to  any  person  or  companies  that  may 
guarantee  the  investment  of  capital  in  mining  enterprises;  the  ex- 
tent of  the  territory  granted  to  such  parties  to  be  in  proportion  to 
the  amount  of  their  capital,  to  the  value  of  the  deposit,  and  to  the 
circumstances  of  the  locality,  all  in  conformity  with  the  following 
general  principles: — 

A,  The  duration  of  the  privileges  and  especial  concessions  shall 
not  exceed  ten  years  in  any  case. 

B.  The  minimum  of  capital  to  be  invested  in  the  operations  shall 
be  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  within  tive  years. 

G.  This  capital  shall  be  exempt  during  ten  years  from  all  new- 
Federal  taxes,  except  the  revenue  stamp  tax. 

D.  The  maximum  number  of  claims  that  can  be  granted  in  or- 
dinary cases  shall  be  twenty,  united  or  separated ;  their  number  to 


200  MINING  LAWS. 

depend  on  the  regulations  relative  thereto,  to  be  issued  by  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works,  in  proportion  to  the  capital,  to  the  nature 
of  the  deposit,  and  to  the  circumstances  of  the  locality,  but  it  being 
understood  that  in  all  cuses  the  grantee  shall  have  the  most  ample 
liberty  to  work  in  one  or  more  claims  as  he  may  see  fit,  with  a  mini- 
mum number  of  twenty  operatives. 

E.  Only  in  case  of  the  discovery  or  restoration  of  mining  districts 
may  the  number  of  claims  granted  be  increased  according  to  circum- 
tances,  up  to  one-half  more  than  the  number  stated  in  the  foregoing 
section. 

F.  The  dimensions  of  these  claims  shall  be  subject  to  the  provis- 
ions of  the  Mining  Code  now  in  force,  except  in  the  case   of  a  gold 
placer,  which,  in  the  case  of  the  undertakings  to  which  this  law  has 
reference,  shall  be  considered  as  an  irregular  deposit. 

G.  Of    the  twenty  claims  mentioned    in    section  D   and  of  the 
thirtv  in  section  E,  no  more  than  ten  shall    be  staked   in   any  single 
vein  in  the  first  case  and  no  more  than   fifteen  in  the  second  case, 
whether  continuously  or  interruptedly,  as  a  maximum,  except  when 
there  is   only  one  vein  in  a  mining  district,  in  which  case  all  the 
claim's  may  be  staked  thereon. 

//.  These  concessions  may  be  protected  by  the  Department  of 
Public  Works  in  serious  cases  duly  proven  for  a  period  of  not  more 
than  two  years,  the  maximum  time  that  cannot  be  exceeded. 

/.  The  above  extraordiuai-y  protection  cannot  be  extended  and 
shall  not  be  granted,  whatever  cause  may  be  alleged  therefor,  ex- 
cept for  one  single  time'  but  in  addition  thereto,  others  may  be 
granted  in  conformity  to  the  provisions  of  the  Mining  Code  now  in 
force.  Neither  the  extraordinary  protection,  nor  those  prescribed 
by  the  Code,shall  be  a  reason  why  in  any  case  the  term  of  ten  years 
stipulated  in  the  contract  of  concession  shall  be  considered  extended. 

J.  The  Department  of  Public  Works  may  authorize  any  such 
enterprises,  in  any  case  that  it  may  deem  pioper,  by  virtue  of  its 
approval,  to  subdivide  and  partially  transfer  the  concessions  made 
under  those  contracts,  always  provided  that  the  new  mining  enter- 
prises shall  accept  proportionately  their  respective  obligations. 

K.  At  the  expiration  of  the  time  stipulated  in  the  correspond- 
ing contract  all  these  enterprises  shall  have  the  rights  and  obliga- 
tions that  the  Mining  Code  prescribes  for  companies. 


MINING  LAWS.  201 

ART.  11.  During  the  term  of  ten  years  all  establishments  for 
wine  growing,  silk  culture,  and  pisciculture  shall  be  exempt  from  all 
Federal  taxes,  except  the  revenue  stamp  tax.  In  order  to  enjoy 
this  exemption,  such  establishments  must  subject  themselves  to  the 
conditions  that  will  be  determined  in  the  regulations  relative  thereto- 

ART.  12.  The  Executive  is  authorized  to  enter  into  contracts 
with  railroad  companies  for  the  reduction  of  freight  charges  upon 
the  national  products  intended  for  exportation,  in  conformity  with 
the  following  conditions: — 

A.  The  Executive  shall  annually  designate,  in  the  appropriation 
bill,  the  sum  of  money  necessary  to  pay  the  amount  that  the  com- 
panies are  to  receive  for  the  services  they  may  render  according  to 
this  article. 

B.  The  Departments  of  the  Treasury  and  of  Public  Works  shall 
approve,  two  months  before  each  fiscal  period,  the  proper  measures, 
so  that  the  exporters,  in  subjection  thereto,  may  enjoy  the  advan- 
tages that  are  to  be  granted  to  them. 

G.  The  exportation  products  that  are  intended  to  enjoy  the  said  re- 
ductions shall  be  divided  into  four  classes,  wherein,  according  to  the 
importance  that  they  may  continue  to  acquire,  the  Executive  shall 
place  them  every  two  years,  and  publish  beforehand  said  classifica- 
tion in  due  time. 

TRANSITORY  ARTICLE. 

The  provisions  of  this  law,  relative  to  the  taxes  on  mining  in  the 
States,  shall  begin  to  be  enforced  after  the  1st  of  July,  1887;  where- 
fore the  States  must  take  such  measures  as  may  be  proper  in  the 
premises. 

MEXICO,  May  25,  1887.  Jesus  Fuentes  Muniz,  Deputy  Presi- 
dent; Felix  Romero,  Senator  President;  Roberto  Nunez,  Deputy 
Secretary;  Antonio  Arguinzoniz,  Secretary  of  the  Senate. 

Wherefore,  I  order  it  to  be  printed,  published,  circulated,  and 
duly  complied  with. 

Given  in  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power,  in  Mexico,  June  6, 
1887.  PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  General  Carlos  Pacheco,  Secretary  of  Public  Works,  Coloniza- 
tion, Industry,  and  Commerce. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you  for  your  knowledge  and  the  proper 
effects.  Liberty  and  Constitution:  Mexico,  June  6,  1887. 

[Signed]         PACHECO. 


LA.W    OF   PATENTS. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY,  \ 
.    AND  COMMERCE.     BUREAU  SECOND.  / 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased  to  address  me  the 
following  decree: — 

Porfirio  Diaz,  Constitutional  President  of  the  United  States  of 
Mexico,  to  its  inhabitants: — 

KNOW  YE:  That  the  Congress  of  the  Union  has  been  pleased  to 
decree  the  following:  The  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico 
decrees : — 

CHAPTER  I. 

ART.  1.  Any  Mexican  or  foreigner,  who  is  the  inventor  or  the 
improver  of  any  industry  or  art,  or  of  objects  destined  therefor,  has 
the  right,  by  virtue  of  article  28  of  the  Constitution,  to  the  exclu- 
sive use  thereof,  during  a  certain  number  of  years,  under  the  rules 
and  regulations  prescribed  in  this  law. 

In  order  to  acquire  this  right,  it  is  necessary  to  obtain  a  patent 
of  invention  or  improvement. 

ART.  2.  Every  discovery,  invention,  or  improvement  that  has  for 
its  object  a  new  industrial  product,  a  new  manner  of  production,  or 
the  new  application  of  known  methods  for  the  obtainment  of  a  re- 
sult or  of  an  industrial   product,  is  susceptible  of  being  patented.  * 
Chemical  or  pharmaceutical  products  may  likewise  be  patented. 

ART.  3.  An  invention  or  improvement  shall  not  be  considered 
new  when,  in  this  country  or  abroad,  and  prior  to  the  petition  for 
the  patent,  it  may  have  received  a  sufficient  publicity  to  be  put  into 
practice;  excepting,  however,  the  case  when  the  publicity  may  have 
been  made  by  a  foreign  authority  empowered  to  issue  patents,  and 
when  the  invention  or  improvement  may  have  been  presented  in 
expositions  held  within  the  territory  of  the  Republic  or  abroad. 

ART.  4.  The  following  cannot  be  patented: — 
(202) 


LAW  OF  PATENTS.  203 

I.  The  inventions  or  improvements  whose  operation  shall  be  con- 
trary to  the  laws  forbidding  them,  or  be  against  public  security. 

II.  Scientific  principles  or  discoveries,  while  they  are  merely  spec- 
ulative, and  be  not  put  into  operation  by  means  of  a  machine,  appa- 
ratus, instruments,  mechanical  or  chemical  process  of  a  practical  in- 
dustrial character. 

ART.  5.  The  granting  of  a  patent  does  not  guarantee  the  novelty 
nor  the  usefulness  of  the  article  to  which  it  relates,  nor  does  it  de- 
termine questions  that  may  arise  therefrom.  Therefore  the  patent . 
must  be  granted  without  previous  examination  as  to  the  novelty  or 
utility  of  the  invention  or  improvement,  or  of  the  sufficiency  or  in- 
sufficiency of  the  descriptions  that  may  accompany  the  petition. 

ART.  6.  The  granting  of  a  patent  can  only  be  made  with  reference 
to  one  object  or  industrial  process.  When  two  or  more  may  be 
combined  among  themselves  to  produce  the  same  industrial  result, 
the  number  of  patents  that  may  be  necessary  therefor  must  be  pe- 
titioned for. 

ART.  7.  The  rights  granted  by  virtue  of  the  patents  issued  in  the 
Republic  for  objects  or  processes,  that  may  have  been  or  may  here- 
after be  protected  by  foreign  patents,  are  independent  of  the  rights 
that  the  same  may  grant,  and  of  the  effects  or  results  that  they  may 
produce. 

ART.  8.  The  effects  of  a  patent  are : — 

I.  To  deprive  any  person,  without  permission  from  the  owner  of 
the  patent,  of  the  right  to  produce,  through  industrial  methods,  the 
object  of  the  invention,  or  to  place  it  in  the  market  and  to  sell  it. 

II.  With  reference  to  a  process,  machine,  or  any  other  manner  of 
operating  an  instrument  or  other  method  of  operation,  the  effect  of 
the  patent  is  to  deprive  others  of  the  right  to  apply  the  process  or 
to  use  the  object  of  invention,  without  license  from  the  owner  of  the 
patent. 

ART.  9.  A  patent  does  not  produce  any  effect  whatever,  as  regards 
a  third  party  that  was  already  secretly  working,  or  had  made  the 
preparations  necessary  for  operating  within  the  Republic,  the  inven- 
tion or  process  before  the  presentation  of  the  petition  for  a  patent. 

ART.  10.  The  effects  of  the  patent  do  not  affect  articles  or  prod- 
ucts that  may  cross  in  transit  the  territory  of  the  Republic  or  may 
remain  within  its  territorial  waters. 


204  LAW  OF  PATENTS. 

ART.  11.  The  right  of  presenting  a  petition  for  a  patent  for  arti- 
cles or  processes  that  may  be  protected  by  foreign  patents  can  only 
be  granted  to  inventors  or  improvers  or  to  their  legitimate  represent- 
atives. 

ART.  12.  Inventors  shall  have  the  period  of  one  year  from  the 
date  of  the  patent,  within  which  they  shall  have  exclusive  right  to 
petition  for  patents  for  improvements. 

ART.  13.  Patents  may  be  granted  for  the  period  of  twenty  years 
from  the  date  when  issued;  nevertheless,  when  the  patents  shall  be 
asked  for  articles  or  processes  already  protected  by  foreign  patents, 
the  term  of  duration  thereof  cannot  exceed  the  period  that  may  be 
wanting  for  the  expiration  of  the  first  patent  issued  in  favor  of  the 
petitioner. 

ART.  14.  The  term  of  a  patent  may  be  extended  for  five  years  in 
exceptional  cases,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Executive.  The  extension 
of  the  term  of  a  patent  of  invention  involves  the  extension  of  the 
term  of  all  supplementary  patents  of  improvement  relative  thereto. 

ART.  15.  On  payment  of  a  proper  indemnity,  the  Executive  may 
appropriate  a  patent  on  the  ground  of  public  policy,  when  the 
patented  article  is  of  such  a  nature  that  its  free  use  is  capable  of 
proving  an  important  source  of  public  wealth;  and  provided  there 
should  exist  one  of  the  following  circumstances: — 

I.  If  the   inventor   or    discoverer   refuses    to   have   his    patent 
woi'ked  or  operated. 

II.  If  the  machine,  apparatus,  instrument,  or  process  is  capable 
of  being  produced  or  used  in  the  country. 

The  regulations  will  determine  the  formalities  and  procedure  to 
be  observed  in  the  appropriation  of  patents  hereunder. 

CHAPTER  II. 

ART.  16.  In  order  to  obtain  the  franchises  granted  under  this 
law,  application  must  be  made  in  due  form  to  the  Department  of 
Public  Works,  to  which  the  power  of  granting  patents  belongs. 

ART.  17.  The  first  applicant  for  a  patent  shall  have  in  his  favor 
the  presumption  of  being  the  first  inventor  or  improver,  and,  further- 
more, enjoys  the  right  of  possession. 

ART.  18.  Inventors  or  improvers  who  are  unable  to  apply  person- 
ally to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  whether  citizens  or  for- 


LAW  OF  PATENTS.  205 

eigners,  have  the  right  to  appoint  attorneys-in-fact  to  act  for  them, 
both  in  petitioning  for  the  patent  and  in  litigations  and  other  mat- 
ters relative  thereto. 

Citizens  may  appoint  an  attorney-in-fact  by  a  common  letter  of 
authorization,  but  foreigners  must  grant  a  legal  power  of  attorney 
duly  registered. 

The  effects  of  the  power  of  attorney  cease  with  the  issue  of  the 
patent,  unless  it  be  otherwise  stated  in  the  power. 

ART.  19.  Petitions  for  the  granting  of  letters  patent  shall  be  pub- 
lished in  the  Diario  Oficial  (Official  Journal)  of  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment during  a  period  of  two  months,  at  intervals  of  ten  days. 

ART.  20.  During  the  period- of  time  mentioned  in  the  preceding 
article,  interference  proceedings  may  be  instituted  before  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works,  by  anyone  for  the  purpose  of  preventing 
the  granting  of  the  patent  solicited. 

After  the  said  period  of  time  has  elapsed,  no  proceedings  of  inter- 
ference will  be  permitted. 

ART.  21.  Interference  proceedings  can  only  be  instituted  on  one 
of  the  following  grounds: — 

I.  That  the   alleged  invention  or  improvement   is  not  one  that 
could  be  patented  in  conformity  with  this  law. 

II.  That  the  principal  matter  described  in   the  petition  has  been 
taken  from  descriptions,  drawings,  models,  devices,  apparatuses,  or 
methods  invented   by  another,  or  from  processes  already  reduced  to 
practice  by  another,  and,  in  general,  when  the  applicant  is  not  the 
original  inventor  or  improver  or  his  legitimate  representative. 

ART.  22.  If  two  or  more  persons  claim  to  obtain  the  same  patent, 
the  first  inventor  or  improver  of  the  object  or  process  shall  be  en- 
titled to  tiie  same,  but  if  priority  of  invention  cannot  be  proved,  the 
patent  shall  be  granted  to  the  first  petitioner. 

ART.  23.  If  interference  proceedings  be  instituted,  as  prescribed 
by  articles  20  and  21,  the  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  sum- 
mon the  parties  to  a  meeting  and  endeavor  to  reconcile  their  con- 
flicting claims.  But  if  this  is  not  obtained,  the  Department  shall 
suspend  all  further  proceedings  and  shall  transmit  all  the  record  in 
the  case  to  the  proper  judicial  authority.  The  party  instituting 
interference  proceedings  shall  be  allowed  two  months  to  present  his 
evidence  before  the  judicial  authority,  but  if  he  fail  to  do  so  within 
that  time,  his  claim  shall  be  disallowed. 


206  LAW  OP  PATENTS. 

ART.  24.  All  judgments  or  decrees  given  by  the  judicial  authori- 
ties shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  that 
they  may  be  duly  enforced. 

ART.  25.  The  decrees  issued  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works, 
granting  a  patent,  can  only  be  annulled  by  judgment  of  a  judicial 
authority,  and  only  owing  to  the  nullity  of  said  patent. 

ART.  26.  At  the  expiration  of  the  two  months  referred  to  in  arti- 
cle 19,  and  if  the  Department  of  Public  Works  has  not  heretofore 
issued  a  patent  with  reference  to  the  invention  or  improvement  in 
question,  letters  patent  shall  issue  upon  payment  of  the  correspond- 
ing fees  into  the  Federal  Treasury. 

CHAPTER  III. 

ART.  27.  Letters  patent  shall  be  issued  in  the  name  of  the  nation 
and  have  subscribed  thereto  the  signature  of  the  President  of  the 
Republic,  countersigned  by  the  Secretary  of  Public  Works,  and 
shall  bear,  besides,  the  great  seal;  furthermore,  they  must  contain, 
in  clear  language,  a  description  of  the  discovery  or  improvement 
patented. 

The  letters  patent,  with  one  of  the  copies  of  the  drawings,  sam- 
ples, and  models  under  seal,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  documents 
presented  with  the  petition  duly  certified  to  the  subsecretary,  shall 
constitute  the  title  of  ownership  of  the  patentee. 

ART.  28.  Letters  patent  shall  be  recorded  in  a  special  record 
wherein  the  appropriate  entries  relative  thereto  shall  be  made. 

ART.  29.  All  letters  patent  that  may  be  issued  shall  be  published 
in  the  Diario  Oficial  (Official  Journal)  and,  furthermore,  every  year 
they  shall  be  published  in  a  special  book  which  must  contain  a  clear 
and  exact  description  of  the  inventions  or  improvements,  as  also 
copies  of  the  drawings. 

ART.  30.  All  inventions  protected  by  letters  patent  shall  bear  a 
mark  stating  that  fact,  and  the  number  and  date  of  the  letters 
patent. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

ART.  31.  Letters  patent  shall  require  the  payment  of  a  fee  amount- 
ing to  from  $50  to  $150,  payable  in  Mexican  dollars,  or  in  bonds  of 
the  national  consolidated  debt. 

ART.  32.  In  case  of  the  extension  referred  to  in  article  14,  a  new 
fee  shall  be  paid  in  conformity  with  the  preceding  article. 


LAW  OF  PATENTS.  207 

CHAPTER  V. 

ART.  33.  Tiie  owner  of  letters  patent  for  an  invention  or  improve- 
ment must  prove  before  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  within 
the  period  of  h've  years  after  the  date  of  the  patent,  that  the  objects 
or  processes  protected  thereby  are  manufactured  or  employed  in  the 
Republic,  or  that  everything  necessary  has  been  done  for  the  pur- 
pose of  having  them  so  employed  or  manufactured. 

The  term  within  which  these  facts  must  be  proved  cannot  be  ex- 
tended. 

ART.  34.  The  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  make  an  entry 
in  the  registry  of  letters  patent,  of  the  fact  that  the  requirement 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  article  has  been  complied  with. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

ART.   35.  Letters  patent  are  null  and  void: — 

I.  Whenever  they  may  have  been  issued,  infringing  what  is  pre- 
scribed   in  articles  2,    3   and  4.       Nevertheless,  if  letters   patent 
shall  have  been  obtained,  in  conformity  with  a  petition,  wherein  the 
petitioner  has  solicited  and  obtained  more  than  what  he  is  entitled 
to  as  first  discoverer  or  inventor,  his  letters  patent  shall'  be  valid,  in 
so  far  as  they  relate  to  whatever  he  may  have  a  right,  provided  they 
do  not  infringe   the  provisions    of   the  following  subdivision,    and 
that  no  fraud  shall  have  been  committed  upon  presenting  the  peti- 
tion.    In  this  case  the  letters  patent  shall  be  limited  to  what  they 
should  only  comprise,  and  the  proceedings  relating  thereto  shall  be 
in  conformity  with  what  is  prescribed  in  article  39. 

II.  Whenever  the  object  for  which  the  patent  has  been  petitioned 
is  different  from   that  which  is  obtained  by  virtue  of  such   letters 
patent. 

III.  Whenever  it  is  proved   that  the  main  object  sought  in  the 
petition  for  the  letters  patent  is  comprised  within  one  of  the  cases 
referred  to  in  subdivision  II  of  article  21. 

Proceedings  to  invalidate  letters  patent  in  this  case  have  to  be 
commenced  within  the  term  of  one  year  after  the  date  when  the  pat- 
ent shall  be  put  in  operation  in  the  Republic. 

ART.  36.  An  action  for  the  purpose  of  declaring  letters  patent 
null  and  void  before  the  courts  may  be  instituted  in  the  name,  or  on 
behalf,  of  the  district  attorney. 


208  LAW  OF  PATENTS. 

Whoever  may  work  or  have  in  operation  the  same  industry  can 
allege  the  nullity  of  the  patent  as  a  defense  before  the  Courts. 
ART.  37.  Letters  patent  shall  lapse: — 

I.  Whenever  the  term  for  which  they  were  granted  shall  have 
terminated  and  they  have  not  been  extended. 

II.  When  they  shall  be  abandoned  in  part  or  in  their  entirety. 

III.  Whenever  compliance  shall   not  have  been  made  with  the 
prescriptions  of  article  33. 

ART.  38.  The  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  declare  the  inva- 
lidity of  the  patent  in  the  two  first  cases  referred  to  in  the  preceding 
article;  in  the  third  case  the  courts  can  only  do  so  at  the  in- 
stance and  request  of  the  district  attorney,  or  of  the  party  concerned, 
by  instituting  an  action  thereon  or  presenting  exception  thereto  in 
such  judicial  proceedings. 

ART.  39.  The  decrees  of  nullity  and  forfeiture  of  letters  patent 
shall  be  published  in  the  Diario  Oficial  (Official  Journal)  of  the 
Federal  Government,  and  entered  of  record  in  the  register  of  in- 
scriptions of  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  40.  The  decrees  of  nullity  and  forfeiture  of  letters  patent 
produce  the  effect  of  subjecting  the  inventions  or  improvements  to 
the  use  thereof  by  tlie  public  in  general. 

In  case  of  abandonment  of  any  letters  patent,  if  only  partial,  the 
public  has  merely  the  right  to  use  the  portion  thus  abandoned,  the 
letters  patent  remaining  valid  as  to  the  rest  thereof.  The  abandon- 
ment shall  be  made  by  writing  and  be  entered  of  record  in  the  reg- 
ister. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

ART.  41.  The  ownership  in  letters  patent  may  be  transferred  by 
any  of  the  methods  established  by  law  with  regard  to  private  prop- 
erty, but  no  act  of  transfer,  or  any  other  that  implies  the  modifica- 
tion of  the  right  of  ownership,  shall  be  prejudicial  to  the  rights  of 
third  parties,  if  the  same  shall  not  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Works. 

CHAPTER   VIII. 

ART.  42.  Everything  relating  to  the  fraudulent  infringement  of 
letters  patent  shall  be  subject  to  the  prescriptions  of  the  Penal 
Code  of  tlie  Federal  District,  and  to  those  established  by  the  Codes 
of  procedure. 


LAW  OF  PATENTS.  209 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

ART.  43.  Proceedings  relating  to  letters  patent  at  present  pend- 
ing shall  be  continued  and  decided  in  conformity  in  every  respect  as 
to  the  proceedings  not  terminated,  with  the  prescriptions  of  this 
law. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

ART.  44.  All  those  at  present  enjoying  rights  by  virtue  of  letters 
patent  nnw  in  full  force  may  avail  themselves  of  the  provisions  of 
this  law,  within  the  time  herein  set  forth,  upon  paying  befoiehand 
the  fees  herein  prescribed. 

ART.  45.  The  Executive  of  the  Union  may  issue  rules  of  practice 
for  the  operation  of  this  law,  and  may  establish,  if  he  deems  it  con- 
venient, a  patent  office  in  connection  with  the  Department  of  Public 
Works. 

ART.  46.  The  law  of  May  7,  1832,  and  every  part  thereof,  and 
all  other  provisions  of  law  adopted  relative  to  the  subject,  are 
hereby  repealed. 

J.  A.  Puebla,  Deputy  President;  Felipe  Arellano,  Senator  Presi- 
dent; Juan  de  Dios  Peza,  Deputy  Secretary,  Guillerino  de  Landa,  y 
Escmidon,  Senator  Secretary. 

Wherefore  I  order  it  to  be  printed,  published,  circulated,  and  duly 
complied  with. 

Given  in  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power  in  Mexico  on  the  7th 
of  June,  1890.  PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  Carlos  Pacheco,  Secretary  of  Public  Works,  Colonization,  In- 
dustry, and  Commerce. 


TRADE -MARK  LAW. 


The  law  of  trade-marks  at  present  in  force  throughout  the  Repub- 
lic was  approved  on  the  28th  of  November,  1889,  and  was  published 
on  the  2d  of  December,  1889.  It  may  be  translated  as  follows: — 
Porfirio  Diaz,  Constitional  President  of  the  United  Slates  of  Mex. 
ico,  to  its  inhabitants — 

KNOW  YE:  That  by  virtue  of  the- authority  granted  to  the  Execu- 
tive of  the  Union  by  decree  of  June  4,  1887,  I  have  deemed  it 
proper  to  issue  the  following: — 

LAW  OF  TRADE-MARKS. 

ART.  1.  A  mark  specially  distinguishing  in  trade  any  product  of 
industry  shall  be  considered  a  trade-mark. 

ART.  2.  The  protection  granted  by  this  law  to  trade  -marks  for 
commerce  and  industry  includes  only  articles  manufactured  or  sold 
in  this  country. 

ART.  3.  No  form,  color,  motto,  or  title  which  does  not  in  itself 
constitute  a  specially  distinguishing  mark  in  trade  of  a  product  may 
be  registered  as  a  trade-mark.  In  no  case  shall  such  mark  be 
against  public  morals. 

ART.  4.  Any  owner  of  a  trade-mark,  whether  a  citizen  or  a  for- 
eigner residing  in  this  country,  may  acquire  the  exclusive  right  to 
the  use  of  the 'same  in  tlie  Republic,  subject  to  the  formalities  pre- 
scribed in  this  law. 

Citizens  and  foreigners  residing  abroad,  having  an  industrial  or 
mercantile  establishment  or  agency  for  the  sale  of  their  products  in 
this  country,  may  register  a  trade-mark,  subject,  however,  in  the  case 
of  foreigners,  to  treaty  regulations. 

ART.  5.  In  order  to  acquire  exclusive  ownership  of  a  trade-mark 
the  party  concerned  must  make  application  in  person  or  by  a  repre- 
sentative, to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  stating  that  he  re- 
(210) 


TRADE-MARK  LAW.  211 

serves  his  rights.     His  application  must  be  accompanied  by  the  fol- 
lowing documents:  — 

I.  A  power  of  attorney  granted  to  the  attorney  in  fact  in  case  the 
party  concerned  does  not  appear  in  person. 

II.  Two  copies  of  the  trade-mark,  or  of  an   engraved  or  photo- 
graphic reproduction  thereof. 

III.  In  case  the  trade-mark  is  in  intaglio  or  in  relief  on  the  arti- 
cles manufactured,  or  lias  some  odier  peculiarity,  two  separate  sheets 
will  also  be  forwarded  on  which  these  details  will  appear,  either  by 
means  of  one  or  more  drawings  or  a  written  description. 

IV.  The    written  contract,    pursuant    to  which    the  agency  shall 
have  bien  established,  duly  legalized,  in  cases  arising  under  the  sec- 
ond subdivision  of  the  foregoing  article. 

ART.  6.  The  application  should  state  the  name  of  the  factory,  its 
location,  the  residence  of  the  owner,  and  the  kind  of  trade  or  indus- 
try in  which  the  applicant  desires  to  employ  the  trade-mark. 

ART.  7.  A  trade-mark  owned  by  a  foreigner  not  residing  in  the 
Republic,  cannot  be  registered  therein,  unless  previously  and  reg- 
ularly registered  in  the  country  where  it  originated. 

ART.  8.  A  person  who  shall  have  first  made  legal  use  of  a  trade- 
mark is  the  only  one  who  can  apply  to  acquire  ownership  thereof. 
In  case  of  a  contest  between  two  owners  of  the  same  mark,  the 
ownership  will  rest  in  the  first  possessor,  or  in  case  possession  can- 
not be  proven,  in  the  lirst  applicant. 

ART.  9.  The  exclusive  ownership  of  a  trade- mark  cannot  be  ex- 
ercised except  by  virtue  of  the  determination  made  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  to  the  effect  that  the  party  concerned  has  re- 
served his  rights,  after  having  complied  with  all  legal  requisites. 

ART.  10.  The  determination  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article 
will  be  made  without  previous  examination,  on  the  exclusive  respon- 
sibility of  the  applicants,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  rights  of 
third  parties. 

The  Department  of  Public  Works  will  cause  the  application  to  be 
published;  and  in  case  of  contest,  filed  within  ninety  days  succeeding 
the  date  of  publication,  the  mark  will  not  be  registered,  until  the  ju- 
dicial authority  shall  decide  which  party  is  entitled  to  registration. 

ART.  11.  Trade-marks  may  only  be  transferred  with  the  establish- 
ments for  whose  manufactures  or  trade  they  serve  as  a  distinctive 


212  TRADE -MARK  LAW. 

device;  the  transfer,  however,  is  not  subject  to  any  special  formal- 
ity and  will  be  carried  into  effect  according  to  the  ordinary  provis- 
ions of  law. 

ART.  12.  The  duration  of  the  ownership  of  trade-marks  is  indefi- 
nite, but  the  right  will  be  considered  as  abandoned  by  the  closing 
or  failure  to  produce  for  more  than  a  year  of  the  establishment,  fac- 
tory, or  business  employing  the  same. 

ART.  13.  Trade-marks  deposited  shall  be  preserved  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  where  the  registry  thereof  may  be  examined, 
during  the  hours  set  apart  for  the  purpose  by  the  said  Department, 
by  any  person  so  desiring,  and  who,  at  liis  own  expense,  may  ob- 
tain a  certain  copy  of  the  registration  thereof. 

ART.  14.  The  ownership  of  a  trade-mark  obtained  in  violation  of 
the  foreg.'ing  provisions  shall  be  judicially  declared  null  and  void, 
on  application  of  the  parties  conceined. 

ART.  15.  The  judge  hearing  the  case  in  which  the  ownership  in  a 
trade-mark  shall  be  declared  null  and  void  shall  give  notice  of  the 
final  judgment  therein  to  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  16.  Trade-marks  are  counterfeited. 

I.  When  trade-marks  are  employed  which  are  a  perfect  facsimile 
of  another,  whose  ownership  has  already  been  declared. 

II.  When  the  imitation  is  nearly  a  facsimile  and    exact  repro- 
duction of  a  registered  trade-mark,  although  it'  may  differ  therefrom 
in  certain  details,  that  it  may  be  taken  for  such  registered  trade- 
ma)  k. 

ART.  17.  All  persons  who  shall  counterfeit  or  make  use  of  a  coun- 
terfeited trade-Taark,  provided  it  be  in  connection  with  articles  of  the 
same  industrial  or  mercantile  character,  shall  be  guilty  of  the  crime 
of  counterfeiting,  wherever  the 'same  may  have  been  committed. 

ART.  18.  Crimes  of  counterfeiting  trade-marks  shall  be  subject  to 
the  penalties  prescribed  by  the  Code  applicable  thereto,  and  the  coun- 
terfeiters shall  be  liable  likewise  to  an  action  for  damages. 

ART.  19.  The  provisions  of  this  law  shall  also  apply  to  industrial 
drawings  and  models. 

TRANSITORY  ARTICLES. 

I.  This  law  will  begin  to  take  effect  on  the  1st  of  January.  1890. 

II.  The  applications  pending  for  final  determination  at  that  date 
shall  be  disposed  of  in  conformity  with  this  law. 


THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION. 


The  Federal  Constitution  in  force  in  the  Mexican  Republic  was 
adopted  on  the  5th  of  February,  1857,  and  has  been  amended  since 
at  various  times.  It  is  .similar  in  many  respects  to  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States. 

The  supreme  power  of  the  Federation  is  divided  into  three  branches : 
Legislative,  Executive,  and  Judicial. 

The  legislative  power  is  lodged  in  Congress,  divided  into  two  bod- 
ies: the  Senate  and  the  Chamber  of  Deputies.  The  Senate  com- 
prises two  senators  for  each  State  and  two  from  the  Federal  Dis- 
trict. The  deputies  are  elected  by  popular  vote  every  two  years. 
Congress  has  two  regular  sessions  annually.  The  first  commences 
on  the  16th  of  September  and  ends  on  the  loth  of  December;  and 
it  may  be  prolonged  thirty  days.  The  second  session  begins  April  1 
and  ends  May  31,  and  may  be  prolonged  fifteen  days.  Its  main 
object  is  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  previous  fiscal  year  and  pass 
the  appropriation  bill  for  the  coining  year. 

The  executive  power  is  vested  in  the  President,  who  is  elected  by 
electors  chosen  by  popular  vote  every  four  years.  He  is  inaugu- 
rated and  enters  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties  on  the  1st  of  De- 
cember. Under  the  late  amendments  there  is  no  restriction  what- 
ever as  to  the  re  election  of  the  president.  He  has  the  j  ower  to 
appoint  and  remove  at  will  the  ministers  comprising  his  cabinet. 
There  are  seven  Departments  under  the  present  law,  namely: 
Foreign  Affairs;  Interior;  Justice  and  Public  Instruction;  Coloniza- 
tion, Industry  and  Commerce;  Treasury  and  Public  Credit;  War  and 
Navy;  and  Communications  and  Public  Works.  In  the  event  of  a 
\acancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  President  by  reason  of  death  or 
cause  other  than  limitation,  the  duties  of  the  President  devolve 
on  the  president  of  the  Senate  or  the  president  of  the  Standing 
Commission  of  Congress,  holding  that  position  during  the  mouth 
prior  to  the  disability  of  the  President. 

(213) 


214  THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION. 

The  judicial  power  is  vested  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Justice, 
arrtl  in  the  District  and  Circuit  Courts. 

The  seat  of  the  supreme  power  of  the  Federation  is  the  capital  of 
the  Republic,  sityafced  within  the  Federal  District. 

Hereunder  we  translate  some  portions  of  the  Federal  Constitu- 
tion and  its  amendments,  which  may  prove  useful  to  readers  of  this 
work. 

TITLE  I. 

SECTION  I. — OF  THE  RIGHTS  OF  MAN. 

ART.  1.  The  Mexican  people  recognize  that  the  rights  of  man  are 
the  basis  and  object  of  social  institutions.  Wherefore  they  declare 
that  all  the  laws  and  all  the  authorities  of  the  country  must  respect 
and  maintain  the  guarantees  which  this  Constitution  grants. 

ART.  2.  All  are  born  free  within  the  Republic.  Slaves  who  set 
foot  upon  the  national  territory  recover,  by  that  act  alone,  their 
liberty,  and  have  a  right  to  the.  protection  of  the  laws. 

ART.  3.  Instruction  is  free.  The  law  shall  determine  what  pro- 
fessions require  a  diploma  to  practice  them,  and  what  are  the  requi- 
sites necessary  for  the  issuing  of  such  diplomas. 

ART.  4.  Every  man  is  free  to  adopt  the  profession,  industrial  pur- 
suit,  or  occupation  which  he  prefers,  provided  it  is  useful  and  hon- 
orable, and  to  nvail  himself  of  its  products.  Nor  shall  anyone  be 
prevented  from  exercising  such  profession,  industrial  pursuit,  or  oc- 
cupation, unless  by  judicial  sentence,  when  such  exercise  interferes 
with  the  rights  of  a  third  party,  or  by  determination  of  the  govern 
ment  taken  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  set  forth  in  the  law, 
when  it  offends  the  rights  of  society. 

ART.  5.  No  one  shall  be  obliged  to  give  personal  services  without 
just  compensation,  and  without  his  full  consent.  The  law  shall  not 
authorize  any  contract  which  has  for  its  object  the  loss  or  irrevoca- 
ble sacrifice  of  the  liberty  of  man,  whether  it  be  for  the  sake  of  la- 
bor, education,  or  a  religious  vow.*  Neither  can  it  authorize  any 
agreements  wherein  anyone  stipulates  for  his  proscription  or  banish- 
ment. 

*Un  ler  amendment  adopted  September  23,  1S75,  the  State  may  not  recog- 
nize monastic  orders,  nor  wiil  it  permit  their  establishment,  whatever  may  be 
the  determination  or  object  with  which  they  claim  to  be  established. 


THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION.  215 

ART.  6.  The  expression  of  ideas  shall  not  be  the  object  of  any 
judicial  or  administrative  investigation,  except  in  case  it  attacks 
morality,  the  rights  of  a  third  party,  provokes  some  crime  or  mis- 
demeanor, or  disturbs  public  order. 

ART.  7.  The  liberty  to  write  and  to  publish  writings  on  any  sub- 
ject whatever  is  inviolable.  No  law  or  authority  shall  establish 
previous  censure,  nor  require  security  from  authors  or  printers,  nor 
restrict  the  liberty  of  the  press,  which  has  no  other  limits  than  re- 
spect of  private  life,  of  morality,  and  of  the  public  peace.  Crimes 
which  are  committed  through  the  press  shall  be  tried  by  a  jury  to 
determine  the  fact  and  by  another  to  apply  the  law  and  fix  the  pun- 
ishment.* 

ART.  8.  The  right  of  petition  exercised  in  writing  in  a  peaceful 
and  respectful  manner  is  inviolable;  but  only  citizens  of  the  Repub- 
lic may  exercise  it  in  political  matters.  To  every  petition  must  be 
returned  a  written  opinion  by  the  authority  to  whom  it  may  have 
been  addressed,  and  the  latter  is  obliged  to  make  the  result  known 
to  the  petitioner. 

ART.  9.  No  one  may  be  deprived  of  the  right  peacefully  to  assem- 
ble or  unite  with  others  for  any  lawful  object  whatsoever,  but  only 
citizens  of  the  Republic  may  do  this  for  the  purpose  of  taking  part 
in  the  political  affairs  of  the  country.  No  armed  assembly  has  a 
right  to  deliberate. 

ART.  10.  Every  man  has  a  right  to  possess  and  carry  arms  for  his 
security  and  legitimate  defense.  The  law  shall  designate  what  arms 
aipe  forbidden  and  the  punishment  which  those  shall  incur  who  carry 
them. 

ART.  11.  Every  man  has  a  right  to  enter  and  to  go  out  of  the 
Republic,  to  travel  through  its  Territory  and  change  his  residence, 
without  the  necessity  of  a  letter  of  security,  passport,  safe-conduct, 
or  other  similar  requisite. 

.  The  exercise  of  this  right  shall  not  interfere  with  the  legitimate 
power  of  the  judicial  or  administrative  authority,  in  cases  of  criminal 
or  civil  responsibility. 


*Thi3  article  wis  a  neuded  Miy  15,  1833,  so  that  the  last  sentence  shall 
read:  Crimea  which  are  committed  through  the  press  shtll  be  tried  by  the 
competent  courts  of  the  Federation,  or  by  those  of  the  States  of  the  Federal 
District  or  of  the  Territory  of  Lower  California  in  conformity  with  their 
penal  laws. 


216  THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION. 

ART.  12.  There  are  not,  nor  shall  be  recognized,  in  the  Republic, 
any  title  of  nobility,  or  prerogatives,  or  hereditary  honors.  The 
people  alone  legitimately  i-epresented  may  decree  recompenses,  in 
honor  of  those  who  may  have  rendered  or  may  render  eminent  serv- 
ices to  the  country  or  to  humanity. 

ART.  13.  In  the  Mexican  Republic  no  one  may  be  tried  by  spe- 
-cial  law  nor  by  spacial  tribunals.  No  person  or  corporation  may 
have  privileges,  or  enjoy  pecuniary  advantages,  which  are  not  com- 
pensation for  a  public  service  and  are  established  by  the  law.  Mar- 
tial law  can  only  be  applied  for  crimes  and  offenses  which  have  a 
definite  connection  with  military  discipline.  The  law  shall  deter- 
mine with  a1!  precision  the  cases  included  in  tliis  exception. 

ART.  14.  No  retroactive  law  shall  be  enacted.  No  one  may  be 
tried  or  sentenced  except  by  laws  made  prior  to  the  act,  and  exactly 
applicable  thereto,  and  by  a  tribunal  which  shall  have  been  previ- 
ously established  by  law. 

ART.  15.  Treaties  shall  never  be  made  for  the  extradition  of  polit- 
ical offenders,  nor  for  the  extradition  of  those  who  may  have  com- 
mitted ordinary  offenses,  if  in  the  country  where  they  committed 
the  offense  they  had  held  the  position  of  slaves,  nor  agreements  or 
treaties  by  virtue  whereof  may  be  altered  the  guarantees  and  rights 
which  this  Constitution  grants  to  the  man  and  to  the  citizen. 

ART.  16.  No  one  may  be  molested  in  his  person,  family,  domicile 
papers,  and  possessions  except  in  virtue  of  a  writ  in  writing  issued 
by  the  competent  authority,  which  shall  establish  and  assign  the 
legal  cause  for  the  proceedings.  In  the  case  of  in  fla,  /rante  delicto 
any  person  may  apprehend  the  offender  and  his  acc6mplices,  placing 
them  without  delay  at  the  disposal  of  the  nearest  authority. 

ART.  17.  No  one  may  be  arrested  for  debts  of  a  purely  civil  char- 
acter. No  one  may  exercise  violence  in  order  to  uphold  his  rights. 
The  courts  shall  always  be  open  to  administer  justice,  which  shall 
be  free,  judicial  costs  being  consequently  abolished. 

ART.  18.  Imprisonment  shall  take  place  only  for  crimes  which 
deserve  corporal  punishment.  In  any  State  of  the  proceedings  in 
which  it  shall  appear  that  such  a  punishment  might  not  be  imposed 
upon  the  accused,  he  shall  be  set  at  liberty  under  bail.  In  no  case 
shall  the  imprisonment  or  detention  be  prolonged  for  default  of  pay- 
ment of  fees,  or  of  any  furnishing  of  money  whatever. 


THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION.  217 

ART.  19.  No  detention  shall  exceed  the  term  of  three  days,  unless 
justified  by  a  writ  showing  cause  of  imprisonment  and  other  re- 
quisites established  by  the  law.  The  mere  lapse  of  such  time  shall 
render  responsible  the  authority  that  orders  or  consents  to  it,  and 
the  agents,  ministers,  bailiffs,  or  jailers  who  execute  it.  Any  wrong 
treatment  in  the  arrest,  or  in  the  confinement  of  the  prisoners,  any 
injury  which  may  be  inflicted  without  legal  reason  therefor,  any  tax 
or  assessment  in  the  prisons,  is  an  abuse  which  the  laws  must  cor- 
rect and  the  authorities  severely  punish. 

ART.  20.  In  every  criminal  proceeding  the  accused  shall  have  the 
following  guarantees: — 

I.  That  the  ground  of  the  proceedings  and  the  name  of  the  com- 
plainant, if  there  shall  be  one,  shall  be  made  known  to  him. 

II.  That  his  preparatory  declaration  sh.ill  be  taken  within  forty - 
«ight  hours,  computed  from  the  time  he  may  be  placed  at  the  disposal 
of  the  judge. 

III.  That  he  shall  be  confronted  with  the  witnesses  who  testify 
against  him. 

IV.  That  he  shall  be  furnished  with  the  information  which  he 
requires  and  which  appears  in  the  record  of  the  proceedings  in  order 
to  prepare  for  his  defense. 

V.  That  he  shall  be  heard  in  his  defense  by  himself  or.  by  coun- 
sel, or  by  both,  as  he  may  desire.     In  case  he  should  have  no  one 
to  defend  him,  a  list  of  official  defenders  shall  be  presented  to  him, 
so  that  he  may  choose  one  or  more  who  may  suit  him. 

ART.  21.  The  application  of  penalties  properly  so  called  belongs 
exclusively  to  the  judicial  authorities.  The  political  or  administra- 
tive authorities  may  qnly  impose  fines  as  correction  to  the  extent 
of  five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  to  the  extent  of  one  month, 
in  the  cases  and  manner  which  the  law  shall  expressly  determine. 

ART.  22.  Punishments  by  mutilation  and  infamy,  by  branding, 
flogging,  the  bastinado,  torture  of  \\  hatever  kind,  excessive  fines, 
confiscation  of  property,  or  any  other  unusual  or  extraordinary 
punishments,  are  forever  prohibited. 

ART.  23.  In  order  to  abolish  the  penalty  of  death,  the  adminis- 
trative power  is  charged  to  establish,  as  soon  as  possible,  a  peniten- 
tiary system.  In  the  meantime  the  penalty  of  death  shall  be 
.abolished  for  political  offenses,  and  shall  not  be  extended  to  other 


218  THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION. 

cases  than  treason  during  foreign  war,  highway  robbery,  arson,  par- 
ricide, homicide  with  treachery,  premeditation,  or  advantage,  to 
grave  offenses  of  the  military  order,  and  piracy,  which  the  law  shall 
define. 

ART.  24.  No  criminal  proceeding  may  be  heard  before  more  than 
three  tribunals.  No  one  shall  be  tried  twice  for  the  same  offense, 
whether  by  the  judgment  he  be  acquitted  or  condemned.  The 
practice  of  dismissing  a  criminal  case  without  trial  is  abolished. 

ART.  25.  Sealed  correspondence  which  goes  through  the  mails  is 
free  from  being  examined.  The  violation  of  this  guarantee  is  an  of- 
fense which  the  law  shall  punish  severely. 

ART.  26.  In  time  of  peace  no  soldier  may  demand  quarters,  sup- 
plies, or  other  real  or  personal  service  without  the  consent  of  the 
proprietor.  In  time  of  war  he  may  do  this  only  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed by  the  law. 

ART.  27.  Private  property  shall  not  be  taken  without  the  consent 
of  the  owner,  except  on  the  ground  of  public  utility,  and  upon  pre- 
vious indemnification.  The  law  shall  determine  the  authority  which 
may  effect  the  appropriation  and  the  conditions  under  which  it  may 
be  done. 

No  corporation,  civil  or  ecclesiastical,  whatever  may  be  its  charac- 
ter, denomination,  or  object,  shall  have  legal  capacity  to  acquire  in 
ownership  or  manage  for  itself  real  estate,  with  the  single  exception 
of  buildings  dedicated  immediately  and  directly  to  the  service  and 
object  of  the  institution. 

ART.  28.  There  shall  be  no  monopolies  nor  places  of  any  kind  for 
the  sale  of  privileged  goods,  nor  prohibitions  under  the  pretext  of 
protecting  industry.  There  shall  be  excepted  only  those  referring 
to  the  coining  of  money,  to  the  mails  and  to  the  privileges  which, 
for  a  limited  time,  the  law  may  grant  to  inventors  or  perfectors  of 
some  improvement. 

ART.  29.  In  cases  of  invasion,  serious  disturbance  of  the  public 
peace,  or  any  other  cases  whatsoever  which  may  place  society  in 
great  danger  or  peril,  only  the  President  of  the  Republic,  with  the 
advice  of  the  Council  of  Ministers  and  with  the  approval  of  the 
Congress  of  the  Union,  and  during  the  recess  thereof,  of  the  Per- 
manent Deputation,  may  suspend  the  guarantees  established  by 
this  Constitution,  with  exception  of  those  which  secure  the  life  of 


THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION.  •       219 

man,  but  such  suspension  shall  be  made  only  for  a  limited  time,  by 
means  of  general  provisions,  and  without  being  limited  to  a  desig- 
nated per&on.  If  the  suspension  should-  take  place  during  the  ses- 
sion of  Congress,  this  legislative  body  shall  grant  the  authorization 
which  it  may  deem  necessary,  in  order  that  the  Executive  may 
properly  overcome  the  difficulty.  If  the  suspension  should  take 
place  during  the  recess,  the  permanent  Deputation  shall  convoke  the 
Congress  without  delay,  in  order  that  it  may  pass  the  authorizations. 

SECTION  II. — OF  MEXICANS. 

ART.  30.  Mexicans  are: — 

I.  All  those  born  within  or  without  the  territory  of  the  Republic, 
of  Mexican  parents. 

II.  Foreigners  who  are  naturalized  in  conformity  with  the  laws 
of  the  Federation. 

III.  Foreigners  who  acquire  real  estate  in  the  Republic  or  have 
Mexican  children,  provided  they  do  not  manifest  their  determina- 
tion to  preserve  tln-ir  nationality. 

ART.  31.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  Mexican: — 

I.  To  defend   the   independence,   the    territory,    the    honor,   the 
rights  and  interests  of  his  country. 

II.  To  contribute  for  the  public  expenses,  as  well  of  the  Federa^ 
tion  as  of  the  State  and  municipality  in   which  he  resides,  in  the 
proportional  and  equitable  manner  which  the  laws  may  provide. 

ART.  32.  Mexicans  shall  be  preferred  to  foreigners  in  equal  cir- 
cumstances, for  all  offices,  employments  or  commissions  of  appoint- 
ment by  the  authorities,  in  which  the  condition  of  citizenship  may 
not  be  yidispensable.  Laws  shall  be  issued  to  improve  the  condi- 
tion of  laborious  Mexicans,  by  rewarding  those  who  distinguished 
themselves  in  any  science  or  art,  .stimulating  labor,  and  establishing 
'  practical  colleges  and  schools  of  arts  and  trades. 

SECTION  111. —  OF  FOREIGNERS. 

ART.  33.  Foreigners  are  those  who  do  not  possess  the  qualifications 
set  forth  i'1  article  30.  They  have  a  right  to  the  guarantees  established 
by  section  1  title  1  of  this  Constitution,  except  that  in  all  cases  the 
government  has  the  right  to  expel  pernicious  foreigners.  They  are 
under  obligation  to  contribute  to  the  public  expenses  in  the  manner 


220  THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION. 

which  the  laws  may  provide,  and  to  obey  and  i-espect  the  institu- 
tions, laws,  and  authorities  of  the  country,  subjecting  themselves  to 
the  judgments  and  sentences  of  the  courts,  without  power  to  seek 
other  protection  than  that  which  the  laws  concede  to  Mexican  citi- 
zens. 

SECTION  IV. — OF  MEXICAN  CITIZENS. 

ART.  34.  Citizens  of  the  Republic  are  all  those  who,  having  the 
quality  of  Mexicans,  have  also  the  following  qualifications: — 

I.  Eighteen  years  of  age  if  married,  or  twenty-one,  if  not  married. 

II.  An  honest  means  of  livelihood. 

ART.  35.  The  prerogatives  of  the  citizen  are: — 

I.  To  vote  at  popular  elections. 

II.  The  privilege  of  being  voted  for  any  office  subject  to  popular 
election,  and  appointed  for  any  other  employment  or  commission,  if 
he  has  the  qualifications  establi.-hed  by  law. 

III.  To  meet  with  others  to  discuss  the  political  affairs  of  the 
country. 

IV.  To  take  up  arms  in  the  army  or  in  the  national  guard,  for  the 
defense  of  the  Republic  and  its  institutions. 

V.  To  exercise  in  all  cases  the  right  of  petition. 

AET.  36.  The  obligations  of  a  citizen  of  the  Republic  are: — 

I.  To  be    inscribed  on  the  municipal  roll,  stating    all    property 
which  he  owns,  or  the  industry,  profession,  or  labor  by  which  he 
subsists. 

II.  To  enlist  in  the  national  guard. 

III.  To  vote  at  popular  elections  in  the  district  to  which  he  be- 
longs. 

IV.  To  discharge  the  duties  of  the  offices  of  popular  election  of 
the  Federation,  which  in  no  case  shall  be  gratuitous. 

ART.  37.   The  qualification  of  citizenship  is  lost — 

I.  By  naturalization  in  a  foreign  country. 

II.  By  serving  officially  the  government  of  another  country,  or 
accepting  from  it  badges,  titles,  or  employments    without   previous 
permission  from  the  Federal  Congress,  excepting  literary,  scientific, 
and  humanitarian  titles  which  may  be  accepted  freely. 

ART.  38.  The  law  shall  prescribe  the  cases  and  the  form  in  which 
the  rights  of  citizenship  may  be  lost  or  suspended,  and  the  manner 
in  whicli  they  may  be  regained. 


THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION.  221 

TITLE  VI. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

ART.  117.  The  powers  which  are  not  expressly  granted  by  this 
Oonstituion  to  the  Federal  authorities  are  understood  to  be  reserved 
to  the  States. 

ART.  118.  No  person  may  at  the  same  time  hold  two  Federal  elec- 
tive offices  through  popular  election,  but  if  elected  to  two,  he  may 
choose  whichever  he  desires  to  fill. 

ART.  119.  No  payment  shall  be  made  which  is  not  comprised  in 
the  appropriation  bill,  or  authorized  by  a  subsequent  law. 

ART.  120.  The  President  of  the  Republic,  the  members  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Justice,  the  deputies,  and  other  public  officers  of 
the  Federation,  who  are  chosen  by  popular  election,  shall  receive  a 
compensation  for  their  services,  which  shall  be  determined  by  law 
and  paid  by  the  Federal  Treasury.  This  compensation  cannot  be 
renounced,  and  any  law  which  increases  or  decreases* it  shall  not 
have  effect  during  the  period  for  which  a  public  officer  holds  the  of- 
fice. 

ART.  121.  Every  public  officer,  without  any  exception,  before 
taking  possession  of  his  office,  shall  take  an  oath  to  maintain  this 
Constitution  and  the-  laws  which  emanate  from  it. 

ART.  122.  In  time  of  peace  no  military  authority  may  exercise 
greater  power  than  that  which  has  strict  connection  with  military 
discipline.  There  shall  be  fixed  and  permanent  military  commands 
only  in  the  castles,  forts,  and  warehouses  which  are  immediately 
under  the  authority  of  the  government  of  the  Union;  or  in  en- 
campments, barracks,  or  posts  which  may  be  established  outside  of 
towns  for  stationing  troops. 

ART.  123.  It  belongs  exclusively  to  the  Federal  authorities  to 
exercise,  in  matters  of  religious  worship  and  external  rites,  the  in- 
tervention which  the  laws  may  establish. 

ART.  124.  On  the  1st  of  June,  1858,  the  duties  for  passage  of 
goods  from  one  State  to  another  and  of  State  custom  houses  shall 
be  abolished  throughout  the  Republic.* 

*An  amendment  to  the  Constitution  lately  adopted  makes  the  section  read 
as  follows:  — 

AKT.  124.  The  States  shall  not  levy  any  duty  for  the  simple  passage  of 
goods  in  the  internal  commerce.  The  Government  of  the  Union  alone  may 


222  THE  FEDERAL  CONSTITUTION. 

ART.  125.  The  forts,  military  quarters,  warehouses  of  posts,  and 
other  buildings  necessary  to  the  government  of  the  Union,  shall  be 
under  the  immediate  inspection  of  the  Federal  authorities. 

ART.  126.  This  Constitution,  the  laws  of  the  Congress  of  the  Un- 
ion passed  by  virtue  thereof,  and  all  the  treaties  made  or  which  shall 
be  made  by  the  President  of  the  Republic,  with  the  approval  of 
Congress,  shall  be  the  supreme  law  of  the  whole  Union.  The  judges 
of  each  State  shall  be  guided  by  said  Constitution,  laws,  and  treaties, 
notwithstanding  provisions  to  the  contrary  which  may  appear  in  the 
Constitutions  or  laws  of  the  States. 

AMENDMKNTS  TO  THE  CONSTITUTION  ADOPTED  SEPTEMBER  25,  1873. 

ART.  1.  The  State  and  the  church  are  independent  of  one  another. 
The  Congress  may  not  pass  laws  establishing  or  prohibiting  any  re- 
ligion. , 

ART.  2.  Marriage  is  a  civil  contract.  This  contract  and  the  other 
acts  relating  to  the  civil  state  of  persons  belong  to  the  exclusive 
jurisdiction  of  the  functionaries  and  authorities  of  the  civil  order, 
within  limits  provided  by  the  laws,  and  they  shall  have  the  force 
and  validity  which  the  same  prescribe  to  them. 

AUT.  3.  No  religious  institution  may  acquire  real  estate  or  capi- 
tal as  a  charge  tliereon,  with,  the  single  exception  established  in 
article  27  of  this  Constitution. 

ART.  4.  The  simple  promise  to  speak  the  truth  and  to  comply 
with  the  obligations  which  are  incurred  tliereby,  shall  be  substi- 
tuted for  the  religious  oath,  with  its  effects  and  penalties. 

decree  transit  duties,  but  only  with  regard  to  foreign  goods  which  pass 
through  the  country  by  international  or  iuteroceanic  Hues,  without  being  on 
the  national  territory  more  than  the  time  necessary  to  cross  it  and  to  de- 
part to  the  foreign  country. 

They  shall  not  prohibit,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  the  entrance  to  their 
territory,  or  the  departure  from  it,  of  any  merchandise,  except  on  police 
ground,  or  burden  the  articles  of  material  production  on  their  going  abroad 
or  for  another  State. 

The  exemptions  from  duties  which  they  may  grant  shall  be  general;  they 
may  not  be  decreed  iu  favor  of  the  products  of  special  origin. 

The  rate  of  the  imp-Tt  duty  for  a  given  amount  of  merchandise  shall  be  the 
same,  whatever  may  have  been  its  origin,  and  no  heavier  burden  may  be  as- 
signed t  >  it  than  that  which  the  similar  products  of  the  State  in  which  the 
import  is  decreed  bear. 

National  merchandise  shall  not  be  submitted  to  definite  route,  nor  to  in- 
spection or  registry  on  the  way,  nor  any  fiscal  document  be  demanded  for  its 
internal  circulation.  Nor  shall  they  burden  foreign  merchandise  with  a 
greater  rate  of  duty  than  that  whjch  may  have  been  permitted  them  to  re- 
ceive under  the  Federal  laws. 


TREATY  BETWEEN  THE  UNITED  STATES  AND  MEXICO, 
FOR  THE  EXTRADITION  OF  CRIMINALS. 


The  United  States  of  America  and  the  United  Mexican  States, 
having  judged  it  expedient,  with  a  view  to  the  better  administration 
of  justice  and  to  the  prevention  of  crime  within  their  respective 
territories  and  jurisdictions,  that  persons  charged  with  the  crimes 
hereinafter  enumerated  and  being  fugitives  from  justice,  should,  un- 
der certain  circumstances,  be  reciprocally  delivered  up,  have  re- 
solved to  conclude  a  Treaty  for  this  purpose,  and  have  named  as 
their  respective  plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say: — 

The  President  of  the  United  States  of  America  has  appointed 
Thomas  Corwin,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  their  Envoy 
Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  near  the  Mexican  Gov- 
ernment; and, 

The  President  of  the  United  Mexican  States  has  appointed  Sebas- 
tian Lerdo  de  Tejada,  a  citizen  of  the  said  States  and  a  deputy  of 
the  Congress  of  the  Union, 

Who,  after  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  respective 
full  powers,  found  in  good  and  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  and  con- 
cluded the  following  articles: — 

ARTICLE  I. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  contracting  parties  shall,  on  requisitions 
made  in  their  name,  through  the  medium  of  their  respective  diplo- 
matic agents,  deliver  up  to  justice  persons  who,  being  accused  of 
the  crimes  enumerated  in  the  article  third  of  the  present  Treaty, 
committed  witliin  the  jurisdiction  of  the  requiring  party,  shall  seek 
an  asylum  or  shall  be  found  within  the  territories  of  the  other. 

Provided  that  this  shall  be  done  only  when  the  fact  of  the  com- 
mission of  the  crime  shall  be  so  established  as  that  the  laws  of  the 
county  in  which  the  fugitive  or  the  person  so  accused  shall  be  found 

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224  EXTRADITION  TREATY. 

woul  1  justify  his  or  her  apprehension  anil  commitment  for  trial,  if 
the  crime  had  been  there  committed. 

ARTICLE  II. 

In  the  case  of  crimes  committed  in  the  frontier  States  or  Territories 
of  the  two  contracting  parties,  requisition  may  be  made  through 
their  respective  diplomatic  agents,  or  through  the  chief  civil  author- 
ity of  said  States  or  Territories,  or  through  such  civil  or  judicial 
authorities  of  the  districts  or  counties  bordering  on  the  frontier,  as 
may  for  this  purpose  be  duly  authorized  by  the  said  chief  civil  au- 
thority of  the  said  frontier  States  or  Territories,  or,  when  from  any 
cause  the  civil  authority  of  such  State  or  Territory  shall  be  sus- 
pended, through  the  chief  military  officer  in  command  of  such  State 
or  Territory. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Pei-sons  shall  be  delivered  np  who  shall  be  charged,  according  to 
the  provisions  of  this  Treaty,  with  any  of  the  following  crimes, 
whether  as  principals,  accessories,  or  accomplices,  to  wic:  Murder 
(including  assassination,  parricide,  infanticide,  and  poisoning),  as- 
sault with  intent  to  commit  murder,  mutilation,  piracy,  arson, 
rape,  kidnapping,  defining  the  same  to  be  the  taking  and  carrying 
away  of  a  free  person  by  force  or  deception;  forgery,  including  the 
forging,  or  making,  or  knowingly  passing,  or  putting  in  circulation, 
counterfeit  coin,  or  bank  notes,  or  other  paper  current  as  money 
with  intent  to  defraud  any  person  or  persons;  the  introduction  or 
making  of  instruments  for  the  fabrication  of  counterfeit  coin  or  bank 
notes  or  other  paper  current  as  money;  embezzlement  of  public 
moneys,  or  embezzlement  of  any  person  or  persons  hired  or  salaried, 
to  the  detriment  of  their  employers;  robbery,  defining  the  same  to 
be  the  felonious  and  forcible  taking  from  the  person  of  another,  of 
goods  or  money  to  any  value,  by  violence  or  putting  him  in  fear; 
burglary,  defining  the  same  to  be  the  breaking  and  entering  into  the 
house  of  another,  with  intent  to  commit  felony;  and  the  crime  of 
larceny  of  cattle,  or  other  goods  and  chattels,  of  the  value  of  twenty- 
five  dollars,  or  more,  when  the  same  is  committed  within  the  frontier 
States  or  Territories  of  the  contracting  parties. 


EXTRADITION  TREATY.  22& 

ARTICLE  IV. 

On  the  part  of  each  country,  the  surrender  of  fugitives  from  jus- 
tice shall  be  made  only  by  the  authority  of  the  executive  thereof, 
except  in  the  case  of  crimes  committed  within  the  limits  of  the 
frontier  States  or  Territories  in  which  latter  case  the  surrender 
may  be  made  by  the  chief  civil  authority  thereof,  or  such  chief  civil 
or  judicial  authority  of  the  districts  or  counties  bordering  on  the 
frontier,  as  may  for  this  purpose  be  duly  authorized  by  the  said 
chief  civil  authority  of  the  said  frontier  States  or  Territories,  or  if 
from  any  cause  the  civil  authority  of  such  State  or  Territory  shall 
be  suspended,  then  such  surrender  may  be  made  by  the  chief  mili- 
tary officer  in  command  of  such  State  or  Territory. 

ARTICLE  V. 

All  expenses  whatever  of  detention  and  delivery,  effected  in  vir- 
tue of  the  preceding  provisions,  shall  be  borne  and  defrayed  by  the 
Government,  or  authority  of  the  frontier  State  or  Territory,  in 
whose  name  the  requisition  shall  have  been  made. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  provisions  of  the  present  Treaty  shall  not  be  applied  in  any 
manner  to  any  crime  or  offense  of  a  purely  political  character;  nor 
shall  it  embrace  the  return  of  fugitive  slaves,  nor  the  delivery  of 
criminals  who,  when  the  offense  was  committed,  shall  have  been 
held  in  the  place  where  the  offense  was  committed  in  the  condition 
of  slaves,  the  same  being  expressly  forbidden  by  the  Constitution  of 
Mexico;  nor  shall  the  provisions  of  the  present  Treaty  be  applied  in 
any  manner  to  the  crimes  enumerated  in  the  third  article  com- 
mitted anterior  to  the  date  of  the  exchange  of  the  ratifications 
hereof. 

Neither  of  the  contracting  parties  shall  be  bound  to  deliver  up  its 
own  citizens  under  the  stipulations  of  this  Treaty. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

This  Treaty  shall  continue  in  force  until  it  shall  be  abrogated  by 
the  contracting  parties  or  one  of  them;  but  it  shall  not  be  abrogated 
except  by  mutual  consent,  unless  the  party  desiring  to  abrogate  it 
shall  give  twelve  months'  previous  notice. 


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226  EXTRADITION  TREATY. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

The  present  Treaty  shall  be  ratified  in  conformity  with  the  Con- 
stitutions of  the  two  countries,  and  the  ratifications  shall  be  ex- 
changed at  the  City  of  Mexico  within  six  months  from  the  date 
hereof;  or  earlier  if  possible. 

In  witness  whereof,  we,  the  Plenipotentiaries  of  the  United  States 
of  America  and  of  the  United  Mexican  States,  have  signed  and 
sealed  these  presents. 

Done  in  the  City  of  Mexico,  on  the  eleventh  day  of  December,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty- one;  the 
eighty-sixth  of  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
the  forty -first  of  that  of  the  United  Mexican  States. 

THOMAS  CORWIN,  [L.  s.  ] 

SEBASTIAN  LERDO  DE  TEJADA.    [L.  s.] 


This  treaty  was  duly  ratified,  and  the  ratifications  were  exchanged 
in  conformity  with  Article  VIII  thereof,  at  the  City  of  Mexico,  on 
the  20th  of  May,  1862. 


POSTAL  CONVENTION  BETWEEN  THE  UNITED  STATES 
AND  MEXICO. 


For  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  intercourse  springing  from  the 
friendly  relations  existing  between  the  people  of  the  two  countries, 
their  closer  neighborhood  and  increasing  commercial  and  personal 
dealings,  by  better  and  more  intimate  postal  arrangements,  the 
United  States  of  America,  by  William  F.  Vilas,  the  Postmaster- 
General  thereto  duly  authorized  by  law,  and  the  United  Mexican 
States  by  Matias  Romero,  their  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  at  Washington,  thereto  duly  empowered  by  the 
President  of  the  United  Mexican  States,  have  agreed  upon  the  fol- 
lowing articles. 

ARTICLE  1. 

(a)  Articles  of  every  kind  or  nature  which  are  admitted  to  the 
domestic  mail  of  either  country  except  as  herein  prohibited,  shall  be 
admitted  to  the  mails  exchanged  under  this  convention;  subject 
however  to  such  regulations  as  the  Postal  Administration  of  the 
country  of  destination  may  deem  necessary  to  protect  its  customs 
revenues.  But  articles  other  than  letters  in  their  usual  and  ordi- 
nary form,  must  never  be  closed  against  inspection,  but  must  be  so 
wrapped  or  inclosed  that  they  may  be  readily  and  thoroughly  exam- 
ined by  postmasters  or  customs  officers. 

The  following  articles  are  prohibited  admission  to  the  mails  ex- 
changed under  this  convention : — 

Publications  which  violate  the  copyright  laws  of  the  country  of 
destination,  packets,  except  single  volumes  of  printed  books,  the 
weight  of  which  exceeds  two  kilograms,  liquids,  poisons,  explosive 
or  inflammable  substances,  fatty  substances,  those  which  easily  liq- 
uefy, live  or  dead  animals  not  dried,  insects  and  reptiles,  confections, 
pastes,  fruits  and  vegetables  which  will  easily  decompose,  and  sub- 
stances which  exhale  a  bad  odor,  lottery  tickets  or  circulars,  all 

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228  POSTAL  CONVENTION. 

obscene  and  immoral  articles,  other  articles  which  may  destroy  or 
in  any  way  damage  the  mails  or  injure  the  persons  handling  them. 

(6)  Except  as  required  by  the  regulations  of  the  country  of  desti- 
nation for  the  collection  of  its  customs  duties,  all  admissible  inatfer 
mailed  in  one  country  for  the  other,  or  received  in  one  country  from 
the  other,  whether  by  land  or  sea  conveyance,  shall  be  free  from  any 
detention  or  inspection  whatever,  and  shall  in  the  first  case  be  for- 
warded by  the  most  speedy  means  to  their  destination,  and  in  the 
latter  be  promptly  delivered  to  the  respective  persons  to  whom  they 
are  addressed,  being  subject  in  their  transmission  to  the  laws  and 
regulations  of  each  country  respectively. 

(c)  The  classification  of  and  the  rates  of  postage  and  the  registra- 
tion fee  to  be  levied  and  collected  upon  mail  matter  originating  in 
either  country  and  addressed  to  the  other,  shall  be  in  accordance 
with  the  domestic  laws  and  regulations  of  the  country  of  origin;  pro- 
vided that  the  rates  of  postage  and  registration  fees  so  levied  shall 
not  exceed  in  either  country  the  minimum  rates  of  postage  and  reg- 
istration fee  prescribed  for  articles  of  a  like  nature  by  articles  5  and  6 
of  the  Universal  Postal  Union  Convention  of  Paris,  of  June,  1878, 
as  amended  by  the  Additional  Act  of  Lisbon,  of  March  21,  1885. 

ARTICLE  2. 

• 

(a)  Each  administration  shall  retain  to  its  own  use  the  whole  of 
the  postages  and  registration  fees  it  collects  on  postal  articles  ex- 
changed with  the  other,  including  deficient  postage.  Consequently 
there  will  be  no  postage  accounts  between  the  two  countries. 

(6)  Full  prepayments  of  postage  shall  be  required  in  both  coun- 
tries upon  correspondence  of  all  kinds,  except  letters,  upon  which 
prepayment  of  at  least  one  full  rate  shall  be  compulsory.  Payment 
of  postage  and  registration  fees  shall  be  certified  by  affixing  the  ap- 
propriate stamps  of  the  country  of  origin. 

(c)  Each  insufficiently- prepayed  letter  shall  have  stamped  on  its 
cover  the  capital  letter  T,  and  shall  have  indicated'plainly  thereon, 
in  figures,  on  the  upper  left-hand  corner  of  the  address,  by  the  postal 
officials  of  the  country  of  origin,  the  amount  of  the  deficient  postage, 
and  only  the  amount  so  indicated  shall  be  collected  of  addressees  on 
delivery,  except  in  cases  of  obvious  error. 


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ARTICLE  3. 

No  postage  charges  shall  be  levied  in  either  country  on  fully  pre- 
payed  correspondence  originating  in  the  other,  nor  shall  any  charge 
be  made  in  the  country  of  destination  upon  official  correspondence 
which  under  the  postal  regulations  of  the  country  of  origin  is  entitled 
to  freedom  from  postage,  but  the  country  of  destination  will  receive, 
forward,  and  deliver  the  same  free  of  charge. 

ARTICLE  4. 

In  case  any  correspondence  is  tendered  for  mailing  in  either 
country  obviously  with  the  intention  to  evade  the  higher  postage 
rates  applicable  to  it  in  the  other  country,  it  shall  be  refused,  unless 
payment  be  made  of  such  higher  rates. 

ARTICLE  5. 

(«)  Exchanges  of  mails  under  this  convention,  whether  by  sea  or 
overland,  shall  be  effected  through  the  post  offices  of  both  countries 
already  designated  as  exchange  post  offices,  or  through  such  others 
as  may  be  hereafter  agreed  upon,  under  such  regulations  relative  to 
the  details  of  the  exchanges  as  may  ba  mutually  determined  to  be 
essential  to  the  security  and  expedition  of  the  mails  and  the  protec- 
tion of  the  custom  revenues. 

(6)  Each  country  shall  provide  for  and  bear  the  expense  of  the 
conveyance  of  its  mails  to  the  other;  or  if  by  agreement  the  convey- 
ance in  both  "directions  in  overland  exchanges,  other  than  by  railway, 
is  provided  by  one  of  them,  the  expense  of  transportation  shall  be 
shared  between  them  in  proportion  to  the  distance  traveled  over  the 
territory  of  each. 

ARTICLE  6. 

(a)  The  United  States  of  America  and  the  United  Mexican 
States  each  grant  to  the  other,  free  of  any  charges,  detention  or  ex- 
amination whatever,  the  transit  across  the  territory,  or  by  means  of 
maritime  services  subsidized  by  either  country  to  ply  between  the 
ports  of  the  two  countries,  of  closed  mails  made  up|by  any  author- 
ized exchange  office  of  either  country  addressed  to]  any  other  ex- 
change office  of  the  same  country,  or  to  any  exchange  office  of  the 
other  country  or  of  a  foreign  country.  And  a  mail  agent  of  either 


230  POSTAL  CONVENTION. 

country  shall  be  permitted  to  accompany  the  closed  mails  in  transit 
across  the  territory  of  the  other,  but  his  transportation  and  other 
expenses  shall  be  paid  by  the  country  to  which  the  closed  mails  be- 
long. 

(6)  But  correspondence  forwarded  from  either  country  to  the 
other,  in  open  mail  for  dispatch  to  countries  beyond,  shall  be  liable 
for  Mexican  or  United  States  transit  to  the  following  rates,  viz.: — 

For  maritime  transit,  five  francs  per  kilogram  of  letters  and  post- 
cards, and  fifty  centimes  per  kilogram  of  other  articles. 

And  settlements  therefor  shall  be  made  according  to  articles  IV 
and  XII  of  the  Universal  Postal  Union  Convention,  as  amended 
by  the  Additional  Act  of  Lisbon. 

AETICLE  7. 

(a)  Any   packet   of  mailable   correspondence  may  be  registered 
upon  payment  of  the  rate  of  postage  and  the  registration  fee  applica- 
ble thereto  in  the  country  of  origin. 

(b)  An   acknowledgment  of  the  delivery  of  a  registered  article 
shall  be  returned  to  the  .sender  when  requested;  but  either  country 
may  require  of  the  sender  prepayment  of  a  fee  therefor  not  exceed- 
ing five  cents.  .  ' 

ARTICLE  8. 

(«)  Overland  exchange  of  ordinary  international  correspondence 
may  be  effected  without  the  use  of  letter  bills,  but  registered  corre- 
spondence must  be  accompanied  by  a  descriptive  list  thereof,  by 
means  of  which  the  registered  articles  may  be  identified  for  the  pur- 
pose of  acknowledgment  by  the  receiving  offices. 

(6)  If  a  registered  article  advised  shall  not  be  found  in  the  mail 
by  the  receiving  office,  its  absence  shaH  be  immediately  reported  by 
the  reeeiving  to  the  sending  office. 

ARTICLE  9. 

Ordinary  and  registered  exchanges,  unless  the  latter  be  made  in 
through  registered  pouches,  shall  be  effected  in  properly  sealed  sacks. 

ARTICLE  10. 

(a)  All  registered  articles,  ordinary  letters,  postal  cards,  and 
other  manuscript  matter,  business  or  commercial  papers,  books 
(bound  or  sticked),  proofs  of  printing,  engravings,  photographs, 


POSTAL  CONVENTION.  231 

drawings,  maps,  and  other  articles  manifestly  of  value  to  the  sender, 
which  are  not  delivered  from  any  cause  shall  be  reciprocally  re- 
turned monthly  without  charge,  through  the  central  administrations 
of  the  two  countries,  in  special  packets  or  sacks  marked  "Rebuts," 
after  the  expiration  of  the  period  for  their  retention  required  by  the 
laws  or  regulations  of  the  country  of  destination;  the  returned  regis- 
tered articles  to  be  accompanied  by  a  descriptive  list  and  the  spe- 
cial packets  or  sacks  used  for  returning  undelivered  matter  to  be 
forwarded  under  registration  when  registered  articles  are  returned 
in  them. 

(6)  Fully  prepaid  letters  which  bear  requests  by  the  senders  for 
their  return  in  case  of  nondelivery  by  a  certain  date,  or  within  a 
specified  time,  shall  be  reciprocally  returned  without  charge  directly 
to  the  dispatching  exchange  office,  at  the  expiration  of  the  period 
for  their  retention  indicated  in  the  requests. 

(c)  Fully  prepaid  letters  bearing  on  the  covers  the  business  cards, 
the  names  and  addresses  of  the  senders,  or  designation  of  places  to 
which  they  may  be  returned,  as  post  office  box,  street  and  number, 
etc.,  without  requests  for  their  return  in  case  of  nondelivery  within 
a  specified  time,  shall  be  reciprocally  returned  without  charge  di- 
rectly to  the  dispatching  exchange  office  at  the  expiration  of  thirty 
days  from  the  date  of  their  receipt  at  the  office  of  destination. 

ARTICLE  11. 

The  sender  of  any  article  of  admissible  matter  may  cause  its  re- 
turn, or  the  address  to  be  changed,  before  its  delivery  to  the  ad- 
dressee. The  request  therefor  must  be  made  by  the  Post  Office 
Department  of  'the  country  of  origin,  at  the  cost  of  the  sender. 

ARTICLE  12. 

All  matters  connected  with  the  exchange  of  mails  between  the 
two  countries,  which  are  not  herein  provided  for,  shall  be  governed 
by  the  provisions  of  the  Universal  Postal  Union  Convention  and 
Regulations  now  in  force,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  enacted,  for 
the  governance  of  such  matters  in  the  exchange  of  mails  between 
countries  of  the  Universal  Postal  Union  Convention  generally;  so 
far  as  the  articles  of  such  Universal  Postal  Union  Convention  shall 
be  obligatory  upon  both  of  the  contracting  parties. 


232  POSTAL  CONVENTION. 

ARTICLE  13. 

The  Postmaster-General  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
the  Director-General  of  the  Posts  of  the  United  Mexican  States, 
shall  have  authority  to  jointly  make  such  further  regulations  of 
order  and  details  as  may  be  found  necessary  to  carry  out  the  pres- 
ent Convention  from  time  to  time,  and  may  by  agreement  prescribe 
conditions  for  the  admission  to  the  mails  of  any  of  the  articles  pro- 
hibited by  article  1. 

ARTICLE  14. 

In  case  of  the  misfortune  of  war  between  the  two  nations  the 
mail  service  of  the  two  post  offices  shall  continue  without  impedi- 
ment or  molestation,  until  six  weeks  after  a  notification  shall  have 
been  made  on  part  of  either  of  the  two  governments  and  delivered 
to  the  other  that  the  service  is  to  be  discontinued;  and  in  such  case 
the  mail  packets  of  the  two  countries  shall  be  permitted  to  return 
freely  and  under  special  protection  to  their  respective  ports. 

ARTICLE  15. 

This  Convention  abrogates  the  special  postal  Convention  between 
the  two  countries  signed  at  the  City  of  Mexico  December  11 ,  1861. 
It  shall  be  ratified  by  the  contracting  countries  in  accordance  with 
their  respective  laws;  and  its  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  the 
City  of  Washington  as  early  as  possible,  not  later  than  three  months 
from  this  date.  It  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1887, 
and  shall  continue  in  force  until  terminated  by  mutual  agreement  or 
annulled  at  the  instance  of  the  Post  Office  Department  of  either 
country  upon  six  months'  previous  notice  given  to  the  other. 

Done  in  duplicate  and  signed  at  Washington  the  fourth  day  of 
April,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty-seven. 

[L.  s.]         M.  ROMERO,  Minister  of  Mexico. 
[L.  s.]         WM.  F.  YILAS,  Postmaster-General. 


This  Convention  was  duly  ratified,  and  its  ratifications  were  ex- 
changed as  specified  therein. 


CONVENTION  FOR  A  PARCEL  POST  BETWEEN  THE 
UNITED  STATES  AND  MEXICO. 


For  the  purpose  of  making  better  postal  arrangements  between 
the  United  Mexican  States  and  the  United  States  of  America,  the 
undersigned,  Matias  Romero,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  of  the  United  Mexican  States,  at  Washington,  duly 
empowered  thereto  by  the  President  of  the  United  Mexican  States, 
and  Don  M.  Dickinson,  Postmaster-General  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  by  vj.rtue  of  authority  vested  in  him  by  law,  have  agreed 
upon  the  following  articles  for  the  establishment  of  a  Parcels  Post 
system  of  exchange  between  the  two  countries. 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  provisions  of  this  convention  relate  only  to  parcels  of  mail 
matter  to  be  exchanged  by  the  system  herein  provided  for  and  affect 
the  arrangements  now  existing  only  so  far  as  they  relate  to  mer- 
chandise parcels,  as  provided  for  under  the  convention  between  the 
two  contracting  countries  signed  on  the  4th  of  April,  1887,  and  all 
other  arrangements  therein  contained  will  continue  as  heretofore; 
'and  all  the  arrangements  herein  after  contained  apply  exclusively  to 
merchandise  parcels  mails  exchanged  under  these  articles. 

ARTICLE  II. 

1.  There  shall  be  admitted  to  the  mails  exchanged  under  this 
convention,  articles  of  merchandise  and  mail  matter,  except  letters 
post,  cards,  and  written  matter  of  all  kinds  that  are  admitted  under 
any  conditions  to  the  domestic  mails  of  the  country  of  origin,  except 
that  no  packet  must  exceed  five  kilograms  or  eleven  pounds  in 
weight,  nor  the  following  dimensions:  greatest  length  in  any  direc- 
tion, sixty  centimeters,  or  two  feet;  greatest  girth,  one  hundred  and 
twenty  centimeters,  or  four  feet;  and  must  be  so  wrapped  or  inclosed 
as  to  permit  their  contents  to  be  easily  examined  by  postmasters 

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234  PARCEL  POST  CONVENTION. 

and  custom  officers,  and  except  the  articles  mentioned  in  article  1, 
paragraph  "A"  of  the  postal  convention  between  the  two  contract- 
ing countries,  of  April  4,  1887,  which  are  hereby  prohibited. 

2.  All  admissible  articles  of  merchandise  mailed  in  one  country 
for  the  other,  or  received  in  one  country  from  the  other,  whether 
by  land  or  sea  conveyance,  shall  be  free  from  any  detention  or  in- 
spection whatever,  except  such  as  is  required  for  collection  of  cus- 
toms duties,  and  shall  be  forwarded  by  the  most  speedy  means  to 
their  destination,  being  subject  in  their  transmission  to  the  laws 
and  regulations  of  each  country  respectively. 

ARTICLE  III. 

1.  A  letter  or  communication  of  the  nature  of  personal  corre- 
spondence must  not  accompany,  be  written  on,  or  inclosed  with,  any 
parcel. 

2.  If  such  be  found,  the  letter  will  be  placed  in  the  mails  if  sep- 
arable, and  if  inseparably  attached,  the  whole  package  will  be  re- 
jected.    If,  however,  any  such  should  inadvertently  be  forwarded, 
the  country  of  destination  will  collect  double  rates  of  postage  ac- 
cording to  the  Universal  Postal  Union  Convention. 

3.  No  parcel  may  contain  parcels  intended  for  delivery  at  an  ad- 
dress other  than  the  one  borne  by  the  parcel  itself.     If  such  in- 
closed  parcels    be   detected,   they   must  be   sent   forward    singly, 
charged  with  new  and  distinct  parcel  post  rates. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  The  following  rates  of  postage  shall  in  all  cases  be  required  to 
be  fully  prepaid  with  postage  stamps  of  the  country  of  origin,  viz : — 

2.  For  a  parcel  not  exceeding  four  hundred  and  sixty  grams  or 
one  pound  in  weight,  twelve  cents,  and  for  each  additional  four  hun- 
dred and  sixty  grams,  or  one  pound,  or  fraction  thereof,  twelve  cents. 

3.  The  package  shall  be  promptly  delivered  to  addressees  at  the 
post  offices  of  address  in  the  country  of  destination,  free  of  charge 
for  postage,  but  the  country  of  destination  may,  at  its  option,  levy 
and  collect  from  the  addressee  for  interior  service  and  delivery,  a 
charge  not  exceeding  five  cents  on  each  single  parcel  of  whatever 
weight,  and  if  the  weight  exceeds  four  hundred  and  sixty  grams  or 
one  pound,  a  charge  equal  to  one  cent  for  each  one  hundred  and  fif- 
teen grams  or  four  ounces  of  weight  or  fraction  thereof. 


PARCEL  POST  CONVENTION.  235 

ARTICLEV. 

1.  The  sender  will,  at  the  time  of  mailing  the  package,  receive  a 
receipt  of  mailing  from  the  post  office  where  the  package  is  mailed, 
on  a  form  like  model  1,  annexed  hereto. 

2.  The  sender  of  a  package  may  have  the  same  registered  by  pay- 
ing the  registration  fee  required  for  registered  articles  in  the  country 
of  origin. 

3.  An  acknowledgment  of  the   delivery  of  a  registered    article 
shall  be  returned  to  the  sender  when  requested,  but  either  country 
may  require  of  the  sender  prepayment  of  a  fee  therefor  not  exceed- 
ing five  cents. 

4.  The  addressees  of  registered  articles  shall  be  advised  of  the  ar- 
rival of  a  package  addressed  to  them,  by  notice  from  the  post  office 
of  destination. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

1.  The  sender  of  each  package  shall  make  a  Custom  Declaration, 
pasted  upon  or  attached  to  the  package,  upon  a  special  form  pro- 
vided for  the  purpose  (see  model  2,  annexed  hereto),  giving  a  gen- 
eral description  of  the  parcel,  an  accurate  statement  of  contents  and 
value,   date  of  mailing,  and    the   sender's   signature  and    place   of 
residence  and  place  of  address.     The   Customs  Declaration  herein 
provided  shall  be  omitted  in   the  country   of   origin   during   such 
period  as  the    Postmaster-General  of   the   country    of   destination 
shall  request  such  omission. 

2.  The  packages  in  question  shall   be  subject   in  the  country  of 
destination  to  all  customs  duties  and  all  customs  regulations  in  force 
in  that  country  for  the  protection  of  its  Customs  Revenues;  and  the 
custom  duties  properly  chargeable  thereon  shall  be  collected  on  de- 
livery, in  accordance  with  the  customs  regulations  of  the  country  of 
destination. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Each  country  shall  retain  to  its  own  use  the  whole  of  the  post- 
ages, registration  and  delivery  fees  it  collects  on  said  packages;  con- 
sequently this  convention  will  give  rise  to  no  separate  accounts  be- 
tween the  two  countries. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

1.  The  packages  shall  be  considered  as  a  component  part  of  the 
mails  exchanged  direct  between  Mexico  and  the  United  States  of 


236  PARCEL  POST  CONVENTION. 

America,  to  be  dispatched  by  the  country  of  origin  to  the  other  at 
its  cost  and  by  such  means  as  it  provides,  in  ordinary  mail  sacks  to 
be  marked  "Parcels  Posts"  and  to  be  securely  sealed  with  wax,  or 
otherwise,  as  may  be  mutually  provided  by  regulations  hereunder. 

2.  Registered  packages  shall  be  exchanged  in  separate  and  dis- 
tinct sacks  marked  "  Registered  Parcels  Post." 

3.  Each  country  shall  return  to   the   dispatching  office  by  next 
mail  all  bags  or  sacks  used  in  the  exchange  of  parcels. 

4.  Although    articles  admitted    under  this    convention    will   be 
transmitted  as  aforesaid  between  the  exchange  offices,  they  should 
be  so  carefully  packed  as  to  be  safely  transmitted  in  the  open  mails 
of  either  country,  both  in  going  to   the  exchange  office  in  the  coun- 
try of  origin  and  to  the  office  of  address  in  the  country  of  destina- 
tion. 

5.  Each  dispatch  of  a  parcel  post  mail  must  be  accompanied  by 
a  descriptive  list  in  duplicate  of  all  the  packages  sent,  showing  dis- 
tinctly the  list  number  of  each  parcel,  the  name  of  the  sender,   the 
name  of  the  addressee,  with  address  of  destination,  and  must  be  in- 
closed in  one  of  the  sacks  of  such  dispatch  under  the  form  of  model 
3,  annexed  hereto. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Exchanges  of  mails  under  this  convention  from  any  place  in 
either  country  to  any  place  in  the  other,  whether  by  sea  or  overland, 
shall  be  effected  through  the  post  offices  of  both  countries  already 
designated  as  Exchange  Postoffices,  or  through  such  others  as  may 
be  hereafter  agreed  upon,  under  such  regulations  relative  to  the  de- 
tails of  the  exchanges  as  may  be  mutually  determined  to  be  essen- 
tial to  the  security  and  expedition  of  the  mails  and  the  protection  of 
the  Customs  Revenues. 

ARTICLE  X. 

1.  As  soon  as  the  mail  shall  have  reached  the  exchange  office  of 
destination,  that  office  shall  check  the  contents  of  the  mail. 

2.  In  the  event  of  the  Parcel  Bill  not  having  been  received,  a 
substitute  should  at  once  be  prepared. 

3.  Any  errors  in  the  entries  on  the  Parcel  Bill  which  may  be 
discovered  shall,  after  verification  by  a  second  officer,  be  corrected 
and  noted  for  report  to  the  dispatching  office  on  a  Form  "  Verifica- 
tion Certificate,"  which  shall  be  sent  in  the  special  envelope. 


PARCEL  POST  CONVENTION.  237 

4.  If  a  parcel  advised  on  the  bill  be  not  received,  after  the  non- 
receipt  has  been  verified  by  a  second  officer,  the  entry  on  the  bill 
should  be  canceled  and  the  fact  reported  at  once. 

5.  Should  a  parcel  be  received  in  a  damaged  or  imperfect  condi- 
tion, full  particulars  shall  be  reported  on  the  same  form. 

6.  If  no  Verification  Certificate  or  note  of  error  be  received,  a 
parcel  mail  shall  be  considered  as  duly  delivered,  having  been  found 
on  examination  correct  in  all  respects. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

If  the  packages  cannot  be  delivered  as  addressed,  or  if  they  are 
refused,  they  should  be  reciprocally  returned  without  charge,  directly, 
to  the  dispatching  office  of  exchange,  at  the  expiration  of  thirty 
days  from  their  receipt  at  the  office  of  destination,  and  the  country 
of  origin  may  collect  from  the  sender  for  the  return  of  the  parcel  a 
sum  equal  to  the  postage  when  first  mailed. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

The  Post  Office  Department  of  either  of  the  contracting  countries 
will  not  be  responsible  for  the  loss  or  damage  of  any  package,  and 
no  indemnity  can  consequently  be  claimed  by  the  sender  or  ad- 
dressee in  either  country. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  Director- General  of  Posts  of  the  United  Mexican  States,  and 
the  Postmaster- General  of  the  United  States  of  America,  may,  by 
agreement,  exempt,  on  account  of  insecurity  in  the  conveyance,  or 
other  causes,  certain  post  offices  in  either  country,  from  receiving  or 
dispatching  packages  of  merchandise  weighing  from  two  to  five 
kilograms,  as  provided  for  by  this  Convention,  and  shall  have  au- 
thority to  jointly  make  such  farther  regulations  of  order  and  detail 
as  may  be  found  necessary  to  carry  out  the  present  Convention 
from  time  to  time;  and  may,  by  agreement,  prescribe  conditions  for 
the  admission  to  the  mails  of  any  of  the  articles  prohibited  by  arti- 
cle 1  of  the  Postal  Convention  on  the  4th  of  April,  1887. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

This  Convention  shall  be  ratified  by  the  contracting  countries  in 
accordance  with  their  respective  laws,  and  its  ratifications  shall  be 


238  PARCEL  POST  CONVENTION. 

exchanged  at  the  City  of  Washington  as  early  as  possible.  Once 
ratified  and  its  ratifications  exchanged,  it  shall  take  effect,  and  oper- 
ations thereunder  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1888,  and 
shall  continue  in  force  until  terminated  by  mutual  agreement,  but 
maybe  annulled  at  the  desire  of  either  Department,  upon  six  months' 
previous  notice  given  to  the  other. 

Done  in  duplicate  and  signed  at  Washington,  the  twenty-eighth 
day  of  April,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty-eight. 

M.  Romero,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary 
of  the  United  Mexican  States. 

Don  M.  Dickinson,  Postmaster-General  of  the  United  States  of 
America. 


This  Convention  was  duly  ratified,  and  the  ratifications  thereof 
were  duly  exchanged  at  the  city  of  Washington,  as  specified  above. 


LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS  AND  NATURALIZATION. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  AND  FOREIGN  RELATIONS. 
REGISTRY  DEPARTMENT. 

MEXICO,  May  28,  1886. 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased  to  address  me  the 
following  decree: — 

Porfirio  Diaz,  President  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico,  to  its  in- 
habitants makes  known: — 

That  the  Federal  Congress  has  decreed  as  follows: — 
The  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico  decrees  the  follow- 
ing:— 

LAW    AS    TO    FOREIGNERS    AND    NATURALIZATION. 
CHAPTER  I. — As  TO  MEXICANS  AND  FOREIGNERS. 

ART.  1.  Mexicans  are: — 

I.  Those  born  within  national  territory,  having  a  Mexican  father 
by  birth  or  naturalization. 

II.  Those  born  within  the  same  national  territory,  who  have  a 
Mexican  mother  and  a  father  not  legally  known,  in  conformity  with 
the  laws  of  the  Republic.     Those  who  are  born  from  unknown  par- 
ents or  of  unknown  nationality,  shall  be  considered  under  the  same 
heading. 

III.  Those  born  outside  of  the  Republic,  of  Mexican  father,  who 
may  not  have  lost  his  nationality.     If  this  should  have  happened, 
the  children  shall  be  considered  as  foreigners;  although  they  may, 
nevertheless,  show  their  preference  to  be  considered  Mexicans  within 
the  year  following  the  day  when  they  may  attain  twenty-one  years; 
provided  they  may  make  the  appropriate  declaration  before  the  di- 
plomatic or  consular  agents  of  the  Republic,  if  they  reside  outside  of 
it,  or  before  the  Department  of  Foreign  Relations,  if  they  reside 
within  the  national  territory. 

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240  LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS. 

If  the  children  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  paragraph  reside  in 
the  national  territory,  and  upon  attaining  majority  shall  have  ac- 
cepted some  public  office  or  served  in  the  army,  navy,  or  National 
guard,  they  may  be  considered  as  Mexicans,  owing  to  those  acts, 
without  requiring  any  further  formalities. 

IV.  Those  born  outside  of  the  Republic,  of  Mexican  mother,  if 
the  father  is  unknown  and  she  has  lost  her  nationality  according  to 
the  provisions  of  this  law.     If  the  mother  should  have  become  nat- 
uralized in  a  foreign  country,  her  children  shall  be  foreigners,  but 
they  shall  have  the  option  to  be  -considered  Mexicans,  by  using  that 
option  in  the  same  terms  and  under  the  same  conditions  as  stated 
in  the  foregoing  paragraph. 

V.  Mexicans  who  may  have  lost  their  nationality,  in  conformity 
with  the  prescriptions  of  this  law,  shall  regain  it  by  complying  with 
the  requirements  therein  established,  according  to  the  cases  to  which 
their  circumstances  may  refer. 

VI.  A  foreign  woman  who  may  contract  marriage  with  a  Mexi- 
can shall  keep  her  Mexican  nationality  even  during  her  widowhood. 

VII.  Persons  born  outside  of  the  Republic,  but  who  may  have 
settled  there  in  1828,  took  the  oath  to  support  the  declaration  of 
independence,  have  continued  their  residence  in  the  national  terri- 
tory, and  have  not  changed  their  nationality. 

VIII.  Mexicans  who,  residing  within  the  territories  ceded  to  the 
United  States  by  the  treaties  of  the  2d  of  February,  1848,  and  30th 
of  November,  1853,  may  have  complied  with  the  requirements  pre- 
scribed in  such  treaties  to  preserve  their  Mexican  nationality.     The 
same  standing  will  be  had  by  Mexicans  who  may  continue  residing 
in  lands  belonging  to  Guatemala,  and  to  the  citizens  of  that  Repub- 
lic who  remain  in  those  belonging  to  Mexico,  according  to  the  treaty 
of  September  27,  1882;  provided  that  said  citizens  may  comply  with 
the  prescriptions  stipulated  in  article  5th  of  the  same  treaty. 

IX.  Foreigners  naturalized  in  conformity  with  this  law. 

X.  Foreigners  who  may  acquire  real  estate  of  the  Republic;  pro- 
vided they  shall  not  declare  their  intention  of  retaining  their  nation- 
ality.    When  the  property  is  acquired,  the  foreigner  shall  state  to 
the  notary  or  judge  before  whom  the  transfer  is  made,  if  he  desires 
or  nob  to  obtain  the  Mexican  nationality  in  conformity  with  the 
right  which  paragraph  III  of  article  30  of  the  Constitution  grants 
him,  making  note  of  the  foreigner's  statement  on  this  point. 


LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS.  241 

If  he  chooses  the  Mexican  nationality,  or  omits  to  declare  his  in- 
tention on  the  subject,  he  may  petition  to  the  Department  of  For- 
eign Relations  within  one  year,  in  order  to  comply  with  the  require- 
ments stated  in  article  19  and  be  considered  as  a  Mexican. 

XI.  Foreigners  who  may  have  sons   born  in    Mexico,  provided 
they  shall  not  prefer  to  retain  their  foreign  nationality.     When  the 
registration  of  the  birth  is  effected,  the  father  shall  state  before  the 
Judge  of  Civil   Registry  his  intention  on  the  subject,  which  shall  be 
noted  in  the  official  registration;  and  if  he  prefers  the  Mexican  na- 
tionality or  omits  to  declare  his  intention  on  the  subject,  he  may 
petition  to  the  Department  of  Foreign  Relations,  within  one  year, 
in  order  to  comply  with  the  requirements  stated  in  article,  19  and 
be  considered  as  Mexican. 

XII.  Foreigners  who  may  serve  the  Mexican  Government  in  an 
official  capacity,  or  who  may  accept  from  it  titles  or  public  trusts, 
provided  that  within  one  year  after  having  accepted  the  titles  or 
public  trusts  thus  conferred  on  them,  or  having  commenced  to  offi- 
cially serve  the  Mexican  Government,  shall  petition  the  Department 
of  Foreign  Relations  in  order  to  comply  with  the  requisites  stated 
in  article  19  and  be  considered  as  Mexicans. 

ART.  2.   Foreigners  are: — 

I.  Those  born  outside  of  the  national  territory,  who  may  be  sub- 
jects of  foreign  governments,  and  who  may  not  have  been  natural- 
ized in  Mexico. 

II.  Children  of  a  foreign  father  or  a  foreign  mother  and  an  un- 
known father,  born  within  the  national  territory,  until  they  attain 
the  age  when,  in  conformity  with  the  law  of  nationality  of  the  father 
or  mother,  respectively,  they  should  be  of  age.     After  the  year  suc- 
ceeding that  age  has  elapsed,  without  their  declaring  their  intention 
before  the  political  authority  of  their  residence  that  they  follow  the 
nationality  of  their  parents,  they  shall  be  considered  as  Mexicans. 

III.  Those  absent  from  the  Republic  without  leave  of  absence  or 
government  commission,  or  on  account  of  studies,  public  interest, 
business,  or  industrial  firm,  or  the  practice  of  some  profession,  that 
may  allow  ten  years  to  elapse  without  asking  permission  to  extend 
their  absence.     This  permission   shall  not  exceed  five  years   each 
time  that  they  may  ask  it,  there  existing  the  necessity,  when   the 

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first  leave  is  obtained,  to  present  just  and  proper  reasons  to  obtain 
another. 

TV.  Mexican  women  who  may  marry  foreigners;  they  will  retain 
their  standing  of  foreigners,  even  during  their  widowhood.  After 
the  marriage  is  dissolved  a  native  Mexican  woman  may  regain  her 
nationality,  whenever,  beside  fixing  her  residence  in  the  Republic, 
she  declares  her  intention,  before  the  civil  judge  of  her  domicile,  of 
regaining  her  nationality. 

A  Mexican  woman  who  does  not  attain  her  husband's  nationality 
through  marriage,  according  to  the  laws  of  the  latter's  country,  shall 
retain  her  own. 

The  change  of  nationality  in  the  husband  after  the  marriage  im- 
plies the  change  of  the  same  nationality  in  the  wife  and  minor  chil- 
dren subject  to  parental  authority,  provided  they  shall  reside  in  the 
country  where  the  husband  or  father  may  have  respectively  natural- 
ized, saving  the  exception  established  in  the  paragraph  preceding 
this  section. 

V.  Mexicans  naturalized  in  other  countries. 

VI.  Those  who  serve  in  an  official  capacity  foreign   governments 
in  any  political,  administrative,  judicial,  military,  or  diplomatic  of- 
fice, without  permission  from  Congress. 

VII.  Those  who    accept  foreign    decorations,  titles,  or   commis- 
sions without  previously  obtaining  permission  therefor  from  the  Fed- 
eral Congress,  excepting  literary,  scientific,  and  humanitarian  titles 
which  may  be  freely  accepted. 

ART.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  determining  the  place  of  birth,  in  the 
cases  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  articles,  it  is  hereby  declared  that 
national  ships,  without  any  distinction  whatever,  are  part  of  the 
national  territory,  and  that  those  born  on  board  of  them  shall  be 
considered  as  born  within  the  Republic. 

ART.  4.  By  virtue  of  the  right  of  extraterritoriality  enjoyed  by 
diplomatic  agents,  the  children  of  Ministers  or  employes  of  the  lega- 
tions of  the  Republic  can  never  be  considered  as  born  outside  of  the 
country,  for  the  effects  provided  in  this  law. 

ART.  5.  The  nationality  of  moral  persons  or  associations  shall  be 
regulated  by  the  law  authorizing  their  formation;  consequently  all 
those  formed  in  conformity  with  the  laws  of  the  Republic  shall  be 
Mexican,  provided  they  shall  have  here  their  legal  domicile.  For- 


LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS.  243 

eign  moral  persons  enjoy  in  Mexico  the  rights  granted  to  them  by 
the  laws  of  the  country  of  their  domicile,  provided,  however,  that 
these  are  not  in  conflict  with  the  laws  of  the  nation. 

CHAPTER  II.— EXPATRIATION. 

ART.  6.  The  Mexican  Republic  recognizes  the  right  of  expatria- 
tion, as  natural  and  inherent  to  every  man,  and  as  necessary  to  the 
enjoyment  of  individual  freedom;  consequently  it  will  permit  its  in- 
habitants to  exercise  this  right,  so  that  they  may  go  out  of  its  terri- 
tory and  settle  in  a  foreign  country,  as  well  as  it  protects  the  right 
had  by  foreigners  of  all  nationalities  to  come  and  dwell  within  its 
jurisdiction.  The  Republic  therefore  receives  the  subjects  or  citi- 
zens of  other  States,  and  naturalizes  them  in  conformity  with  the 
prescriptions  of  this  law. 

ART.  7.  The  Repatriation  and  subsequent  naturalization  obtained  in 
a  foreign  country,  do  not  exempt  the  criminal  of  being  extradited, 
tried  and  punished  as  he  may  be  subject  to  according  to  treaties,  in- 
ternational customs,  and  the  laws  of  the  country. 

ART.  8.  Citizens  naturalized  in  Mexico,  although  they  may  be 
abroad,  shall  have  the  right  to  the  same  protection  from  the  govern- 
ment of  the  Republic  as  Mexicans  by  birth  have,  be  it  with  regard 
to  their  persons  or  to  their  properties.  This  does  not  prevent  that, 
if  they  return  to  the  country  of  their  origin,  they  may  be  subject  to 
all  the  responsibilities  which  they  may  have  incurred,  before  their 
naturalization,  in  conformity  with  the  laws  of  this  country. 

ART.  9.  The  Mexican  Government  shall  protect  Mexican  citizens 
while  abroad,  by  the  means  that  international  law  authorizes. 
The  President  shall  use  of  those  means,  whenever  he  may  deem  it 
convenient  to  do  so,  provided  they  may  not  constitute  acts  of  hos- 
tility; but  if  diplomatic  intervention  should  be  of  no  avail,  and  such 
means  should  not  be  sufficient,  or  if  the  grievances  inflicted  on  the 
Mexican  nation  should  be  so  great  that  they  would  demand  more 
severe  measures,  the  President  shall  immediately  give  an  account 
thereof  to  Congress,  with  the  proper  documents,  in  order  to  pursue 
the  course  laid  down  in  the  Constitution. 

ART.  10.  Naturalization  of  a  foreigner  is  void,  if  he  shall  reside  for 
tWo  years  in  the  country  of  his  origin,  unless  such  residence  shall  be 


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due  to  the  performance  of  an  official  commission  from  the  Mexican 
Government  or  by  virtue  of  its  permission. 

CHAFFER  III.— NATURALIZATION. 

AHT.  11.  Every  foreigner  complying  with  the  prescriptions  estab- 
lished in  this  law  may  become  naturalized  in  the  Republic. 

ART.  12.  At  least  six  months  before  he  asks  to  be  naturalized  he 
must  present  a  petition  in  writing  to  the  Common  Council  of  the 
place  of  his  residence,  showing  his  intention  of  becoming  a  Mexican 
citizen  and  of  giving  up  his  foreign  nationality.  The  Common 
Council  shall  give  him  a  certified  copy  of  such  petition,  and  pre- 
serve the  original  thereof  in  its  archives. 

ART.  13.  After  said  six  months  shall  have  elapsed,  and  when  the 
foreigner  shall  have  resided  two  years  in  the  Republic,  he  may 
petition  the  Federal  Government  to  grant  him  Ms  certificate  of 
naturalization.  In  order  to  obtain  it  he  must  beforehand  present 
himself  before  the  District  Judge  under  whose  jurisdiction  he  may 
be,  offering  to  prove  the  following  facts: — 

I.  That,  in  conformity  with  the  laws  of  this  country,  he  is  in  the 
full  enjoyment  of  his  civil  rights,  owing  to  his  being  of  age. 

II.  That  he  has  resided  in  the  Republic  during  at  least  two  years, 
conducting  himself  properly. 

III.  That  he  has  a  business,  trade,  profession,  or  income  from 
which  he  derives  a  living. 

ART.  14.  Annexed  to  the  petition,  that  he  may  present  to  the 
District  Judge  asking  that  he  carry  on  such  examination, 'he  shall 
have  a  certified  copy  issued  by  the  Common  Council,  to  which  ref- 
erence is  made  in  article  12,  and  furthermore  add  an  express  re- 
nouncement of  all  submission,  obedience,  or  fidelity  to  any  foreign 
government,  and  especially  to  that  of  which  petitioner  may  have 
beer;  subject,  to  any  protection  other  than  that  of  the  laws  and 
authorities  of  Mexico,  and  to  all  the  rights  that  treaties  or  interna- 
tional law  may  grant  to  foreigners. 

ART.  15.  The  District  Judge,  after  having  previously  liad  the 
party  concerned"  ratify  his  petition,  will  cause  to  be  taken,  with  the 
assistance  of  the  district  attorney,  the  testimony  of  witnesses  on  the 
points  to  which  article  13  has  reference,  and  he  may  exact,  if  he 


LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS.  245 

deems  it  necessary,  the  report  which  regarding  it  the  Common  Coun . 
oil  may  give  and  to  which  article  12  refers. 

The  judge  shall  likewise  receive  the  other  proofs  that  the  party 
concerned  may  present  with  reference  to  the  points  stated  in  article 
13,  and  shall  ask  an  opinion  thereon  from  the  district  attorney. 

ART.  16.  The  said  judge,  in  case  that  his  decision  should  be  fa- 
vorable to  the  petitioner,  shall  forward  the  original  proceedings  to 
the  Department  of  Foreign  Relations,  so  that  it  may  issue  the  cer- 
tificate of  naturalization,  if  in-  its  judgment  there  is  no  legal  reason 
to  prevent  its  issuance.  Through  the  intervention  of  the  same  judge, 
the  party  concerned  shall  present  a  petition  to  that  Department, 
asking  for  the  certificate  of  naturalization,  ratifying  his  renounce- 
ment of  foreign  rights,  and  protesting  to  support,  obey,  and  submit 
himself  to  the  laws  and  authorities  of  the  Republic. 

ART.  17.  Foreigners  serving  in  the  merchant  national  navy  may 
become  naturalized,  it  being  sufficient  for  them  to  serve  one  year 
on  board,  instead  of  the  two  that  are  required  under  article  13.  For 
the  purposes  of  the  proceedings  of  naturalization,  jurisdiction  may  be 
had  by  the  district  judge  of  any  of  the  ports  at  which  the  ship  may 
arrive,  and  in  the  same  manner  a  common  council  of  any  of  said 
places  may  receive  the  petition  to  which  article  12  refers. 

ART.  18.  Foreigners  naturalized  in  conformity  with  the  law,  and 
tho§e  who  have  the  right  to  exercise  their  option  as  to  becoming 
Mexican  citizens,  are  not  comprised  within  the  prescription  of  arti- 
cles 12,  13,  14,  15,  and  16;  consequently  the  children  of  a  Mex- 
ican or  of  a  Mexican  woman  who  has  lost  his  or  her  citizenship, 
and  to  whom  subdivisions  III  and  IV  of  article  1  refer;  a  foreign 
woman  who  marries  a  Mexican,  to  whom  subdivision  IV  of  the 
same  article  has  reference;  the  children  of  a  foreign  father  or  of  a 
foreign  mother  and  an  unknown  father  born  in  national  territory, 
to  whom  reference  is  made  in  subdivision  II  of  article  2,  and  the 
Mexican  widow  of  a  foreigner,  referred  to  in  section  IV  of  the  same 
article,  shall  be  considered  as  naturalized  for  all  legal  purposes,  pro- 
vided they  shall  merely  comply  with  the  prescriptions  established 
in  those  articles  and  without  requiring  any  further  formalities. 

ART.  19.  Foreigners  who  may  be  considered  within  the  cases 
stated  in  subdivisions  X,  XI,  and  XII,  of  article  1,  may  address 
themselves  to  the  Department  of  Foreign  Relations  asking  for  their 


246  LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS. 

certificate  of  naturalization,  within  the  term  set  forth  in  said  sub- 
divisions. They  shall  annex  to  their  petition  the  document  that 
may  show  that  they  have  acquired  real  estate  or  have  had  children 
in  Mexico,  or  accepted  some  public  office,  as  the  case  may  be.  They 
shall  furthermore  present  the  renouncement  and  protest  that  are  re- 
quired by  articles  14  and  16  in  ordinary  cases  of  naturalization. 

ART.  20.  Absence  in  a  foreign  land  with  permission  of  the  gov- 
ernment does  not  interrupt  the  residence  required  under  article  13 
provided  such  absence  shall  not  exceed,  six  months  during  the  period 
of  two  years. 

ART.  21.  Certificates  of  naturalization  shall  not  be  issued  in  favor 
of  subjects  or  citizens  of  a  nation  against  whom  the  Republic  is  at 
war. 

ART.  22.  No  certificates  of  naturalization  shall  be  given  to  those 
who  are  considered,  or  have  been  judicially  declared  in  other  coun- 
tries, to  be  pirates,  slave  dealers,  incendiaries,  counterfeiters,  or 
forgers  of  bank  bills  or  other  documents  used  in  lieu  of  coin,  nor  to 
assassins  and  robbers.  Naturalization  obtained  by  a  foreigner 
fraudulently  and  in  violation  of  the  law  is  entirely  null  and  void. 

ART.  23.  The  certificates  of  naturalization .  shall  be  issued  gratu- 
itously, and  nothing  shall  be  charged  for  them,  either  as  costs  or 
registration  fees,  seals,  or  in  any  other  way. 

ART.  24.  As  the  act  of  naturalization  is  entirely  of  a  personal  na- 
ture, it  can  only  be  made  through  a  representative  by  means  of  a 
special  and  sufficient  power  of  attorney  for  that  act,  which  may  con- 
tain the  renouncement  and  protest  that  the  party  concerned  must 
make  in  person,  but  in  no  case  can  the  power  supply  the  want  of 
actual  residence  of  the  foreigner  in  the  Republic. 

ART.  25.  The  character  of  citizen  or  foreigner  cannot  be  trans- 
ferred to  third  parties;  consequently  neither  the  citizen  can  enjoy 
the  rights  of  a  foreigner  nor  the  latter  the  prerogatives  of  the 
former,  owing  to  their  character  as  such  citizen  or  foreigner. 

ART.  26.  The  change  of  nationality  cannot  hare  a  retroactive  ef- 
fect. The  acquisition  and  reobtainment  of  the  rights  of  a  Mexican 
citizen  cannot  have  its  effect  until  the  day  following  the  date  on 
which  one  may  have  complied  with  all  the  conditions  and  formalities 
established  in  this  law,  in  order  to  obtain  naturalization. 

ART.  27.  Colonists  who  may  come  to  this  country  by  virtue  of 


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contracts  entered  into  with  the  Government,  and  whose  traveling 
and  installation  expenses  are  made  by  the  latter,  shall  be  considered 
as  Mexicans.  In  the  agreement  to  become  such  colonists  they  must 
declare  their,  intention  to  give  up  their  first  nationality  and  to 
adopt  Mexican  citizenship,  and  when  they  shall  settle  in  the  colony, 
they  shall  make  before  a  competent  authority  the  renouncement  and 
protest  required  in  articles  13  and  16;  and  such  document  shall  be 
forwarded  to  the  Department  of  Foreign  Relations  in  order  that  a 
certificate  of  naturalization  be  issued  in  favor  of  the  party  concerned. 

ART.  "28.  Colonists  wlio  may  arrive  at  this  country  on  their  own 
account,  or  on  account  of  private  companies  or  corporations,  that 
receive  no  subsidy  from  the  government,  as  well  as  the  immigrants 
of  all  kinds,  may  become  naturalized,  in  their  case,  according  to  the 
prescriptions  of  this  law.  Colonists  established  until  now  are  also 
subject  to  them,  in  so  far  as  they  are  not  opposed  to  the  rights  that 
they  may  have  acquired,  according  to  their  contracts. 

ART.  29.  A  naturalized  foreigner  shall  be  a  Mexican  citizen  as 
soon  as  he  has  complied  with  all  the  conditions  required  by  article 
34  of  the  Constitution,  he  being  made  equal  in  all  his  rights  and  ob- 
ligations as  Mexicans,  but  will  be  unable  to  perform  the  duties  of 
those  offices  or  trusts  that,  in  conformity  with  the  laws,  may  require 
nationality  by  birch,  unless  he  was  born  within  the  national  terri- 
tory and  his  naturalization  may  have  been  effected  in  conformity 
with  section  II  of  article  2. 

CHAPTER  IV. — OF  THE  RIGHTS  AND  OBLIGATIONS  OF 
FOREIGNERS. 

ART  30.  Foreigners  shall  enjoy  in  the  Republic  the  civil  rights 
pertaining  to  Mexicans,  and  the  securities  granted  under  section  1 
of  title  1  of  the  Constitution,  saving  the  authority  that  the  govern- 
ment has  of  expelling  a  pernicious  foreigner. 

ART.  31.  In  the  acquisition  of  national  and  public  lands,  of  real 
estate  and  vessels,  foreigners  need  not  be  required  to  reside  in  the 
Republic,  but  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  restrictions  that  existing 
laws  impose  on  them,  with  the  understanding  that  any  leasing  of 
real  estate  made  to  a  foreigner  shall  be  considered  as  a  sale, 
whenever  the  term  of  the  contract  shall  exceed  ten  years. 

ART.  32.  Only  the  Federal  law  can   modify  or  restrict  the  civil 


248  LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS. 

rights  enjoyed  by  foreigners,  owing  to  the  principle  of  international 
reciprocity,  and  so  that  they  may  be  subject  in  the  Republic  to  the 
same  restrictions  that  the  laws  of  their  country  impose  on  Mexi- 
cans residing  there;  consequently  the  prescriptions  of  the  Civil  and 
Civil  Procedure  Codes  of  the  Federal  District  on  the  subject  shall 
be  considered  as  Federal,  and  be  obligatory  throughout  the  Union. 

ART.  33.  Foreigners,  without  losing  their  nationality,  may  domicile 
themselves  in  the  Republic  for  all  legal  effects.  The  acquisition, 
change,  or  loss  of  domicile  are  governed  by  the  laws  of  Mexico. 

ART.  34.  When  the  suspension  of  individual  security  is  declared, 
in  confoi-mity  with  what  title  I,  article  29,  of  the  Constitution 
prescribes,  foreigners  remain  like  Mexicans  subject  to  the  prescrip- 
tions of  the  law  which  decrees  the  suspension,  excepting  in  so  far 
as  modified  by  the  stipulations  contained  in  the  treaties. 

ART.  35.  Foreigners  have  the  obligation  to  contribute  for  the 
public  expenses,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  laws,  and  to  obey 
and  respect  the  institutions,  laws,  and  authorities  of  the  country,  be- 
ing subject  to  the  decrees  and  judgments  of  courts,  without  having 
the  right  to  interpose  any  other  remedies  than  those  that  the  laws 
grant  to  Mexicans.  They  can  only  appeal  through  diplomatic  chan- 
nels whenever  there  is  a  denial  of  justice  or  a  voluntary  delay  in  its 
administration,  after  having  uselessly  exhausted  the  ordinary  reme- 
dies created  by  the  laws,  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  interna- 
tional law. 

ART.  36.  Foreigners  do  not  enjoy  the  political  rights  that  pertain 
to  Mexican  citizens;  for  that  reason  they  cannot  vote  nor  be  voted 
for  any  office  of  popular  election,  nor  be  appointed  to  any  other  of- 
fice or  commission  appropriate  to  offices  under  the  State  Departments; 
nor  belong  to  the  army,  navy,  or  national  guard ;  nor  associate  them- 
selves to  treat  of  political  matters  of  the  country,  nor  exercise  the 
right  of  petition  in  this  class  of  matters.  This  is  understood  with- 
out prejudice  to  what  is  prescribed  in  article  1,  subdivision  XII, 
and  article  19  of  this  law. 

ART.  37.  Foreigners  are  exempted  from  military  service.  Those 
having  a  domicile  here  are  obliged  to  do  police  service  whenever 
the  security  of  property  and  the  preservation  of  order  in  the  same 
town  where  they  are  dwelling  is  in  question. 

ART.  38.  Foreigners  who  may  take  part  in  civil  dissensions  of  the 


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country  may  be  expelled  from  its  territory  as  pernicious  foreigners, 
being  subject  to  the  laws  of  the  Republic  for  the  offenses  that  they 
may  commit  against  it,  and  without  prejudice  that  their  rights  and 
obligations  while  the  war  lasts  may  be  regulated  by  international 
law  and  the  treaties. 

ART.  39.  The  laws  relating  to  the  matriculation  of  foreigners  are 
hereby  abolished.  Only  the  Department  of  Foreign  Relations  may 
issue  certificates  of  specific  nationality,  in  favor  of  the  foreigners 
who  may  solicit  it.  These  certificates  constitute  the  legal  presump- 
tion of  foreign  citizenship,  but  do  not  exclude  the  proof  of  the  op- 
posite. The  final  proof  of  a  specific  nationality  is  made  before  compe- 
tent courts  and  through  the  means  established  by  the  laws  and 
treaties. 

ART.  40.  This  law  does  not  grant  to  foreigners  the  rights  that  are 
denied  to  them  by  international  law,  the  treaties  or  existing  legisla- 
tion-of  the  Republic. 

CHAPTER  V.— TRANSITORY  PROVISIONS. 

ART.  1.  Foreigners  who  may  have  acquired  real  estate,  who  have 
had  children  in  Mexico,  or  filled  some  public  office,  and  to  whom  sec- 
tions X,  XI,  and  XII  of  article  1  of  this  law  refer,  are  objiged  to 
declare  their  intention  within  six  months,  if  they  have  not  done  so 
heretofore,  to  the  public  authority  of  the  place  of  their  residence,  if 
they  wish  to  obtain  Mexican  nationality  or  retain  their  standing  of 
foreigners.  In  the  first  case  they  must  immediately  ask  for  their 
certificate  of  naturalization  in  the  form  established  in  article  16  of 
this  law.  If  they  should  omit  to  make  the  declaration  of  intention 
referred  to,  they  shall  be  considered  as  Mexicans,  excepting  in  those 
cases  in  which  there  may  have  been  an  official  declaration  on  this 
subject. 

ART.  2.  Colonists  residing  in  the  country  to  whom  the  final  sub- 
division of  article  28  of  this  law  refers,  must  state,  in  the  same  terms 
as  expressed  in  the  foregoing  article,  the  nationality  to  which  they 
must  be  considered  as  belonging,  asking  also  their  certificate  of  nat- 
uralization, as  is  prescribed  in  this  article,  in  case  that  it  should  be 
the  Mexican  nationality. 

ART.  3.  When  the  Executive  shall  issue  the  necessary  regulations 


250  LAW  REGARDING  FOREIGNERS. 

for  the  execution  of  this  law,  it  shall  take  care  to  approve  the  proper 
prescription,  so  that  the  local  authorities  may  give  proper  com- 
pliance thereto  in  whatever  concerns  them. 

[Signed]         JUANJ.  BAZ, 

Deputy  President, 

[Signed]         PEDRO  SANCHEZ  CASTRO, 
.  Senator  President, 

[Signed]         ROBERT  NUNEZ, 

Deputy  Secretary, 
[Signed]         GILDARDO  GOMEZ, 

Senator  Secretary. 

Wherefore  I  command  that  it  be  printed,  published,  and  circu- 
lated, and  that  due  compliance  be  given  thereto. 

Given  in  the  National  Palace  of  Mexico  on  the  twenty- eighth  of 
May,  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-six. 

[Signed]         PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  Citizen  Counselor  Ignacio  Mariscal,  Secretary  of  State  and  of 
Foreign   Relations. 


LAWS  OF  OCCUPATION  AND  SALE  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  JUSTICE,  PUBLIC  WORKS,  AND  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION.  ^ 
BUREAU  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS.  \ 

The  Citizen  Constitutional  President  of  the  Republic  has  been 
pleased  to  address  me  the  following  decree: — 

Benito  Juarez,  Constitutional  President  of  the,  Mexican    United 
States,  to  its  inhabitants  makes  known: — 

That  by  virtue  of  the  ample  power  with  which  I  am  invested  and 
of  that  granted  to  the  Federal  Congress  by  subdivision  24  of  article 
72  of  the  Constitution,  I  have  thought  it  proper  to  decree  the  fol- 
lowing:— 

LAW  REGARDING  THE  OCCUPATION   AND   SALE 
OF   PUBLIC  LANDS. 

ART.  1.  All  lands  in  the  Republic  which  have  not  been  dedicated 
to  a  public  use,  by  an  authority  empowered  thereto  by  law,  or  that 
have  not  been  granted  by  the  same,  as  a  lien  or  for  a  pecuniary  con- 
sideration, to  some  individual  or  corporation  authorized  to  acquire 
such  property,  are  public  lands,  for  the  purposes  of  this  law. 

2.  Any  inhabitant  of   the    Republic    has    the  right  'to    claim  up 
to  two  thousand  five  hundred  hectares,  and  no  more,  of  public  lands, 
excepting  persons  born  in  countries  along  the  boundaries  of  the  Re- 
public and  those  naturalized  therein,  who  under  no  title  \\hatever 
may  acquire  public  lands  in  the  State  bounded  thereon. 

3.  The  supreme  general  government  shall  publish  every  two  years 
the  price  list  of  public  lands  in  each  State,  District,  and  Territory. 

4.  The   price  of  public  lands   shall   be   paid   two- thirds  in  cash 
and  the  rest  in  bonds  of  the  public  national  or  foreign  debt.    Of  the 
two-thirds  paid  in  cash,  one-third  shall  be  given  over  to  the  Federal 
Treasury  and  the  other  third  to  the  Treasury  of  the  State  wherein 
the  public  lands  may  be  situated. 

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252  LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

5.  The    possessor  of  any   public    lands,    whatever    their   extent 
may  be,  that  at  this  date  may  be  cultivated  or  inclosed  by  a  ditch, 
fence,  or  artificial  landmarks,  placed  at  least  at  the  angles  of  their 
perimeter,  has  the  right  to  have  a  deduction  of  one-half  of  the  price 
stated  in  the  price  list,  if  he  shall  have  been  ten  years  in  possession 
of  the  same,  or  hold  under  title  of  transfer  of  property,  though  it  may 
hav«  been  granted  by  someone  who  had  no  right  thereto.     If  he  has 
no  title  nor  ten  years'  possession,  the  reduction  shall  only  be  for  one- 
fourth;  but  in  both  cases  the  payment  may  be  made  by  the  delivery 
of  the  bonds  at  once  and  the  money  in   three   installments,  one  in 
one  year,  the  second  in  two,  and  the  last  in  three,  while  the  land 
shall   meanwhile  be  considered   as-  specially  mortgaged  as  security 
for  the  payment  to  be  made. 

6.  The  fact  of  being  in  possession  for  ten  years,  without  the  title 
as   referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article,  or  such  title  without  pos- 
session, shall  not  entitle  anyone  to  a  reduction;  but  if  both  exist, 
there  shall  be  granted  a  reduction  of  one-fourth  of  the  price,  although 
the  public  land  may  not  be  cultivated  or  inclosed,  provided  that  the 
possession  may  have  been  preserved  up  to  the  day  of  presentation 
of  the  claim.     In  that  case,  in  order  to  ascertain  the  portion  of  land 
in  possession,  reference  shall  be  had  to  the  boundaries  mentioned  in 
the  title,  even  though  they  do  not  agree  with  the  land  occupied  and 
reference  may  only  be  had  to  the  latter,  when  the  title  fixes  no  bound- 
aries, or  when  it  is  impossible  to  mark  them  on  the  soil. 

In  cases  comprised  within  the  provisions  of  this  article,  the  pay- 
ment may  be  made  in  the  terms  prescribed  in  the  foregoing  article. 

7.  Public  lands    which   cannot   be    segregated  from    fields   of   a 
different  character,  or  not  entirely  comprised  within  the  same,  shall 
be  considered  as  effected  by  the  provisions  of  the  two  foregoing  arti- 
cles, provided  the  person  in  possession  of  the  public  lands  has  them 
within  his  possession,  and  they  contain  the  conditions  of  cultivation, 
inclosure,  title,  or  ten  years'  possession,  as  is  provided  in  said  arti- 
cles. 

8.  The  reduction  in  price  granted   under  the  foregoing  articles 
shall  only  apply  when  the  person  having  the  light  thereto  shall  pre- 
sent his  petition  within  three  months  after  the  publication  of  this 
law,  or  afterwards  if  no  prior  claimant  makes  contest,  because  if 
there  should  be  one  he  will  give  up  the  land  to  the  claimant,  or  pay 


LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LAXDS.  25-3 

him  its  value  at  the  amount  in  cash  as  specified  in  the  price  list,  and 
will  likewise  indemnify  him  for  the  necessary  expenses  that  he  may 
have  made.  All  this  is  to  be  done  without  interfering  with  the 
payment  that  should  be  made  to  the  Public  Treasury,  in  conformity 
with  the  provisions  hereinbefore  set  forth.  During  the  three 
months  to  which  this  article  refers,  only  those  in  possession  may 
claim  the  public  lands  to  which  it  has  reference;  and  should  they 
not  present  any  claim,  the  person  making  a  petition  for  that  pur- 
pose can  only  claim  two  thousand  hectares.* 

9.  No  one  may  make  any  opposition  whatever   to  the  measure- 
ment, survey,  or  compliance  with  any  order  of  any  competent  au- 
thority of  any  other  acts  necessary  to  determine  the  truth  or  legaL 
ity  of  a  claim  or  denouncement  in  lands  that  are  not  public  lands; 
but  whenever  the  judgment  shall  decree  that  the  lands  claimed  are 
not  public  lands  in  their  entirety  or  a  portion  thereof,  there  shall 
accrue  a  right  to  obtain  indemnity  for  the  damages  arising  from  the 
claim  made,  without  that  being  a  bar  to  the  institution  of  a  criminal 
action,  should  there  be  authority  for  instituting  such  an  action. 

10.  Owners    of  public  lands  granted    from    this    date   shall    be 
obliged  to  keep  in  some  place  within  their  property,  and  during  ten 
years  computed  from  the  time  when  they  were  granted,  an  inhabitant 
at  least  for  each  two  hundred  hectares  granted,  without  taking  into 
account  any  fraction  not  amounting  to  that  number.     Any  owner 
that  does  not  have  the  inhabitants  that  correspond  to  him,  during 
four  months  in  the  year,  shall  forfeit  his  right  to  the  lands  and  to 
the  price  which  he  may  have  paid  therefor. 

11.  All  persons  who  may  at  present  have  public  lands  in  usufruct, 
enfiteusis,  or  by  virtue  of  any  other  contract  that  may  have  trans- 
ferred the  use,  but  not  the  direct  ownership,  of  the  lands,  shall  have 

*By  decree  of  the  13th  of  September,  1863,  the  eighth  article  of  this  law  was 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  "  The  reduction  of  price  granted  by  the  pre- 
ceding articles  shall  only  take  place,  if  the  person  entitled  thereto  shall  pre- 
sent his  claim  within  three  months  after  the  publication  of  this  law,  or  after- 
wards, if  there  should  be  no  former  claimant  opposed  thereto,  because  if  there 
should  be  one  he  shall  give  up  the  land  to  the  claimant,  or  shall  pay  its  value 
in  cash  at  the  price  mentioned  in  the  price  list,  deducting  therefrom  the  por- 
tion that  has  to  be  paid  to  the  public  Treasury,  besides  indemnifying  him  for 
the  expenses  that  he  may  have  necessarily  made." 


254  LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

the  right  to  a  reduction  of  half  the  price  stated  in  the  list,  if  they 
become  claimants  in  the  manner  and  under  the  conditions  stated  in 
article  8;  otherwise  they  shall  remain  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
the  same  article. 

12.  Present  lessees  and  joint  owners  of  public  lands,  and  who  may 
have  received  them  by  virtue  of  a  contract  whereby  neither  the  use 
nor  the  direct  ownership  may  have  been  transferred  to  them,  shall 
be  included  within  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  article;  but  the 
reduction  to  be  made  to  them  shall  be  only  of  one-fouth  of  the  price 
set  forth  in  the  price  list.     Should  the  lands  be  not  granted  to  them, 
those  to  whom  they  may  be  so  granted  shall  comply  with  the  con- 
tract of  lease,  joint  ownership,  etc.,  during  all  the  time  of  its  dura- 
tion, if  it  should  be  a  fixed  period,  and  if  not  a  stated  term,  then 
until  the  termination  of  the  year  in  which  the  decree  granting  the 
land  may  be  issued. 

13.  The  President  of  the  Republic  only,  through  the  Department 
of  Public  Works,  may  enter  into  the  contracts  referred  to  in  the 
two  foregoing  articles  with  regard  to  public  lands;  but  such  con- 
tracts shall  not  prevent  the  transfer  of  the  lands  in  conformity  with 
this  law,  because  whether  they  are  for  a  fixed  term  or  not,  they 
shall  only  last  until  the  termination  of  the  year- wherein  the  decree 
granting  the  land  may  have  been  issued. 

14.  A  petition  for  a  claim  of  public  lands  shall  be  presented  be- 
fore the  judge  of  first  instance  who  has  jurisdiction  of  federal  cases 
in  the  judicial  disti-ict  wherein  the  public  lands  may  be  situated. 

15.  When    the   petition   is  presented,  the  survey  and    drawing 
of  the  plat  shall  be  made  by  the  professional  expert,  or  by  the  prac- 
tical expert,  if  the  former  is  wanting,  who  may  be  appointed  by  the 
judge. 

16.  After  the  survey  and  plat  of  the  land  have  been  made,  an 
examination  shall  take  place  in  the  office,  under  whose  jurisdiction 
such  public  lands  may  be,  to  ascertain  whether  the  Government  is 
in  full  possession  of  the  land  claimed.     If  it  should  be,  and  no  con- 
testant appears,  the  adjudication  and   ownership  of   the   property 
shall  be  decreed  to  the  claimant,  without  further  proceedings;  but 
if  there  is  a  contestant,  the  judicial  proceedings  pending  between 
the  claimant  and  the  contestant  shall  first  be  decided.     A  represent- 
ative of  the  Federal  Treasury  shall  likewise  be  a  party  to  such  pro- 
ceedings. 


LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS.  255 

17.  If  the  Government  should  not  have  possession  of  the  public 
lands,  the  claim  or  denouncement  shall  be  published  three  times — 
once  every  ten  days — in  the  newspapers  and  by  notices  fixed  in  pub- 
lic places.     Tf  no  contestant  appears,  the  adjudication  of  the  prop- 
erty shall  be  decreed,  not  as  absolute  ownership,  but  as  by  posses- 
sory title;  but  if  a  contestant  appears,  proper  proceedings  must  be 
previously  instituted  as  between  the  claimant  and  the  contestant,  a 
representative  of  the  Federal  Treasury  likewise  to  appear  as  a  party 
to  the  proceedings. 

18.  A  judicial  decree  relating  to    the    adjudication    or   conces- 
sion of  public  lands,  whether  for  possessory  title  or  ownership,  shall 
not  be  carried  into  effect  until  it  is  first  approved  by  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works.     For  that  purpose  a  certified  copy  of  the 
record  and  plat  shall  be  forwarded  to  said  Department,  through  the 
governor  of  the  State,  and  this  officer  shall  send  therewith  such  re- 
port on  the  case  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

19.  When    the    approval    referred    to    in    the   foregoing   article 
has  been  obtained,  and  the  party  concerned  has  presented  a  certifi- 
cate showing  that  he  has  paid  in  the  corresponding  office  the  value 
of  the  land,  in  conformity  with  the  price  list  of  the  two-year  period 
within  which  the  claim  was  made,  or  the  bonds  when  the  payment 
is  to  be  made  by  installments,  the  judge  shall  cause  to  be  delivered 
to  him  the  land  and  the  title  of  ownership  or  possession. 

20.  The   adjudication  and    delivery  of   possession    gives   owner- 
ship also  as  against  the  Government  and  the  contestants  against  the 
claim,  who  may  have  appeared  in  the  litigation  and  have  been  de- 
feated; but  as  far  as  third  parties  are  concerned,  the  ownership  in 
this  class  of  judgments  or  adjudication  can  only  be  acquired  by  lim- 
itation or  other  legal  title. 

21.  Any  suspension  in  the  proceedings  instituted   by  virtue  of 
the  denouncement  or  claim,  due  to  the  fault  of  the  claimant,  whether 
it  should  consist  in  not  making  the  necessary  expenses,  in  remaining 
absent  without  leaving  an  attorney-in-fact  learned  and  under  pay, 
merely  in  not  pushing  the  proceedings  which  should  be  instituted, 
or  in  any  other  way,  shall  give  right  to  the  contestant  to  ask  that 
a  time  be  fixed,  which  shall  not  exceed  six  days,  within  which  such 
proceedings  shall  be  prosecuted,  and  if  that  is  not  done,  it  shall 
be  decreed  that   the  claim   has   been   abandoned  and  the  dilatory 


256  LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

claimant  shall  not  be  able  to  claim  the  same  public  lands  again.  If 
no  motion  is  made  by  the  contestant,  the  judge  on  his  own  motion 
shall  tix  the  time  above  referred  to. 

22.  The  expenses  of  measurements,  survey,  possession,  and  any 
others  which  may  be  incurred  in  shall  be  on  account  of  the  claimant, 
provided  that  he  shall  be  indemnified  therefor  when  a  decree  for  costs 
shall  be  entered  against  a  contestant. 

23.  The  adjudication  of  public  lands  is  free  from  the  payment 
of  interior  duties,  if  the  person  to  whom  the  land  is  decreed  has  no 
property  adjoining  thereto,  because  if  such  is  the  case  he  will  pay 
in  money  an  interior  tax  of  25  per  cent  on  the  price,  unless  he  is 
comprised  within  articles  5,  6,  7,  11,  and  12,  in  which  case  and  pro- 
vided he  is  not  an  adjoining  owner,  he  shall  only  pay  the  ordinary 
interior  tax  that  may  have  been  established. 

24.  The  interior  tax  of  25  per  cent  shall  also  be  paid  during  the 
period  of  ten  years,  computed  from  the  date  of  the  decree  of  adju- 
dication, for  the  transfers  of  ownership  posterior  to  such  decree,  that 
may  be  made  in  favor  of  adjoining  owners  of  public  lands  that  may 
be  granted  after  this  date. 

25.  If  the  public   lands  claimed  should  be  bounded  through  all 
their  perimeter  by  lands  which  are  not  public  lands,  they  shall  retain 
whatever  figure  they  may  have;  if  they  are  only  bounded  on  one  side 
by  lands  of  that  class,  the  sides  which  shall  be  laid  down  must  be 
straight,  and  the  angles  as  little  acute  and  obtuse  as  possible;  if 
they  should  be  entirely  surrounded  by  public  lands,  the  figure  shall 
be  necessarily  a  square. 

26.  When  the  public  lands  claimed  are  adjoining  to  others  not 
public  lands,  the  boundaries  of  the  latter  shall  be  taken  as  bounda- 
ries of  the  lands  claimed,  or  a  distance  not  less  than  a  kilometer 
shall  be  left  between  both,  at  the  option  of  the  persons  to  whom  the 
lands  were  granted. 

27.  The  provision  of  former  laws  which  declared  that  there  was 
no  limitation  as  to  public  lands,  is  repealed  from  this  date.     Where- 
fore hereafter  any  person  not  of  those  excepted  by  article  2  of  this 
law,  shall  establish  title  by  limitation  of  ten  years'  possession,  up  to 
two  thousand  five  hundred  hectares  and  no  more  of  public  lands,  if 
the  other  requirements  that  the  laws  prescribe  as  to  limitations  have 
been  complied  with,  and  also  if  all  the  provisions  stated  in  article  10 
shall  have  been  fulfilled  during  said  ten  years. 


LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS.  257 

28.  Every  contract  or  prescription  relating  to  public  lands  that 
may  not  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  law,  and 
by  the  public  officers  to  whom  such  duties  are  intrusted,  shall  be 
null  and  void,  and  cannot  have  any  force  or  effect  as  against  the 
Government. 

Wherefore  I  command  that  it  be  printed,  published,  circulated, 
and  that  it  be  duly  complied  with. 

Given  at  the  Palace  of  the  Federal  Government  in  San  Luis  Po- 
tosi,  on  the  20th  of  July,  1863.  BENITO  JUAREZ. 

To  Citizen  Jesus  Teran,  Secretary  of  Justice,  Public  Works  and 
Public  Instruction. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you,  that  it  may  be  known  and  complied 
with.  God  and  Liberty:  San  Luis  Potosi,  July  22,  1863. 

[Signed]         TERAN. 


I 


CIRCULAR  AS  TO  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY,  AND  COM- 
MERCE OF  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC.     BUREAU  FIRST. 
PUBLIC  LAND  OFFICE.    CIRCULAR. 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  article  3  of  the  law  of  July 
22,  1863,  the  accompanying  price  list  of  public  lands  for  the  uext 
two  years  of  1891  and  1892  has  been  issued. 

In  the  circulars  relative  thereto  of  February  9,  1885,  December 
11,  1886,  and  December  of  1888,  there  were  given  the  reasons  that 
served  as  a  basis  for  the  determination  of  the  value  to  which  the 
sale  of  public  lands  should  be  subject,  taking  into  account  the  con. 

ditions  that  render  them  of  more  or  less  value, 
j 

For  the  present  in  the  new  price  list,  notwithstanding  the  recog- 
nized increase  of  price  that  has  been  generally  observed  in  lands,  as 
a  natural  consequence  of  the  increase  of  population  and  develop- 
ment of  agriculture,  the  President  of  the  Republic,  for  the  purpose 
of  assisting  and  promoting  the  claims  of  public  lands,  has  not  de- 
sired to  make  any  alterations  in  the  prices  stated  in  the  last  price 
list. 

So  as  to  have  a  proper  understanding-of  the  classification  of  lands, 
the  following  rules  are  repeated : — 

16 


258  LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

Lands  of  the  first  class  are  those  which,  owing  to  their  situation 
and  favorable  elements  for  agriculture  or  operation  of  some  indus- 
try, deserve  to  be  considered  as  such;  that  is,  lands  adjoining  towns 
of  some  importance  or  to  railroads  or  rivers;  those  which  may  be 
irrigated  and  are  suitable  for  an  easy  and  remunerative  cultivation; 
those  having  trees  of  precious  woods;  those  having  orchilla  or  some 
dyeing  productions,  and  those  that  contain  some  of  the  substances 
or  salts  specified  in  article  10  of  the  Mining  Code. 

Lands  of  the  second  class  are  lands  of  a  single  crop,  those  that 
are  more  distant  than  those  of  the  first  class  from  means  of  commu- 
nication, and  those  that  are  suitable  for  cattle  raising,  or  that  can  be 
rendered  productive  with  little  cost,  be  it  for  agriculture  or  for  any 
other  industry.  And  lands  of  the  third  class  are  those  that,  owing 
to  their  inferiority,  be  it  through  the  quality  of  the  land,  or  for  their 
great  distance  from  means  of  communications  or  from  the  centers 
of  consumption,  or  through  their  situation  exposed  to  inundations, 
cannot  be  considered  as  comprised  within  the  foregoing  classes. 

In  order  that  what  has  been  stated  in  the  circulars  mentioned  may 
be  better  known,  the  following  is  again  stated,  that,  since  the  deter- 
mination of  the  class  to  which  lands  claimed  may  belong,  has  to  be 
really  arrived  at  by  the  surveyor  appointed  to  make  the  measure- 
ments and  survey,  it  becomes  necessary  that  the  court  may  be 
very  careful  in  the  appointment  of  such  surveyors,  so  that,  being 
both  capable  and  honest,  they  shall  perform  their  labors  in  strict 
accordance  with  equity,  without  being  guided  by  any  suggestions  or 
influence  when  they  survey  and  describe  the  lands, and  shall  fully  state 
their  conditions  and  elements,  and  point  out  the  manner  in  which 
they  may  be  worked  by  the  disbursement  of  large  or  small  amounts 
of  money,  so  that,  taking  such  information  into  account,  the  court 
may  decide  that  it  agrees  with  the  designation  of  the  class  to  which 
the  lands  belong,  or  may  order  the  production  of  proofs  necessary 
to  show  the  exactness  of  the  description,  should  it  have  any  reason 
to  doubt  it  in  any  manner,  making  the  untrustworthy  surveyor  re- 
sponsible for  the  damage  accruing,  should  his  statements  be  proven 
to  be  plainly  false;  and  always  with  the  understanding  that  the  final 
determination  of  the  class  to  which  the  law  may  belong  is  subject 


LAWS  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 


259 


to  the  determination  of  this  Depai-tment,  when  exercising  the  power 
prescribed  in  article  18  of  said  law  of  July  22,  1863. 

Liberty  and  Constitution:  Mexico,  December  31,  1390. 

[Signed]         PACHECO. 


PRICE   LIST   OF   PUBLIC   LANDS. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY,  ) 
AND  COMMERCE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC. 

BUREAU  FIRST.  ) 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased  to  address  me  the 
following  decree: — 

Porfirio  Diaz,  Constitutional  President  of  the  United  States  of 
Mexico,  to  its  inhabitants  be  it  known: — 

That  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  article  3  of  the  law  of 
July  22,  1863,  concerning  sale  of  public  lands,  I  have  deemed  it 
proper  to  decree  the  following: — 

PRICE  LIST  OF  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

By  virtue  whereof  the  sale  of  public  lands  shall  be  arranged,  in' 
the  States,  Federal  District,  and  Territories  of  Tepic  and  of  Lower 
California  of  the  Republic  in  the  two  years'  period  of  1891  and  1892. 

PRICE 
Lands  of 
ist  Class. 

For  the  State  of  Aguascalientes $2.25 

Campeche 1.65 

Coahuila 0.75 

Colima 2.25 

Chiapas 1.55 

Chihuahua ...  0.75 

Durango 0.75 

Guanajuato 3.35 

Guerrero 1.10 

Hidalgo 2.25 

Jalisco 2.25 

Mexico 3.35 

Michoacan 2.25 

Morelos 4.50 

Nuevo  Leon  .  .0.75 


OF  EACH  HECTARE. 

Lands  of  Lands  of 

2d  Class.  sd  Class. 


$1.50 

$1.00 

1.10 

0.75 

0.50 

0.30 

1.50 

1.00 

1.10 

0.75 

0.50 

0.30 

0.50 

0.30 

2.25 

1.50 

0.75 

0.50 

1.50 

1.00 

1.50 

1.00 

2.25 

1.50 

1.50 

1.00 

3.00 

2.00 

0.50 

0.30 

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LAWS  OP  PUBLIC  LANDS. 


For  the  State  of  Oaxaca 1.10  0.75  0.50 

"               "     Puebla 3.35  2.25  1.50 

"               "     Sueretaro 3.35  2.25  1.50 

San  Luis  Potosi 2.25  1.50  1.00 

Sinaloa 1.10  0.75  0.50 

Sonora 1.10  0.75  0.50 

Tabasco 2.00  1.50  1.00 

Tamaulipas 0.75  0.50  0.30 

Tlaxcala 2.25  1.50  1.00 

Vera  Cruz 2.75  1.85  1.25 

Yucatan 1.65  1.10  0.75 

Zacatecas 2.25  1.50  1.00 

In  the  Federal  District 5.60  3.75  2.50 

"  Territory  of  Tepic 1.65  1.10  0.75 

"  Lower  California 0.65  0.40-  0.25 

Wherefore  I  command  that  it  be  printed,  circulated,  and  due 
compliance  be  given  hereto. 

Given  in  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power  of  the  Union  in 
Mexico  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety.  PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  the  citizen  General  Carlos  Pacheco,  Secretary  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  Colonization,  Industry,  and  Commerce. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you  for  your  knowledge  and  appropriate 
ends. 

Liberty  and  Constitution:  Mexico,  December  31,  1890. 

[Signed]         PACHECO. 


LAW  AS  TO  PUBLIC  LANDS  FOR  COLONIZATION 
PURPOSES. 


The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased  to  address  me 
the  following  decree: — 

Manuel  Gonzalez,  Constitutional  President  of  the  United  States  of 
Mexico,  makes  known  to  its  inhabitants: — 

That  the  Congress  of  the  Union  has  deemed  it  proper  to  decree 
the  following: — 

The  Congress  of  the  United  States  of  Mexico  decrees: — 

CHAPTER  I.— SURVEY  OP  LANDS. 

ART.  1.  In  order  to  obtain  lands  necessary  for  the  establish- 
ment of  colonists,  the  Executive  shall  cause  to  be  surveyed,  meas- 
ured, subdivided,  and  appraised  the  public  or  national  lands  that 
may  exist  in  the  Republic,  and  for  that  purpose  may  appoint  the 
commissions  of  engineers  that  it  may  deem  convenient,  and  deter- 
mine the  system  of  operations  that  is  to  be  pursued. 

ART.  2.  The  subdivisions  shall  in  no  case  exceed  two  thousand 
five  hundred  hectares,  and  this  will  be  the  largest  amount  of  land 
that  may  be  granted  to  a  single  individual  of  age,  and  having  legal 
capacity  to  enter  into  contracts.  , 

ART.  3.  The  lands  surveyed,  measured,  subdivided,  and  appraised 
shall  be  granted  to  foreign  immigrants  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  the 
Republic  who  may  desire  to  establish  themselves  therein  under  the 
following  conditions: — 

I.  By  sale,  at  the  price  of  appraisement,  made  by  the  engineers 
and  approved  by  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  in  installments, 
payable  in  ten  years,  beginning  from  the  second  year  after  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  settler  or  colonist. 

II.  By  sale  upon  payment  of  the  full  price  in  cash  or  in  shorter 
terms  than  those  stated  in  the  foregoing  subdivision. 

(261) 


262  COLONIZATION  LAWS. 

III.  As  a  gift,  when  the  colonist  shall  demand  it,  but  in  that  case 
the  amount  of  land  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  hectares,  nor  shall 
he  obtain  the  title  of  ownership,  unless  he  proves  that  he  has  held 
it  in  his  power  and  has  cultivated  the  whole  or  not  less  than  one- 
tenth  of  its  extent,  during  five  consecutive  years. 

ART.  4.  As  soon  as  there  shall  be  adequate  lands  for  colonization 
purposes,  with  the  conditions  established  in  article  1,  the  Executive 
shall  determine  which  should  be  immediately  colonized,  and  publish 
the  plans  thereof  and  the  prices  at  which  they  ought  to  be  sold, 
trying  in  every  case  that  the  sale  or  cession  referred  to  in  the  fore- 
going articles  should  be  made  in  alternate  lots.  The  remainder  of 
the  lands  shall  be  reserved,  so  as  to  be  sold  from  time  to  time,  un- 
der the  conditions  established  by  this  law,  whenever  they  shall  be 
demanded  or  the  Executive  shall  so  determine,  and  the  latter  may 
mortgage  them  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  funds,  that,  together  with 
the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  lands,  have  to  be  exclusively  devoted 
to  carry  out  the  colonization. 

CHAPTER  II.— OF  COLONISTS. 

ART.  5.  In  order  to  be  considered  a  colonist  and  have  the  right 
to  the  franchises  granted  by  this  law,  it  is  necessary  that  the  immi- 
grant who  is  a  foreigner  shall  come  to  the  Republic  bearing  a  certifi- 
cate of  the  consular  agent  or  of  immigration,  executed  at  the  request 
of  the  very  immigrant,  or  of  the  company  or  corporation  authorized 
by  the  Executive  to  bring  colonists  to  the  Republic.  If  the  peti- 
tioner shall  reside  in  the  Republic,  he  must  apply  to  the  Department 
of  Public  Works  or  to  the  agents  that  the  Department  shall  have 
authorized  to  admit  colonists  in  the  colonies  that  may  be  established 
in  the  Republic. 

ART.  6.  In  all  cases  the  petitioners  must  present  certificates  of 
the  appropriate  authorities,  that  may  certify  to  their  good  habits 
and  the  occupation  which  they  may  have  followed  before  making 
their  petition  to  be  admitted  as  colonists. 

ART.  7.  Colonists  who  may  establish  themselves  in  th«  Re- 
public shall  enjoy  during  ten  years,  computed  from  the  date  of  their 
establishment,  the  following  exemptions: — 

I.  Exemption  from  military  service. 

II.  Exemption  from  all  kinds  of  taxes,  except  municipal. 


COLONIZATION  LAWS..  263 

III.  Exemption  from  the  duties  of  importation  and  interior  dues 
to  provisions,  where  there  shall  be  none,  agricultural  instruments, 
tools,  machines,  materials  of  construction  for  dwellings,  furnitm-e  in 
use  and  animals  for  breeding  and  procreation  purposes,  intended  for 
the  colonies. 

IV.  Personal  and  untransferable  exemption  of  the  rights  of  ex- 
portation of  the  fruits  that  they  may  gather. 

V.  Premiums  for  notable  labors,  and  bounties  and  especial  pro- 
tection for  the  introduction  of  a  new  manner  of  cultivation  or   in- 
dustry. 

VI.  Exemption  of  the  legalization  of  signatures  and  issuance  of 
passports  that  the  consular  agents  may  grant  to  the  persons  who 
may  come  to  the  Republic  for  colonization  purposes,  by  virtue  of 
contracts  entered  into  by  the  Government  with  some  company  or 
companies. 

ART.  8.  The  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  determine  the 
amount  and  the  class  of  articles  that  in  each  case  must  be  introduced 
free  from  duties,  and  the  Treasury  Department  shall  regulate  the 
portion  relating  to  the  manner  of  making  the  introductions,  in  order 
to  prevent  fraud  and  smuggling,  but  without  preventing  the  prompt 
clearance  of  the  articles. 

ART.  9.  The  colonists  who  may  establish  themselves  in  lands  un- 
provided with  trees,  and  that  may  prove  that  in  a  portion  of  their 
lot,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the  tenth  part,  they  have  planted 
trees  to  an  amount  proportionate  to  the  extension,  and  two  years  be- 
fore the  termination  of  the  exemptions,  shall  enjoy  for  one  year 
longer  the  exemption  from  taxation  on  the  land,  and  in  general 
shall  have  a  year  more  of  exemption  for  each  tenth  part  that  they 
may  devote  to  the  cultivation  of  forests. 

ART.  10.  Colonies  shall  be  established  under  the  municipal  sys- 
tem, subject,  however,  for  the  election  of  their  authorities  and  for  the 
establishment  of  taxes  to  the  general  laws  of  the  Republic  and  of  the 
States  where  they  maybe  at  the  time.  The  Department  of  Public 
Works  may,  nevertheless,  constitute  agents  in  the  colonies  so  that 
they  may  manage  better  the  labors  and  exact  the  reimbursement  for 
the  amounts  that  may  be  owing  to  the  Federation,  under  any  title 
whatever. 

ART.  11.  Colonists  shall  be  obliged  to  fulfill  the  contracts  that 


264  COLONIZATION  LAWS. 

they  may  enter  into  with  the  Federal  Government,  or  with  private 
individuals  or  companies  that  may  transport  and  establish  them  in 
the  Republic. 

ART.  12.  Every  foreign  immigrant  who  may  settle  in  a  colony 
shall  declare,  when  he  settles  down,  before  a  Federal  agent  of  colo- 
nization or  before  the  appropriate  notary  or  judge,  if  he  has  the  in- 
tention of  preserving  his  nationality,  or  if  he  desires  to  obtain  Mexi- 
can citizenship  that  is  given  him  by  the  third  subdivision  of  article 
30  of  the  Constitution  of  the  .Republic. 

ART.  13.  Colonists  shall  be  considered  as  having  all  the  rights 
and  obligations  that  in  their  case  the  Federal  Constitution  grants  or 
imposes  on  Mexicans  and  foreigners,  and  enjoy  the  temporary  ex- 
emptions that  this  law  grants  them;  but  in  all  questions  that  may 
arise,  be  they  of  any  class  whatever,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  de- 
cisions of  the  courts  of  the  Republic  with  the  entire  exclusion  of  any 
foreign  interference. 

ART.  14.  Colonists  who  may  abandon,  without  duly  justified 
cause,  for  more  than  one  year,  and  before  they  may  have  paid  for, 
the  lands  that  shall  have  been  granted  to  them  by  sale,  shall  lose 
the  right  to  said  lands  and  to  the  portion  of  the  purchase  price  that 
they  may  have  advanced. 

In  the  case  stated  in  section  III  of  article  3,  the  right  to  a  free 
title  shall  be  lost,  by  abandoning  the  land  or  leaving  it  without  cul- 
tivation for  a  period  of  six  months,  without  a  duly  justified  cause. 

ART.  15.  In  the  places  dedicated  by  the  Federal  Government  for 
new  towns,  there  shall  be  granted  free  one  lot  to  the  Mexican  or 
foreign  colonists  who  may  wish  to  establish  themselves  thereon,  as 
founders;  but  they  will  not  acquire  the  ownership  of  said  lot  until 
they  shall  justify  that  before  the  two  years  of  their  settlement  they 
have  built  a  dwelling  thereon,  otherwise  they  shall  lose  the  right  of 
ownership.  An  effort  shall  be  made  to  have  the  lots  granted  alter- 
nately. 

ART.  16.  Mexicans  who  may  reside  abroad  and  that  may  desire 
to  settle  in  desert  lands  in  the  frontiers  of  the  Republic,  shall  have 
the  right  to  have  granted  to  them  gratuitously  land  with  the  condi- 
tions stated  in  subdivision  III  in  article  3,  up  to  an  extent  of  two 
kundred  hectares  and  the  enjoyment  for  fifteen  years  of  the  exemp- 
tions granted  under  the  present  law. 

ART.  17.  The  executive  is  authorized  to  assist   the  colonists  or 


COLONIZATION  LAWS.  265 

immigrants,  in  the  cases  that  it  may  deem  convenient,  and  subject 
to  the  sums  that  are  mentioned  in  the  appropriation  laws,  with  the 
expenses  of  their  transportation  and  their  baggage  by  sea  and  the 
interior  for  one  time  and  until  they  get  to  the  railways,  witli  those 
of  maintaining  them  free  up  to  fifteen  days  in  the  places  that  it 
may  determine,  and  provide  them  with  tools,  seeds,  materials  for 
construction,  and  animals  for  labor  and  breeding  purposes;  these  last 
advances  made  being  repayable  in  the  same  terms  as  the  value  of 
the  lands. 

.    CHAPTER  III.— OF  COMPANIES. 

ART.  18.  The  Executive  may  authorize  companies  for  the  meas- 
urement, survey,  subdivision,  appraisement,  and  description  of  pub- 
lic lands,  and  for  the  transportation  of  colonists  and  their  settlement 
in  the  same  lands. 

ART.  19.  In  order  to  obtain  the  authorization  the,  companies  have 
to  designate  the  public  lands  on  which  they  are  to  perform  such 
labors,  their  approximate  extent  and  the  number  of  colonists  that 
they  must  establish  therein  within  a  given  time. 

ART.  20.  The  proceedings  of  the  survey  shall  be  authorized  by  the 
judge  of  the  district  within  whose  jurisdiction  the  public  lands  may 
be  situated,  and  when  finished,  if  there  is  no  contestant,  shall  be  de- 
livered to  the  company,  so  that  it  may  present  them  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  with  the  same  conditions  that  are  stated  in 
article  18.  But  if  there  should  be  a  contestant,  a  trial  of  the  matter 
shall  be  had,  and  a  representative  of  the  Federal  Treasury  shall  be 
a  party  to  such  trial. 

ART.  21.  As  a  compensation  for  the  expenses  incurred  in  by  the 
companies  in  the  survey  of  public  lands,  the  Executive  may  give 
them  up  to  a  third  portion  of  the  lands  that  they  may  survey  or 
of  their  value;  but  with  the  specific  conditions  that  they  must  not 
sell  the  lands  granted  to  foreigners  not  authorized  to  acquire 
them,  nor  in  parcels  greater  than  two  thousand  five  hundred  hec- 
tares, under  the  penalty  of  losing  in  the  two  cases  the  portions  that 
they  may  have  sold,  in  contravention  of  these  conditions,  and  that 
said  sections  shall  thereupon  become  forfeited  to  the  nation. 

ART.  22.  The  lands  surveyed  by  the  companies,  and  excepting 
those  that  might  be  granted  to  them  as  compensation  for  the  ex- 
penses of  their  surveys,  shall  be  granted  to  the  colonists,  or  be  re- 


26G  COLONIZATION  LAWS. 

served  in  the  terms  and  conditions  that  are  stated  in  articles  3  and 
4  of  this  law. 

ART.  23.  The  authorizations  granted  by  the  Executive  for  the 
survey  and  measurement  of  public  lands  shall  be  null,  and  will  not 
be  extended,  if  the  corresponding  operations  shall  not  have  been 
commenced  within  the  term  of  three  months,  which  term  can  never 
be  extended. 

\  ART.  24.  The  Executive  may  enter  into  contracts  with  OTM  -:raL  j 
or  corporations  for  the  introduction  to  the  Republic,  and  the  estab- 
lishment therein,  of  foreign  colonists  or  immigrants  with  the  follow- 
ing conditions : — 

I.  The  companies  must  fix  the  specific  time  within  which  they 
must  introduce  a  specified  number  of  colonists. 

II.  The  colonists  or  immigrants  must  fulfill  the  conditions  estab- 
lished in  articles  5  and  6  of  this  law. 

III.  The  conditions  under  which  the  contracts  are  to  be  entered 
into  with  the  colonists  must  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  pre- 
scriptions of  this  law,  and  must  be  submitted  to  the  approval  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Works. 

IV.  The  companies  must  guarantee  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive the  fulfillment  of  the  obligations  which  they  may  have  speci- 
fied in  their  contracts,  wherein  must  be  stated  the  penalties  and 
cause  of  nullity. 

ART.  25.  Companies  that  may  enter  into  contracts  with  the  Ex- 
ecutive for  the  transportation  to  the  Republic  and  the  establishment 
therein  of  foreign  colonists,  shall  enjoy  for  a  term  that  cannot  ex- 
ceed twenty  years,  the  following  franchises  and  exemptions: — 

I.  Sale  at  a  long  term  of  payment  and  reduced  price  of  public 
and  national  lands,  for  the  exclusive  purpose  of  colonization. 

II.  Exemption  of  taxes,  except  that  of  the  stamp  tax,  of  all  the 
capital  devoted  to  the  undertaking. 

III.  Exemption  of  port  dues,  except  those  established  for  the  im- 
provement of  said  ports,  to  the  ships  that  on  account  of  the  com- 
panies may  bring  ten  families  of  colonists,  at  least,  to  the  Republic. 

IV.  Exemption  from  importation  duties  on  the  tools,  machinery, 
materials  for  construction  and  animals  for  work  and  breeding  pur- 
poses, all  of  them  devoted  exclusively  to  an  agricultural,  mining,  or 
industrial  colony,  whose  establishment  may  have  been  authorized  by 
the  Executive. 


COLONIZATION  LAWS.  267 

V.  Bounty  for  a  family  that  may  settle,  and  a  smaller  one  for  a 
family  that  may  land;  bounty  for  a  Mexican  family  established  in  "a 
colony  of  foreigners. 

VI.  Transportation  of  colonists  on  account  of  the  government  in 
the  lines  of  steamers  and  railways  that  receive  subsidy. 

ART.  26.  Foreign  companies  of  colonization  shall  always  be  con- 
sidered as  Mexicans,  and  must  have  their  place  of  domicile  in 
some  one  of  the  cities  of  the  Republic  without  prejudice  to  their 
having  offices  abroad,  and  are  obliged  to  establish  in  this  country  a 
part  of  their  Board  of  Directors,  and  to  have  one  or  more  representa 
tives  in  this  Republic  fully  empowered  to  enter  into  agreements 
with  the  Executive. 

AKT.  27.  All  questions  that  might  arise  between  the  Government 
and  the  company  shall  be  settled  by  the  courts  of  the  Republic  and 
in  conformity  with  its  laws,  without  there  being  any  right  in  foreign 
diplomatic  agents  to  interfere  therein. 

CHAPTER  IV.— GENERAL  PRESCRIPTIONS. 

ART.  28.  Private  persons  who  may  devote  a  portion,  or  the  whole 
of  the  lands  owned  by  them  to  colonize,  with  ten  families,  at  least, 
of  foreign  immigrants,  have  the  right  to  obtain  for  the  colonies  that 
they  may  establish  thereon  the  same  franchises  and  exemptions 
as  the  colonies  that  the  Federal  Government  may  establish,  pro- 
vided that  they  may  subject  themselves  to  the  conditions  that  the 
Executive  may  determine  to  attain  the  success  of  the  colony,  and 
provided  that  among  these  conditions  there  may  be  stated  the  one 
that  the  colonists  have  to  acquire,  by  purchase  or  cession,  a  lot  of 
land  for  cultivation. 

The  Executive  may  furnish  foreign  colonists  to  private  individ- 
uals, stipulating  with  them  the  conditions  under  which  they  have 
to  establish  them,  also  may  assist  them  by  paying  the  expenses  of 
the  transportation  of  the  colonists. 

ART.  29.  The  colonization  of  the  islands  in  both  oceans  shall  be 
made  by  the  Federal  Executive,  subject  to  the  prescriptions  of  this 
law,  the  Government  having  to  reserve  to  itself  in  each  island  an 
area  of  fifty  hectares  for  public  uses.  In  case  that  the  island 
shall  not  have  sufficient  territory  to  make  the  separation  prescribed 
in  this  article,  no  sale  of  land  shall  be  made  therein,  and  the  same 
shall  only  be  granted  as  lease  hold  interest. 


'268  COLONIZATION  LAWS. 

In  the  colonies  that  may  be  established  in  the  islands  there  shall 
always  be  a  number  of  Mexican  families,  that  can  never  be  less  than 
half  of  the  total  number  of  the  colonizing  families. 

ART.  30.  The  Executive  is  authorized  to  acquire,  by  purchase  or 
transfer,  lands  of  private  individuals  whenever  it  may  deem  it  con- 
venient, to  establish  colonies  therein,  and  subject  to  the  expense  ac- 
count that  for  that  purpose  may  be  comprised  in  the  appropriation 
bills. 

ART.  31.  The  former  laws  prior  to  this  one  on  colonization  are 
repealed. 

Aristeo  Mercado,  Deputy  Vice  President;  Guillermo  Palomino, 
Senator  President;  Saturnine  Ayon,  Deputy  Secretary;  Enrique 
Maria  Rubio,  Senator  Secretary. 

Wherefore  I  command  that  it  be  printed,  published,  circulated, 
and  due  compliance  be  given  thereto. 

Given  at  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  of  the  Union  in  Mexico, 
December  15,  1883.  MANUEL  GONZALEZ. 

To  the  Citizen  General  Carlos  Pacheco,  Secretary  of  State  and  of 
the  Department  of  Public  Works,  Colonization,  Industry,  and  Com- 
merce. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you  for  your  knowledge  and  appropri- 
ate purposes. 

Liberty  and  Constitution:  Mexico,  December  15,  1883. 

PACHECO. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  IMPORTATION  OF  ARTICLES 
BELONGING  TO  COLONISTS. 


DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY, 
AND  COMMERCE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC. 
BUREAU  FIRST. 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased   to  address  me 
the  following  decree: — 

Porfirio  Diaz,  Constitutional    President    of  the    United  Mexican 

States,  to  its  inhabitants — 
KNOW  YE:  That  by  virtue  of  the  powers  vested  in  the  Executive 


COLONIZATION  LAWS.  269 

by  article  8  of  the  law  of  December  15,  1883,  to  regulate  the  fran- 
chises that  are  granted  to  colonists  in  article  7  of  said  law,  I  have 
deemed  it  proper  to  approve  the  following: — 

REGULATIONS. 

ART.  1.  In  conformity  with  subdivision  III  of  article  7  of  the 
law  of  December  15,  1883,  and  IV  of  article  25  of  said  law,  the 
following  articles  for  the  use  of  colonists  and  colonization  companies 
legally  established,  are  free  from  duties. 

ALIMENTARY  SUBSTANCES. 

Oil,  garlic,  dry  peas,  rice,  oats,  common  or  refined  sugar,  coffee  of 
all  kinds,  salted  and  smoked  meats,  including  hams,  barley,  onions, 
beans,  fruits,  fresh  vegetables,  ordinary  crackers,  chick  peas,  flour  of 
wheat  and  of  the  other  cereals  of  all  kinds,  condensed  milk,  lentils, 
corn,  lard,  butter,  powdered  mustard,  potatoes,  alimentary  pastes, 
pepper,  common  table  salt,  tea  of  all  kinds,  vinegar  in  earthen,  glass, 
or  silk  receptacles. 

STONE  AND  EARTH. 

Earthen  piping,  bricks,  if  not  of  refractory  earth,  stone  and  slates 
for  pavements,  of  one  face  only,  of  all  kinds  and  dimensions,  except- 
ing those  of  marble  or  alabaster,  grinding  stones,  ordinary  panes  of 
glass  for  windows  and  doors,  chalk. 

WAGON    MATERIAL. 

Hand-cars  and  wheelbarrows  of  one  or  two  wheels,  wagons,  cars 
and  carts  of  all  dimensions,  axles  of  steel  and  iron  for  wagons, 
wheels  separate  to  be  used  in  wagons  of  all  dimensions. 

LEATHER  ARTICLES. 

'      Ordinary  harnesses  for  wagons. 

DRUGS. 

Starch. 

IRON,  STEEL  AND  OTHER  METALS. 

Wire  woven  for  fences,  hook  nails  and  bolts,  hinges  of  iron  and 
brass  of  all  kinds,  doorplates  of  iron,  steel,  or  brass  without  gilding 
or  plating,  locks  of  iron,  steel,  brass,  copper,  or  bronze,  of  all  kinds, 
nails,  tacks,  screws,  bolts,  nuts,  and  rivets  of  all  kinds,  channel  iron 
and  iron  plates  for  roofs,  bellows  for  chimneys,  door  hinges  of  iron 
and  brass  of  all  kinds,  tools  and  implements  of  iron,  brass,  steel,  or 


270  COLONIZATION  LAWS. 

wood,  or  made  of  said  substances,  as  well  as  posts  and  handles  for 
tools,  iron  ovens  for  kitchens  and  stoves  with  the  iron  tubes  per- 
taining to  the  same,  iron  shoes  for  animals,  windmills  of  iron  or 
wood,  or  of  both  substances,  to  extract  water  from  wells,  sheaves  of 
iron  or  wood,  or  of  both  substances,  iron  beams,  provided  they  may 
only  be  used  in  the  construction  of  houses,  zinc  in  sheets  for  roofs, 
machines,  and  their  accessories. 

MISCELLANEOUS    ARTICLES. 

Geldings,  heath  brooms,  ordinary  wood  sawed  in  planks,  beams, 
and  boards;  hair  of  cattle  to  cover  jars;  doors  and  windows  of 
wood  and  of  wood  and  glass;  tents  of  all  kinds,  including  the  poles 
to  set  them  up. 

ART.  2.  All  colonists  shall  also  enjoy  upon  their  arrival  at  the 
Republic  and  for  one  time  only,  the  privilege  of  bringing  free  from 
the  payment  of  duties  new  furniture  or  in  use  if  of  ordinary  kind, 
according  to  the  class  of  colonists,  as  well  as  the  other  things  of  all 
kinds  pertaining  to  the  household  that  they  may  bring  in  order  to 
settle. 

ART.  3.  The  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  determine  what 
colonies  shall  enjoy  the  right  of  importing  provisions  free  from  the 
payment  of  duties,  with  the  limitations  and  for  the  time  that  it  may 
deem  proper,  in  conformity  with  article  4  of  the  law  already  men- 
tioned. 

ART.  4.  The  importations  of  articles  free  from  the  payment  of 
duties  under  these  regulations  or  under  the  general  Ordinance  for  cus- 
tom houses,  may  be  made  by  the  colonists  whose  status  is  recognized 
directly  or  through  the  agencies  of  the  colonization  companies,  or  by 
the  commission  merchants  they  should  select,  but  subject  to  the  . 
prescriptions  hereinafter  stated. 

ART.  5.  Colonists  by  themselves,  or  through  their  agents,  shall 
present  a  petition  from  the  proper  agent  of  the  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works,  asking  the  importation  of  the  articles  which  they  may 
require,  whether  they  be  free  under  these  regulations  or  under  the 
Custom  House  Ordinance,  such  petition  to  be  made  in  duplicate, 
and  to  contain  a  detailed  statement  of  the  quality  and  class  of  the 
articles  that  they  may  ask.  This  list  shall  be  passed  upon  by  the 
agent  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  if  he  finds  it  in  con- 


COLONIZATION  LAWS.  271 

formity  with  the  law,  he  shall  place  his  authorization  at  the  foot  of 
the  petition,  and  shall  forward  a  copy  to  the  custom  house  through 
which  the  importation  is  to  be  made,  preserving  one  in  his  archives, 
send  the  other  to  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  and  give  the 
petitioner  a  certificate  for  his  security. 

Wherever  no  agents  reside,  the  Department  of  Public  Works 
shall  invest  some  Federal  officer  with  that  character. 

ART.  6.  Importations  made  by  the  colonists  by  themselves  or 
through  their  agents  must  come  included  in  a  consular  invoice,  it 
not  being  permitted  to  comprise  therein  any  other  articles  on  which 
duties  must  be  paid,  whether  they  are  for  the  colonists  or  not. 

ART.  7.  When  the  importation  has  been  made,  the  agent  or  the 
colonists  shall  prepare  the  petition  for  the  dispatch  of  the  goods  as 
the  Ordinance  requires,  and  such  petitions  shall  be  presented  to  the 
custom  house.  When  the  latter  finds  them  in  conformity  with 
the  document  or  documents  authorized  by  the  agent  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  it  shall  make  the  delivery  of  the  articles, 
but  should  it  find  any  difference,  it  must  proceed  in  conformity 
with  the  prescriptions  of  article  388  of  the  Custom  House  Ordinance. 

ART.  8.  The  agents  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  shall  see 
that  the  agents  of  colonization  companies  shall  give  them  beforehand 
a  statement  as  to  the  colonists  who  are  to  arrive,  and  the  places 
through  which  they  must  make  their  entrance  to  the  country,  that 
such  agents  may  notify  the  same  at  the  proper  time  to  the  respec- 
tive custom  houses,  so  that  upon  the  arrival  of  the  colonists  no  dif- 
ficulties shall  arise  for  the  dispatch  of  the  furniture  and  household 
goods  which  said  colonists  may  bring  for  colonization  purposes. 
The  names  of  the  colonists  must  perforce  be  contained  in  such  state- 
ment. 

ART.  9.  If  the  agents  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  shall 
be  at  the  places  through  which  the  colonists  may  enter,  they  must 
be  present  at  the  dispatch  of  the  furniture  and  household  goods  of 
said  colonists,  so  as  to  determine  whether  they  are  entitled  to  bs 
admitted  free  from  the  payment  of  duties  in  conformity  with  article 
2;  but  if  they  are  not  present,  the  custom  house  collector  shall 
adopt  such  determination.  Should  it  be  considered  that  the  arti- 
cles to  be  imported  by  the  colonists  are  superior  in  class  or  quality 
to  what  is  specified  in  article  2,  the  custom  house  shall  act  in  con- 


272  COLONIZATION  LAWS. 

formity  with  the  prescriptions  of  article  180,  subdivision  VI,  of  the 
Custom  House  Ordinance. 

ART.  10.  The  agents  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  shall 
take  cai-e,  under  their  most  strict  responsibility,  that  no  permits  be 
granted  to  the  colonists  for  the  importation  of  more  articles  than 
are  strictly  necessary,  and  for  that  purpose  they  must  keep  an  ac- 
count of  the  amounts  granted,  and  another  of  those  which  might 
ordinarily  be  required,  both  of  provisions  and  of  articles  for  the  con- 
struction of  houses,  field  labors,  etc. 

ART.  11.  If  it  should  happen  that  some  of  th«  colonists  or  their 
agents  make  illegal  use  of  the  concession  which  is  made  in  their  fa- 
vor, to  sell  or  barter,  with  articles  that  they  may  have  received  free 
from  the  importation  of  duties,  the  agent  of  the  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works  shall  notify  the  District  Judge  having  jurisdiction  in  such 
matters  what  has  taken  place,  so  that  he  may  as  of  right  proceed 
to  determine  the  fact,  and  in  case'  that  the  crime  is  proved,  it  may 
be  punished  in  conformity  with  article  371  of  the  Custom  House 
Ordinance.  Custom  house  collectors  shall  in  similar  cases  be  under 
the  same  obligation. 

ART.  12.  The  agents  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  shall 
keep  a  book,  wherein  may  be  stated  the  number  in  successive  order 
of  the  petitions  made  by  the  colonists,  the  date  of  their  presentation, 
the  date  when  one  of  such  petitions  is  sent  to  the  custom  house 
through  which  the  introduction  is  to  be  made,  the  name  of  such 
custom  house,  the  number  of  packages  specified  in  the  petitions, 
their  contents  in  general,  the  name  or  names  of  the  colonists,  and  the 
name  of  the  agent,  if  there  should  be  one. 

An  extract  from  the  contents  of  this  register  shall  be.  sent  monthly 
to  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  13.  Said  agents  shall  keep  a  register  wherein  detailed  state- 
ments of  the  amount  of  articles  granted  to  each  colonist  shall  be 
entered,  with  a  note  showing  the  number  of  persons  which  each 
family  is  composed  of,  if  the  colonist  should  have  a  family,  making 
the  computations  each  six  months  of  the  amounts  that  they  have  ob- 
tained of  provisions  and  of  their  corresponding  consumption,  as  well 
as  of  the  other  articles  for  the  construction  of  houses,  field  labors, 
etc.  Every  six  months  they  shall  send  a  copy  of  said  register  to  the 
Department  of  Public  Works,  with  a  certified  statement  as  to  the 


COLONIZATION  LAWS.  273 

requirement  of  the  colonists,  so  that  the  Department  itself  may  make 
the  observations  that  it  deem  just  and  determine  what  it  may  con- 
sider best  for  a  better  distribution  thereafter. 

TRANSITORY. 

In  order  to  comply  with  the  contract  entered  into  on  the  llth  of 
December,  1885,  with  the  citizen  Guillermo  Andrade,  beside  the  ar- 
ticles referred  to  in  the  preceding  article,  there  shall  be  free  from 
duties,  and  only  with  reference  to  the  colonists  comprised  in  said 
contract,  ready-made  clothing  (including  hats  and  shoes),  which  they 
may  receive  for  their  own  use. 

Wherefore  I  order  that  it  be  printed,  published,  circulated,  and 
due  compliance  be  given  thereto. 

Given  in  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power  of  the  Union,  at  Mex- 
ico, on  the  fifteenth  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  and  eighty-nine. 

PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  citizen  General  Carlos  Pacheco,  Secretary  o£  Public  Works, 
Colonization,  Industry,  and  Commerce  of  the  Mexican  Republic. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you  that  it  be  known  and  for  its  proper 
ends. 

Liberty  and  Constitution:  Mexico,  July  17,  1889.       PACHECO. 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 


The  Code  of  Commerce  at  present  in  force  was  approved  on  the 
15th  of  September,  1889,  and  took  effect  on  the  1st  of  January > 
1890.  It  repealed  the  former  Code  of  Commerce  adopted  in  1884, 
and  all  mercantile  laws  theretofore  in  force.  It  operates  and  is  in 
force  throughout  the  whole  country  in  conformity  with  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  Republic. 

The  following  articles  of  said  Code  may  be  useful  for  consultation. 

BOOK  FIRST.— PRELIMINARY  TITLE. 

ART.  1.  The  prescriptions  of  this  Code  are  applicable  only  to 
commercial  acts  or  transactions. 

ART.  2.  In  case  some  prescriptions  may  be  wanting  in  this  Code, 
those  of  common  right  shall  be  applicable  to  commercial  acts  or 
transactions. 

TITLE  I.— OF  MERCHANTS. 

ART.  3.  The  following  are  considered  as  merchants  under  this 
law: — 

I.  Persons  who,  having  the  legal  capital  to  enter  into  commerce, 
make  it  their  ordinary  occupation. 

II.  Companies  organized  in  conformity  with  mercantile  laws. 

III.  Foreign  companies  or  their  agencies  or  branches,  which  trans- 
act business  within  the  national  territory. 

ART.  4.  Persons  who  accidentally,  with  o'r  without  a  fixed  estab- 
lishment, perform  some  mercantile  operation,  although  they  are  not 
in  law  considered  merchants,  nevertheless,  thereby  they  become 
subject  to  commercial  laws.  Wherefore,  agriculturists  and  manufac- 
turers, and  generally  all  those  who  have  established  a  store  or  ware- 
house in  any  town  for  the  sale  of  the  products  of  their  property, 
or  of  the  manufactured  products  of  their  industry  or  labor,  without 
making  any  alteration  in  them  when  effecting  sales  thereof,  shall 
(274) 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  ^275 

be  considered  merchants,  in  what  concerns  their  warehouses  or 
stores. 

ART.  5.  Any  person  that,  in  conformity  with  ordinary  laws,  is 
able  to  contract  and  bind  himself,  and  to  whom  said  laws  do  not 
expressly  forbid  to  follow  mercantile  pxirsuits,  shall  have  the  capac- 
ity to  enter  into  mercantile  transactions. 

ART.  6.  Persons  who  are  minors  under  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
but  more  than  eighteen,  may  transact  business,  after  having  been  de- 
clared out  of  the  control  of  their  guardians,  of  age,  or  having  ob- 
tained authorization  therefor  from  their  parents  or  guardians,  in 
conformity  with  the  law,  but  in  no  case  can  the  merchant  who  is 
a  minor  enjoy  the  privileges  granted  to  those  under  age. 

ART.  7.  Minors  who,  in  conformity  with  the  foreign  article,  are 
merchants,  shall  be  considered,  notwithstanding  the  prescription  of 
civil  law,  as  adults  and  of  age. 

ART.  8.  A  married  woman,  eighteen  years  of  age  and  over,  may 
transact  business  provided  she  obtain  express  authorization  therefor 
from  her  husband,  in  registered  deed.  Without  authorization  from 
her  husband  she  may  enter  into  business  in  case  of  the  separation, 
absence,  interdict,  or  deprivation  of  civil  rights  of  her  said  husband, 
which  may  have  been  declared  in  conformity  with  the  law. 

ART.  9.  A  married  woman  in  business  may  mortgage  her  real 
estate  as  security  for  her  mercantile  obligations,  and  may  appear  in 
judicial  proceedings,  without  obtaining  permission  therefor  from  her 
husband. 

She  cannot  make  any  charges  on  the  real  property  of  her  hus- 
band, nor  on  the  community  property,  unless,  in  the  deed  authoriz- 
ing her  to  engage  in  business,  her  husband  should  have  given  her 
express  power  so  to  do. 

ART.  10.  A  husband  may  revoke  the  authority  given  to  his  wife 
to  act  as  a  merchant,  but  such  revocation  cannot  prejudice  the  rights 
of  third  parties,  until  after  ninety  days  have  elapsed  from  its  publi- 
cation in  a  visible  place  of  the  mercantile  establishment  of  the  wife, 
and  in  some  one  of  the  newspapers  of  the  locality  where  she  may  re- 
side, or  of  the  nearest,  if  there  should  be  no  newspaper  published 
in  her  place  of  residence. 

ART.  11.  A  married  woman,  if  she  is  engaged  in  business  when 
she  contracts  matrimony,  must  obtain  authorization  to  continue 


276  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

from  her  husband.  Such  permission  may  be  presumed  to  have  been 
granted,  if  the  husband  does  not  publish,  in  the  manner  prescribed 
in  the  foregoimg  article,  the  fact  that  his  wife  has  ceased  transacting 
business. 

ART.  12.  Commerce  cannot  be  carried  on  by: — 

I.  Brokers. 

II.  Bankrupts  which  have  not  been  duly  discharged. 

III.  Persons  who  by  final  judgment  have  been  condemned  for  of- 
fenses   against  property  rights,  including  therein   forgery,  embez- 
zlement, bribery,  and  conspiracy. 

ART.  13.  Foreigners  are  permitted  to  follow  mercantile  pursuits, 
in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  the  treaties  with  their  respective 
countries,  and  with  the  prescriptions  of  the  laws  regulating  the 
rights  and  obligations  of  foreigners. 

ART.  14.  Foreign  merchants,  in  all  the  business  transactions  in 
which  they  take  part,  must  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Code 
and  of  the  other  laws  of  this  country. 

ART.  15.  Companies  legally  constituted  abroad  that  may  estab- 
lish themselves  in  the  Republic,  or  may  have  therein  some  agency 
or  branch,  may  enter  into  business,  subject,  however,  to  the  special 
provisions  of  this  Code,  in  whatever  refers  to  the  organization  of 
their  establishment  within  national  territory  and  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  courts  of  this  country. 

In  all  that  relates  to  their  ability  to  enter  into  contracts,  they 
must  be  subject  to  the  prescriptions  of  the  corresponding  article  in 
the  title  of  Foreign  Companies. 

TITLE   II.— OF   OBLIGATIONS  OF  ALL  WHO  TRANSACT  BUSINESS. 

ART.  16.  All  merchants,  by  the  mere  fact  of  following  that  occu- 
pation, are  obliged: — 

I.  To  publish,  by  means  of  the  press,  the  class  of  business  they 
engage  in,  with  its  essential  circumstances,  and,  at  the  proper  time, 
the  modifications  which  they  may  adopt. 

II.  To  record  in  the  public  mercantile  register  all  the  documents 
whose  contents  and  authenticity  should  be  made  public. 

III.  To  keep  uniform  and  exact  accounts. 

IV.  To  keep  the  correspondence   which  relates  to  the  business 
carried  on  by  the  merchant. 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  277 

ART.  17.  Merchants  are  obliged: — 

I.  To  give  notice  of  the  opening  of  the  establishment  or  office 
owned  by  them,  by  means  of  a  circular  addressed  to  the  merchants 
of  the  places  where  they  have  their  residence,  branches,  agencies,  or 
business  correspondents,  which  circular  must  contain  the  name  of 
the  establishment,  its  location,  and  object;  if  there  is  any  person  in 
charge  of  its  management,  his  name  and  signature;  if  a  company,  its 
nature,  the  name  of  the  manager  or  managers,  the  company's  name 
or  denomination,  and  the  person  or  person's  authorized  to  use  either 
one  or  the  other,  and   the  designation  of  the  houses,  branches,  or 
agencies,  if  any. 

II.  To  give  notice,  also  by  means  of  circular,  of  the  modifications 
that  might  take  place  in  any  of  the  matters  before  referred  to. 

III.  To  publish  in   the  official  journal,  and   if  there  should  be 
none,  in  some  other  newspaper,  the  circulars  which  they  may  address, 
as  well  as  a  statement  in  liquidation  or  upon  closing  the  establish- 
ment or  office. 

ART.  18.  A  mercantile  register  shall  be  kept  at  the  leading  town 
of  the  division  or  judicial  district  of  the  merchant's  domicile,  by  the 
officers  in  charge  of  the  public  register  of  property,  and,  in  default 
thereof,  by  the  recorders  of  mortgages,  and  in  default  of  both,  by  the 
judges  of  first  instance  of  ordinary  jurisdiction. 

ART.  24.  Foreign  companies  that  may  desire  to  establish  them- 
selves, or  create  branches  in  the  Republic,  shall  present  and  note  in 
the  register,  besides  a  certified  copy  of  their  legal  by-laws,  contracts) 
and  other  dociiments  relating  to  their  organization,  the  inventory,  or 
last  balance  sheet,  if  they  should  have  any,  and  a  certificate  showing 
that  they  are  constituted  and  authorized  in  conformity  with  the 
laws  of  the  corresponding  country,  issued  by  the  minister  accredited 
therein  by  the  Republic,  or,  in  default  thereof,  by  the  Mexican  con- 
sul. 

ART.  25.  The  registration  shall  be  made  upon  presentation  of  the 
certified  copy  of  the  corresponding  deed,  or  of  the  document  or 
written  declaration  that  may  be  presented  by  the  merchant,  when- 
ever the  title  to  be  registered  does  not  consist  of  a  deed  duly  re- 
corded. Documents  coming  from  abroad  and  subject  to  registration 
must  be  previously  legalized  in  the  Republic. 

ART.  26.  Documents  that,  in  conformity  with  this  Code,  should  be 


278  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

registered,  and  are  not  so  registered,  only  affect  the  parties  who 
execute  them,  and  cannot  prejudice  the  rights  of  third  parties,  but 
the  latter  may  avail  themselves  of  anything  contained  therein  that 
might  be  favorable  to  them.  Despite  the  omission  of  being  noted 
in  the  mercantile  register,  all  documents  relating  to  real  property 
and  rights  appurtenant  thereto  shall  have  their  effect  on  other  par- 
ties, whenever  they  have  been  recorded,  in  conformity  with  the 
ordinary  provisions  of  the  law,  in  the  register  of  property  or  in  the 
competent  recorder's  office  for  mortgages. 

ART.  27.  The  failure  of  registration  of  documents  shall,  in  cases 
of  bankruptcy,  render  it  fraudulent,  unless  the  contrary  is  proven. 
Or  MERCANTILE  ACCOUNTS. 

ART.  33.  A  merchant  is  obliged  to  keep  account  of  all  his  trans- 
actions in  three  books  at  least,  to  wit:  the  book  of  inventories  and 
balances,  the  general  diary,  and  the  ledger  or  of  running  accounts. 

Partnerships  and  companies  having  shares  must  also  keep  a  min- 
ute book  or  books,  wherein  there  may  be  recorded  all  resolutions 
relating  to  the  company's  business  and  operations,  and  which  may 
have  been  adopted  at  the  general  meetings  of  stockholders  or  at  the 
meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

ART.  34.  The  books  prescribed  must  be  strictly  kept  by  the 
customary  methods  of  bookkeeping,  must  be  bound,  covered,  and 
paged  and  sealed  with  the  proper  stamps  in  the  manner  provided  by 
law. 

ART.  35.  Merchants  may  keep  their  books  by  themselves,  or  by 
persons  whom  they  may  authorize  to  perform  that  duty. 

If  the  merchant  does  not  keep  the  books  himself,  it  shall  be  pi'e- 
sumed  that  he  has  authorized  the  persons  keeping  them  to  do  so, 
unless  the  contrary  is  proven. 

ART.  36.  The  books  of  merchants  must  be  kept  in  the  Spanish 
language,  with  precision,  in  progressive  order  of  dates  and  transac- 
tions, without  leaving  any  blanks  thereon,  and  shall  not  be  altered 
on  any  account.  Any  error  made  thereon  must  be  corrected  by  a 
new  entry  referring  to  the  erroneous  item. 

ART.  37.  A  merchant,  even  though  a  foreigner,  who  does- not  keep 
his  books  in  Spanish,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  at  least  fifty  dol- 
lars, but  that  cannot  be  more  than  three  hundred.  The  entries  of 
the  book,  which  may  be  ordered  to  be  examined  and  shown,  shall  be 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  279 

translated  into  the  Spanish  language,  at  his  own  expense,  and  he 
may  be  compelled  by  legal  proceedings,  within  a  term  to  be  fixed, 
to  transcribe  into  that  language  the  books  that  he  may  have  kept  in 
another. 

ART.  38.  The  book  of  inventories  and  balances  shall  begin  with 
the  inventory  that  the  merchant  must  make  when  commencing  his 
operations,  and  shall  contain: — 

I.  An  exact  statement  of  the  money,  values,  credits,  collections  to- 
be  made,  real  and  personal  property,  goods  and  merchandise  of  all 
kinds,  estimated  at  their  real  value,  and  which  may  constitute  his- 
assets. 

II.  An  exact  statement  of  the  debts  of  all  kinds  of  pending  obli- 
gations, if  any|  and  which  constitute  his  liabilities. 

III.  It  will  show,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  exact  difference  between 
the  assets  and  liabilities  that  shall  constitute  the  capital  with  which 
he  begins  operations. 

A  merchant  shall  furthermore  prepare  annually,  and  record  in  the 
same  book,  the  general  balance  of  his  business  with  the  details 
stated  in  this  article,  and  in  conformity  with  the  entries  of  the  diary, 
without  any  reservation  or  omission,  and  under  his  signature  and 
responsibility. 

ART.  39.  In  the  diary  there  must  be  placed  as  the  first  entry  the 
result  of  the  inventory  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article,  divided 
in  one  or  several  consecutive  accounts,  in  conformity  with  the  sys- 
tem of  bookkeeping  that  may  be  adopted. 

Following  this  there  shall  be  entered  day  by  day,  and  according 
to  the  order  in  which  they  may  be  made,  all  the  operations  effected 
by  the  merchant  in  his  business,  on  his  own  account,  or  that  of 
others,  stating  the  circumstances  and  character  of  each  transaction, 
and  the  result  which  they  may  have  on  the  -credit  or  debit  side,  so 
that  each  entry  shall  show  who  is  the  creditor  and  who  is  the  debtor 
of  the  transaction  to  which  it  has  reference. 

When  the  operations  are  numerous,  whatever  may  be  their  im- 
portance, or  when  they  have  taken  place  outside  of  the  domicile,  all 
those  referring  to  each  account  and  effected  on  the  same  day  may  be 
comprised  in  one  single  entry,  but  keeping  in  the  statement  thereof 
when  presented  in  detail,  the  very  order  in  which  they  may  have 
been  effected. 


280  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

Likewise  all  suras  that  the  merchant  may  withdraw  for  his  own 
account,  shall  be  entered  of  the  date  when  taken  out  from  the  funds 
in  hand,  and  a  special  account  shall  be  kept  of  them  in  the  ledger 
under  a  heading  opened  for  that  purpose. 

AET.  40.  Running  accoiints  with  £ach  special  object  or  person, 
shall  be  opened  in  the  ledger  with  a  debit  and  credit  side,  and  the 
entries  of  the  diary  shall  be  transferred  to  each  account  in  their 
strict  order. 

ART.  41.  The  minute  book  which  must  be  kept  by  companies,  when 
referring  to  general  meetings,  shall  contain  the  corresponding  date, 
those  present,  the  number  of  shares  represented  by  each  one,  the 
number  of  votes  which  they  may  cast,  the  resolutions  adopted,  which 
must  be  stated  in  the  very  words  used,  and  when  the  voting  is  not 
by  ayes  and  nays,  the  votes  cast,  taking  care  to  enter  everything 
that  may  give  a  proper  understanding  of  what  was  resolved.  When 
the  minutes  refer  to  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors,  the  only 
things  to  be  stated  are  the  date,  the  names  of  those  present,  and  a 
statement  of  the  resolutions  adopted.  These  minutes  shall  be  certi- 
fied by  the  signatures  of  the  persons  to  whom  the  by-laws  confer 
such  power. 

ART.  42.  No  authority  or  court  has  the  right  to  make  an  investi- 
gation so  as  to  ascertain  whether  the  merchants  keep  or  do  not  keep 
books  in  due  form.  Merchants  must,  however,  show  them  when  de- 
mand is  made,  simply  for  the  purpose  of  showing  that  they  have  the 
corresponding  revenue  stamps. 

ART.  43.  Neither  can  it  be  decreed  on  motion  of  any  party,  the 
presentation,  delivery,  or  general  examination  of  books,  letters,  ac- 
counts, and  documents  of  merchants,  except  in  cases  of  the  adminis- 
tration of  an  estate,  liquidation  of  a  company,  mercantile  manage- 
ment on  account  of  a  third  party  or  of  bankruptcy. 

ART.  44.  Excepting  in  the  cases  stated  in  the  preceding  article, 
the  presentation  of  books  and  documents  of  merchants  may  be  only 
decreed,  on  petition  of  someone  or  of  the  authority,  when  the  per- 
son to  whom  they  belong  has  an  interest  or  responsibility  in  the 
matter  in  which  the  examination  is  sought. 

The  examination  shall  be  made  at  the  office  of  the  merchant,  in 
his  presence  or  that  of  the  person  whom  he  may  designate  for  the 
purpose,  and  shall  be  exclusively  limited  to  the  points  which  have 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  281 

strict  reference  to  the  action  commenced,  it  being  understood  that 
the  same  shall  comprise  even  matters  that  are  foreign  to  the  spe- 
cial account  by  virtue  whereof  the  examination  has  been  demanded. 

ART.  45.  If  the  books  are  out  of  the  place  where  the  court  order- 
ing their  examination  sits,  the  same  shall  take  place  where  the  books 
are,  without  requiring  that  they  may  be  taken  to  the  place  where 
the  trial  is  had. 

ART.  46.  All  merchants  are  required  to  keep  the  books  of  their 
business  until  their  accounts  are  liquidated  and  ten  years  thereafter. 
The  heirs  of  a  merchant  are  obliged  to  do  the  same  thing. 

OF  CORRESPONDENCE. 

ART.  47.  Merchants  are  obliged  to  keep  in  good  order  all  the 
letters  and  telegrams  that  they  receive  referring  to  their  transactions 
and  business,  indorsing  thereon  the  date  when  received  and  an- 
swered, or  if  no  answer  was  made  thereto. 

ART.  48.  All    letters  written  bv  the  merchant   referring   to  his 

•/  O 

business,  and  all  telegrams  that  he  may  send,  shall  be  transferred  to 
a  copying  book,  either  by  hand  or  by  employing  some  mechanical  ap- 
paratus, as  a  whole  and  successively  in  the  order  of  their  dates,  in- 
cluding the  signatures  thereto. 

ART.  49.  The  rules  established  in  article  36,  excepting  what  re- 
lates to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  Spanish  language,  shall  be  applica- 
ble to  the  letter  coyping  book. 

ART.  50.  The  courts  may  decree,  at  the  request  of  the  authorities, 
or  upon  motion  by  a  party  concerned,  that  the  letters  having  refer- 
ence to  the  subject  matter  in  litigation  may  be  presented  during  the 
litigation,  and  also  that  those  fi'om  copying  books  of  the  same  class 
written  by  the  parties  to  the  litigation  may  be  shown.  Beforehand 
the  letters  that  are  to  be  copied  by  the  party  making  the  request 
shall  be  clearly  stated. 

BOOK  II.— TITLE  II. 

CHAPTER  I. — OF  THE  DIFFERENT  CLASSES  OF  MERCANTILE  COM- 
PANIES. 

ART.  89.  The  law  recognizes  five  forms  or  classes  of  mercantile 
companies: — • 

I.  A  partnership  with  a  collective  name. 

II.  A  partnership  with  special  partners. 

III.  An  anonymous  society  or  corporation. 


282  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

IV.  A  society  with  special  partners,  by  shares. 

V.  Co-operative  societies. 

ART.  90.  All  commercial  companies  constitute  judicial  persons 
different  from  the  persons  who  compose  it. 

ART.  91.  Civil  societies,  without  losing  their  character,  may  con- 
stitute themselves  as  commercial  companies,  in  conformity  with  the 
provisions  of  this  title. 

ART.  92.  The  law  recognizes,  besides  companies  properly  so  called, 
all  transitory  commercial  societies  in  shares,  without  their  having 
judicial  personality  different  from  that  of  the  members  constituting 
the  same. 

CHAPTER  II. — ORGANIZATION  OP  COMPANIES. 

ART.  93.  All  contracts  for  the  organization  of  companies  must  be 
contained  in  a  deed  of  record.  When  otherwise  made  under  any 
other  form  among  the  associates,  it  shall  have  no  legal  effect. 

ART.  94.  Any  amendment  or  addition  made  to  the  contract  for 
the  organization  of  a  company,  shall  be  effected  with  the  same 
formalities  as  are  prescribed  for  the  original  contract. 

ART.  95.  Indentures  of  record  for  organization  of  companies  in 
order  to  be  valid,  must  contain : — 

I.  The  names,  surnames,  and  domiciles  of  those  who  execute  it. 

II.  The  firm  name  of  the  partnership   or  name  of  the  company, 
as  well  as  its  denomination  in  the  proper  case,  stating  the  domicile 
of  the  company. 

III.  The  object  and  duration  of  the  company  and  the  manner  of 
computing  such  duration. 

IV.  The  capital  of  the  company,  stating  the  nature,  number,  and 
value  of  the  shares  in  which  it  may  be  divided;  value  or  amount 
subscribed,  if  referring  to  corporations  or  companies  with  special 
partners  by  shares;  or  a  statement  what  each  partner  brings  to  the 
company,  either  in  industry,  cash  credit,  or  goods,  stating  the  value 
given  to  the  former  and  to  the  latter,  in  all  classes  of  companies. 

V.  The  names  of  the  members  or  partners  who  are  to  have  the 
management  or  direction  of  the  company  and  the  use  of  the  firm  name, 
if  referring  to  partnerships  in  general  or  partnerships  with  special 
partners;  or  the  manner  in  which  the  society  is  to  be  managed   or 
directed,  specifying  the  powers  to  be  exercised  by  the  managers  or 
directors,  if  referring  to  any  other  class  of  company. 


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VI.  The  amount  of  the  reserve  fund  in  companies  divided  in  shares, 
co-operative  societies  being  exempt  from  this  obligation. 

VII.  The   manner  and  form  of  making  the  distribution  of  the 
losses  and  gains  which  correspond  to  the  members  of  the  company, 

VIII.  The  part  that  the  founders  or  organizers  in  corporations,  or 
of  companies  with  special  partners  by  shares,  may  reserve  from  the 
earnings,  and  the  manner  in  which  they  must  receive  the  same. 

IX.  The  case  in  which  the  company  may  be  dissolved  before  the 
stated  time. 

X.  The  basis  under  which  the  liquidation  of  the  company  may  be 
effected,  and  the  manner  in  which  the  liquidators  may  be  elected, 
whenever  they  have  not  been  appointed  beforehand. 

ART.  96.  The  omission  of  any  of  the  requisites  prescribed  in  the 
foregoing  article,  may  serve  as  a  reason  for  a  dissolution  of  the  com- 
pany, which  shall  be  declared  at  the  request  of  any  of  the  members 
or  partners. 

ART.  97.  The  fact  that  no  deed  duly  recorded  has  been  executed, 
or  that  any  of  the  requisites  that  it  must  contain  in  order  to  give  it 
validity  have  not  been  complied  with,  cannot  be  alleged  as  a  defense 
against  a  third  party  who  may  have  entered  into  a  contract  with 
the  company. 

ART.  98.  Transitory  companies  the  members  whereof  share  in  its 
profits,  as  well  as  the  modification  therein  introduced,  are  not  sub. 
ject  in  their  organization  to  any  exterior  formality.  Wherefore 
their  existence  may  be  proved  by  any  evidence  which  .is  prescribed 
by  the  law  in  ordinary  cases. 

ART.  99.  Commercial  associations  are  not  subject  to  the  inscrip- 
tion in  the  Public  Mercantile  Register. 

CHAPTER  V.— OF  CORPORATIONS. 

ART.  163.  An  anonymous  company  or  corporation  has  no  firm 
name  and  is  designated  by  the  special  denomination  of  the  object  of 
its  undertaking.  In  such  company  the  members  or  shareholders 
are  merely  responsible  for  the  value  of  their  shares. 

ART.  164.  if  any  shareholder  should  cause  his  name  to  appear  in 
the  denomination  of  the  corporation,  he  shall  become  personally  and 
jointly  liable  for  its  obligations.  The  denomination  must  be  differ- 
ent from  that  of  any  other  corporation. 


284  CobE  OF  COMMERCE. 

ART.  165.  After  the  denomination  of  the  corporation  the  words 
"anonymous  company"  (corporation)  must  be  added,  whenever  it 
is  necessary  to  make  use  of  such  denomination. 

ART.  166.  Corporations  may  be  constituted  in  two  ways:  By  pub- 
lic subscription  or  by  means  of  the  appearance  of  two  or  more  per- 
sons who  may  subscribe  the  deed  of  incorporation,  which  shall  con- 
tain all  the  requisites  necessary  for  its  validity. 

ART.  1'67.  When  the  corporation  has  to  be  constituted  by  a  re- 
corded deed,  it  shall  be  necessary: — 

I.  The  publication  of  the  prospectus. 

II.  The  subscription  of  the  capital  stock» 

III.  The  holding  of  a  general  meeting  to  approve  and  ratify  the 
by-laws  of  the  corporation. 

IV.  The  recording  of  the  minutes  of  the  general  meeting  for  its 
organization,  and  of  the  by-laws  of  the  corporation. 

ART.  168.  The  prospectus,  prepared  and  subscribed  by  the  found- 
ers, must  contain  in  its  entirety  the  plan  for  the  by-laws  of  the 
new  corporation,  with  all  the  explanations  that  may  be  considered 
necessary;  the  amount  of  the  capital  stock  that  must  be  paid  in, 
and,  furthermore,  a  statement  of  the  value  in  which  may  be  esti- 
mated the  titles,  goods,  personal  and  real  property  with  which  one 
or  more  shareholders  may  have  contributed  for  the  organization  of 
the  corporation.  The  by-laws  must  contain  all  the  requisites  pre- 
scribed in  article  95,  and,  besides,  the  manner  of  calling  and  holding 
the  first  general  meeting. 

ART.  169.  The  subscription  for  shares  must  be  collected  in  one  or 
more  copies  of  the  prospectus  of  the  organizers,  and  must  show  the 
name  and  surname,  or  firm  name,  and  the  domicile  of  the  persons 
subscribing  for  shares,  the  number  in  words  of  the  shares  subscribed 
for,  the  date  of  the  subscription,  and  must  clearly  contain  a  state- 
ment to  the  effect  that  the  subscriber  knows  and  approves  the  plan 
of  by-law,  all  to  be  certified  by  two  witnesses. 

ART.  170.  In  order  to  proceed  to  the  organization  of  a  corpora- 
tion:— 

The  capital  stock-  must  be  subscribed  in  its  entirety  and  ten  per 
cent  of  the  capital  stock  represented  by  money  be  paid  in  cash.  If  all 
or  a  portion  of  the  capital  stock  consists  of  revenues,  titles,  goods, 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  285 

real  or  personal  property,  these  must  be  represented  in  their  entirety 
by  fully  paid-up  stock. 

If 'the  ten  per  cent  of  the  shares  whose  value  is  to  be  paid  in 
money  should  not  be  really  paid  in  within  the  times  specified  by  the 
founders,  they  shall  be  considered  as  not  having  been  subscribed. 

ART.  171.  The  payment  of  the  amount  of  the  installment  asked  by 
the  founders  of  the  corporation,  to  be  made  by  the  subscribers  for 
shares,  shall  be  delivered  by  the  latter  to  the  banking  institution, 
or,  in  default  thereof,  to  the  business  firm  designated  for  such  pur- 
pose in  the  prospectus  of  the  founders. 

These  sums  so  deposited  shall  be  delivered  to  the  managers,  to  be 
appointed  at  the  first  general  meeting,  after  the  recording  and  regis- 
tration of  the  documents  relating  to  the  corporation  shall  have  been 
effected,  or  shall  be  returned  to  the  subscribers  in  case  that  the  cor- 
poration should  not  be  organized. 

ART.  172.  After  the  capital  stock  shall  have  been  subscribed,  and 
the  deposit  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article  shall  have  been 
made,  a  general  meeting  of  shareholders  shall  be  called. 

At  said  meeting  the  following  things  shall  be  done : — 

I.  To  acknowledge  and  approve  the  installment  required  by  the 
founders,  as  well  as  the  value  in  which  may  have  been  estimated  the 
titles,  goods,  real  and  personal  property  that  one  or  more  shareholders 
may  have  contributed  towards  the  corporation,  those  thus  contrib- 
uting not  having  the  right  to  vote  on  that  question; 

II.  To  discuss  and  approve  the  by-laws; 

III.  To  discuss  the  part  or  portion  that  the  founders  may  have 
reserved  to  themselves  in  the  profits. 

IV.  To  make  the  appointment  of  directors  and  managers  that  are 
to  hold  office  for  the  term  that  may  be  stated  in  the  by-laws. 

ART.  173.  As  constituting  a  part  of  the  minutes  of  the  general 
meeting,  there  shall  be  a  list,  which  must  be  signed  by  all  the  share- 
holders present,  and  wherein  must  be  stated  the  number  of  shares 
and  votes  that  they  may  represent. 

ART.  174.  After  the  general  meeting  has  been  held  and  the  min- 
utes have  been  entered,  the  recording  and  registration  thereof  shall 
be  effected,  and  the  same  thing  must  then  be  done  with  respect  to 
the  by-laws. 

ART.  175.  When  the  corporation  is  not  to  be  established  through 


286  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

public  subscription,,it  shall  be  sufficient  if  the  shareholders  who  or- 
ganize it  shall  execute  a  deed  to  be  recorded,  complying  therein  with 
the  prescriptions  of  articles  95  and  170.  There  shall  be  annexed  to 
the  deed  of  incorporation  a  statement  of  the  value  that  may  have 
been  set  to  the  titles,  goods,  real  and  personal  property  which  one 
or  more  shareholders  may  have  contributed,  as  forming  part  of  the 
capital  stock  of  the  corporation.  The  by-laws  shall  be  approved  a 
the  first  general  meeting,  to  be  called  in  the  manner  prescribed  in 
said  deed  of  incorporation. 

ART.  176.  Every  operation  effected  by  the  foundei-s  of  a  corpora- 
tion, with  the  exception  .of  those  that  are  necessary  for  its  organiza- 
tion, shall  be  null  and  void  with  respect  to  such  coi-poration,  unless 
approved  at  a  general  meeting. 

ART.  177.  The  sale  and  transfer  of  shares  made  by  the  subscrib- 
ers or  founders  of  the  corporation,  before  it  is  legally  constituted, 
shall  be  null  and  void. 

ART.  178.  The  capital  stock  of  corporations  shall  be  divided 
into  shares  of  equal  value,  and  such  shares  shall  confer  on  the  hold- 
ers thereof  equal  rights,  unless  otherwise  stipulated  upon  the  or- 
ganization of  the  corporation.  The  shares  may  be  in  the  name  of 
the  holders  or  to  bearer. 

ART.  179.  Shares,  whether  in  the  names  of  the  holders  or  to 
bearer,  shall  state: — 

I.  The  name  of  the  corporation  and  the  place  of  its  domicile. 

II.  The  date  of  its  organization. 

III.  The  value  of  the  capital  stock,  the  installments  which  the 
shareholders  may  have  made  on  such  capital  stock,  and  the  total 
number  of  shares  in  which  the  latter  is  divided. 

IV.  The  term  or  duration  of  the  corporation. 

V.  The  rights  granted  to  the  shares  by  the  deed  of  incorporation 
or  the  by-laws. 

The  shares  must  be  signed  by  the  number  of  directors  to  be  des- 
ignated in  the  by-laws. 

ART.  180.  Corporations  must  keep  a  register  for  the  shares  issued 
in  the  names  of  their  holders,  which  must  contain : — 

I.  The  exact  designation  of  each  shareholder  and  a  statement  of 
the  number  of  his  or  her  shares; 

II.  A  statement  of  the  installments  paid  in; 


COPE  OF  COMMERCE.  287 

III.  The  transfers  that  may  have  been  made,  with  their  respective 
dates,  or  the  exchange  of  shares  in  the  name  of  shareholders  and 
those  to  bearer,  when  this  is  permitted  by  the  by-laws; 

IV.  A  statement  of  the  shares  deposited  as  security  for  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  the  duties  of  the  directors,  manager,  and  trustees. 

ART.  181.  The  ownership  of  shares  in  the  name  of  any  person  is 
proved  by  their  inscription  in  the  register  referred  to  in  the  preced- 
ing article. 

A  transfer  thereof  takes  place  by  means  of  a  statement  entered 
on  the  register,  dated  and  signed  by  the  grantor  and  transferee,  or 
by  their  respective  attorneys-in-fact.  The  corporation  may  give 
certificates  of  such  annotations  to  whoever  may  require  it. 

A  transfer  of  shares  to  bearer  is  made  by  the  mere  transfer 
of  title. 

ART.  182.  Every  share  in  corporations  is  indivisible;  wherefore, 
where  there  are  several  owners  holding  a  share,  they  must  appoint 
a  common  representative,  and  if  they  do  not  agree  on  any  one  per- 
son, the  judicial  authority  must  make  such  appointment. 

ART.  183.  When  the  shareholders  shall  neglect  to  pay  one  or  more 
installments  or  assessments  ordered  by  the  corporation,  the  latter 
shall  proceed  to  sell  the  shares  at  the  risk  and  for  the  account  of 
the  shareholder,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  the  by-laws,  and  in 
all  such  cases  the  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  make  the  pay- 
•ment  of  such  installments  out  of  the  dividends  accruing  on  the  cor- 
responding shares. 

ART.  184.  Corporations  are  prohibited  from  purchasing  their  own 
shares,  except  in  the  following  cases: — 

I.  When  fully  paid-up  shares  are  purchased  with  the  authoriza- 
tion therefor  from  a  general  meeting  and  with  funds  that  may  arise 
from  benefits  not  devoted  to  the  reserve  fund. 

II.  When  the  purchase  is  made  by  virtue  of  an  authorization  al- 
ready provided  for  in  the  by-laws. 

III.  When  it  is  made  with  the  capital  of  the  corporation,  if  all 
the  formalities  prescribed  for  the  reduction  of  the  capital  stock  are 
complied  with. 

All  titles  purchased  in  the  first-mentioned  case  cannot  have  any 
representation  at  general  meetings,  and  cannot  be  computed  when 
canvassing  the  majorities  referred  to  in  the  by-laws. 


288  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

All  titles  of  shaves  purchased  in  the  two  last  mentioned  cases 
shall  be  rendered  null  and  void. 

ART.  185.  Purchases  made  in  contravention  of  the  prescriptions 
of  the  last  article  shall  not  be  void,  unless  the  seller  has  acted  in 
bad  faith;  but  the  manager  and  directors  who  may  have  given  au- 
thority for  the  same  shall  be  personally  responsible  for  the  damages 
which  may  have  accrued  thereby  to  the  corporation,  without  preju- 
dice to  the  penal  proceedings  which  may  be  instituted  against  them. 

ART.  186.  In  no  case  may  corporations  effect  loans  or  advances 
on  their  own  shares. 

ART.  187.  The  management  of  corporations  is  temporary  and  may 
be  revoked.  The  shareholder  or  shareholders  holding  that  trust 
shall  be  considered  as  agents. 

ART.  188.  The  management  of  all  corporations  shall  be  invested  in 
a  Board  of  Directors  and  one  or  more  managers. 

Corporations  may  appoint  consulting  committees  outside  of  their 
domicile.  These  committees  shall  have  the  executive  and  adminis- 
trative powers  which  may  be  conferred  on  them  in  the  by-laws. 

ART.  189.  Unless  otherwise  specified  in  the  by-laws,  the  Board 
of  Directors  have  the  amplest  powers  to  carry  into  effect  all  the 
operations  which  may  be  necessary  in  conformity  with  the  nature 
and  object  of  the  corporation. 

ART.  190.  All  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  be  elected 
at  a  general  meeting  of  stockholders;  nevertheless,  the  first  time  they 
may  be  appointed  in  the  deed  of  incorporation,  but  always  they  may 
be  re-elected,  unless  otherwise  stipulated. 

ART.  191.  Vacancies  in  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  b«  filled  in 
the  manner  that  may  be  prescribed  in  the  by-laws  of  the  corporation. 

AKT.  192.  The  trust  of  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors  in  a 
corporation  is  personal,  and  never  can  it  be  performed  by  an  attor- 
ney-in-fact. 

ART.  193.  Every  one  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
must  deposit  within  the  control  of  the  corporation,  during  the  pe- 
riod that  his  trust  may  last,  a  certain  number  of  shares  as  security 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties.  The  by-laws  shall  desig- 
nate in  all  cases  the  number  of  such  shares. 

ART.  194.  The  directors  of  a  corporation  do  not  contract  any  per- 
sonal obligation  in  the  operations  in  which  they  may  take  part  in  the 
name  of  such  corporation. 


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ART.  195.  The  directors  are  responsible  to  the  corporation,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  ordinary  principles  of  law,  for  the  performance  of 
the  trust  in  their  charge  and  for  the  dereliction  of  their  duties. 

Such  responsibility  may  only  be  demanded  at  a  general  meeting  of 
shareholders  or  by  the  person  authorized  thereby. 

ART.  196.  Any  member  of  the  board  having  an  interest  in  con- 
flict with  those  of  the  corporation,  in  any  operation  which  may  be 
submitted  for  approval,  shall  be  required  to  state  that  fact,  and  cause 
such  declaration  to  be  entered  in  the  minutes  of  the  corresponding 
meeting. 

ART.  197.  The  management  of  the  affairs  of  the  corporation,  as 
well  as  its  representation  in  everything  relative  thereto,  shall  be  in- 
trusted, as  stated  in  article  188,  to  one  or  more  general  managers, 
whose  appointment,  dismissal,  and  duties  shall  be  prescribed  in  the 
by-laws. 

The  responsibility  of  said  agents  shall  be  regulated  by  the  ordi- 
nary principles  of  law. 

ART.  198.  The  vigilance  over  the  affairs  of  corporations  shall  be 
intrusted  to  one  or  more  shareholders,  who  .shall  be  styled  examin- 
ers, who,  before  entering  into  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  must  de- 
posit a  number  of  shares  to  be  prescribed  by  the  by-laws. 

The  examiners  shall  be  appointed  at  a  general  meeting  neverthe- 
less, the  first  time  they  may  be  designated  in  the  deed  of  incorporation. 

In  spite  of  any  stipulation  to  the  contrary,  the  examiners  may  al- 
ways be  re-elected  and  their  trust  may  be  revoked. 

The  vacancies  in  the  office  of  examiners  shall  be  filled  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  the  by-laws,  but  always  by  virtue  of  election 
at  a  general  meeting. 

ART.  199.  The  examiners  have  a  limit  right  of  vigilance  over  the 
operations  of  the  corporation.  Whenever  they  may  desire,  they 
shall  be  permitted  to  examine  the  books,  correspondence,  minutes, 
and,  in  general,  all  the  deeds  and  papers  of  the  corporation.  Where- 
fore the  shareholders  cannot  do  these  things  by  themselves. 

The  managers  shall  deliver  to  them  every  year  the  general  balance^ 
so  that  they  may  make  its  examination,  and  the  examiners  shall  pre- 
sent to  a  meeting  the  result  of  their  labors  with  any  resolutions, 
which  they  may  deem  proper  in  the  premises,  accompanied  with  the 
necessary  explanations  and  exhibits. 

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290  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

ART.  200.  The  extent  and  effect  of  the  responsibility  of  the  ex- 
aminers shall  be  regulated  by  the  prescriptions  establishing  those 
relative  to  the  Board  of  Directors. 

ART.  201.  A  general  meeting  of  shareholders  has  the  most  ample 
power  to  carry  into  effect  and  ratify  all  the  acts  of  the  corporation. 
Such  meeting  may,  unless  otherwise  prescribed,  have  the  right  to 
amend  the  by-laws  of  the  corporation. 

ART.  202.  Meetings  are  ordinary  and  extraordinary.  Ordinary 
meetings  shall  be  held  at  least  once  a  year,  after  the  termination  of 
the  corporation  year.  The  following  matters  shall  be  in  order  at 
general  ordinary  meetings: — 

I.  To  discuss,  approve,  or  modify  the  general  balance,  after  hear- 
ing the  report  of  the  examiners. 

(  II.  To  elect  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors  that  are  to 
serve. 

III.  To  elect  examiners. 

IV.  To  determine  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  the  members 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  and  the  examiners,  if  they  are  not  pre- 
scribed in  the  by-laws. 

V.  To  discuss  and  determine  all  other  matters  mentioned  in  the 
day's  proceedings. 

The  extraordinary  meetings  shall  be  held  whenever  called  in  con- 
formity with  the  by-laws. 

ART.  203.  The  call  to  general  meetings  shall  be  made  by  the  pub- 
lication of  a  notice  in  the  official  journal  of  the  State,  district,  or 
territory,  wherein  the  corporation  has  its  domicile.  The  notice 
must  contain  a  statement  of  the  day's  proceedings  or  of  all  the 
points  to  be  submitted  for  the  deliberation  of  the  meeting. 

Every  resolution  adopted  in  contravention  with  this  article  shall 
be  void. 

ART.  204.  The  call  of  meetings  shall  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors or  by  the  examiners,  and  in  order  that  they  may  be  legally 
held  there  shall  be  thereat  a  representation  of  more  than  one-half  of 
the  capital  stock. 

The  number  of  votes  that  are  to  be  held  by  the  shareholders  at 
the  meetings,  as  well  as  the  manner  of  canvassing  them,  shall  be 
determined  in  the  by-laws. 

If  the  meeting  cannot  be  held  on  the  day  stated  for  such  meeting, 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  291 

the  call  shall  be  repeated,  and  at  the  second  meeting  the  points 
stated  in  the  day's  proceedings  shall  be  resolved,  whatever  may  be 
the  portion  of  capital  stock  represented  by  the  shareholders  present. 

ART.  205.  The  resolutions  adopted  at  general  meetings  must  be 
passed  by  at  least  an  absolute  majority  of  the  votes  of  the  shares 
that  can  be  computed. 

ART.  2<)6.  Unless  the  deed  of  incorporation  or  the  by-laws  pro. 
vide  otherwise,  the  representation  of  three-fourths  parts  of  the 
capital  stock  and  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  number  of  shareholders 
representing  half  of  said  capital  stock,  shall  be  necessary  to  pass 
the  following  resolutions: — 

I.  Dissolution  of  the  corporation  before  the  time  prescribed,  ex- 
cept in  case  it  should  be  done  owing  to  the  loss  of  one-half  of  the 
capital  stock. 

II.  To  extend  the  duration  of  its  existence. 

III.  To  consolidate  with  .other  corporations 

IV.  To  reduce  its  capital  stock. 

V.  To  increase  its  capital  stock. 

VI.  To  change  the  object  of  the  corporation. 

VII.  Any  other  modification   of  the  deed  of  incorporation  or  of 
the  by-laws. 

ART.  207.  When,  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  the  pre- 
ceding article,  it  is  resolved  that  the  capital  stock  shall  be  increased, 
such  resolution  shall  be  carried  into  effect  in  strict  compliance  with 
the  formalities  and  prescriptions  specified  for  the  organization  of 
corporations. 

ART.  208.  The  modifications  referred  to  in  subdivisions  II,  III, 
IV,  and  VI  of  article  206  shall  be  included  in  a  deed  to  be  re- 
corded and  shall  be  noted  in  the  Register  of  Commerce. 

ART.  2<.'9.  The  Board  of  Directors  must  call  an  extraordinary 
meeting,  at  least  with  one  month's  notice,  when  the  petition  for  the 
call  has  been  made  by  a  number  of  shareholders  representing  the 
third  portion  of  the  capital  stock,  and  the  points  to  be  discussed  at 
the  meeting  have  been  presented  in  waiting. 

ART.  210.  Shareholders  may  have  themselves  represented  at  gen- 
eral meetings  by  persons  holding  their  proxies,  who  may  or  may  not 
belong  to  the  corporation,  the  proxies  therefor  to  be  drawn  in  the 
form  that  may  be  prescribed  by  the  by-laws.  Members  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  cannot  hold  proxies. 


292  CODE  OP  COMMERCE. 

ART.  211.  All  the  minutes  of  meetings,  whether  oi-dinary  or  ex- 
traordinary, shall  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  to  one  of  the  copies 
of  the  minutes  shall  be  annexed  the  list  referred  to  in  article  173. 

ART.  212.  Members  of  the  Board  of  Directors  cannot  vote: — 

I.  To  approve  the  accounts. 

II.  On  resolutions  that  affect  their  personal  responsibility. 

ART.  213.  Corporations  cannot  distribute  to  their  shareholders 
more  profits  than  those  that  appear  in  the  general  balance  as  having 
been  obtained  for  their  benefit;  nevertheless,  it  may  be  stipulated  in 
the  by-laws  or  deeds  of  incorporation  that  the  shares,  during  a  pe- 
riod not  to  exceed  five  years,  shall  draw  a  larger  rate  of  interest 
than  six  per  cent  per  annum.  In  that  case  the  amount  of  such 
interest  shall  be  considered  as  forming  part  of  the  expenses  of 
organization.  Shareholders  shall  never  be  obliged  to  return  any 
dividends  that  they  may  have  received. 

ART.  214.  From  the  net  profits  of  the  corporation  there  must  be  set 
aside  yearly  a  portion,  which  shall  not  be  t  less  than  five  per  cent 
thereof,  to  constitute  the  reserve  fund,  until  it  may  aggregate  at 
least  one-fifth  part  of  the  capital  stock. 

The  reserve  fund  must  be  formed  again  in  the  same  manner, 
whenever  it  shall  be  diminished  through  any  circumstance  whatever. 

ART.  215.  Corporations  must  publish  yearly  in  the  official  jour- 
nal of  the  State,  District,  or  Territory  where  they  may  have  their 
domicile,  a  balance,  wherein  must  be  stated  the  amount  of  their 
capital  stock,  specifying  what  portion  thereof  has  been  paid  in  and 
what  is  yet  to  be  received,  the  amount  of  cash  on  hand  and  the  dif- 
ferent items  that  constitute  their  assets  and  liabilities. 

ART.  216.  Corporations  may  be  dissolved: — 

I.  By  the  consent  of  the  shareholders,  in  the  manner  prescribed 
in  article  206. 

II.  By  the  expiration  of  the   period   for  which    they  were  estab- 
lished. 

III.  By  the  loss  of  one-half  of  their  capital  stock,  whenever  the 
dissolution  is  approved  at  a  general  meeting,  by  a  vote  of  at  least  a 
majority  of   the  shareholders  representing  one-half  of  said  capital 
stock. 

IV.  By  the  insolvency  of  the  corporation,  legally  declared. 

ART.  217.  When  the  dissolution  of  a  corporation  is  determined 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  293 

upon  at  a  meeting,  the  appointment  of  liquidators  shall  be  made, 
and  if  that  is  not  done,  the  judicial  authority  shall  appoint  them 
when  a  petition  is  presented  to  that  effect. 

ART.  218.  The  appointment  of  liquidators  terminates  the  trust 
and  duties  of  the  directors  of  the  corporation;  the  latter  shall, 
nevertheless,  lend  their  aid  to  the  liquidators  whenever  they  are  re- 
quested to  do  so. 

ART.  219.  The  accounts  of  the  directors,  during  the  period  com- 
prised from  the  last  balance  approved  at  a  meeting  and  the  open- 
ing of  the  liquidation,  shall  be  presented  to  the  liquidators  for  their 
approval. 

ART.  220.  When  one  or  more  directors  are  appointed  liquidators, 
the  accounts  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  article  shall  be  published 
in  one  or  more  newspapers,  published  in  the  domicile  of  the  corpo- 
ration, with  the  final  balance  of  the  liquidation;  but  if  the  latter 
comprises  a  period  greater  than  a  corporation  year,  the  accounts 
mentioned  must  be  accompanied  to  the  first  balance  that  the  liqui- 
dators shall  present  to  a  general  meeting  of  shareholders. 

ART.  221.  If  the  liquidation  lasts  one  year,  the  liquidators  shall 
make  up  the  annual  balance  in  conformity  with  the  prescriptions  of 
the  law  and  of  the  by-laws. 

ART.  222.  When  the  liquidation  shall  be  made  the  liquidators 
must  form 'the  final  balance,  stating  the  .portion  which  corresponds 
to  each  share  in  the  distribution  of  the  capital  stock,  and  such  bal- 
ance shall  be  published  for  thirty  consecutive  days  in  one  or  more 
newspapers  issued  at  the  domicile  of  the  corporation.  The  share- 
holders within  fifteen  days  after  the  last  publication  thereof  must 
present  their  claims  to  the  liquidators,  which  shall  be  passed  upon 
at  a  meeting  to  be  called  for  that  purpose,  by  a  majority  of  votes, 
each  share  to  have  one  vote. 

ART.  223.  After  the  expiration  of  the  time  mentioned  in  the  fore- 
going article,  whether  there  have  been  no  claims  presented,  or  whether 
they  have  been  acted  on  by  the  meeting,  the  final  balance  shall  be 
considered  as  approved,  the  responsibility  of  the  liquidators  to  re- 
main in  force  as  far  as  everything  that  pertains  to  the  distribution 
of  the  capital  stock  is  concerned. 

ART.  224.  The  amount  belonging  to  the  shareholders  and  that 
shall  not  be  demanded  within  two  months  after  the  day  when  the 


294  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

balance  is  considered  to  be  approved,  shall  be  deposited  in  any 
banking  establishment  to  the  credit  and  in  the  name  of  the  share- 
holder, if  the  share  was  in  his  name,  or  to  the  number  of  the  share, 
if  drawn  to  bearer.  Said  amounts  shall  be  paid  by  the  banking  es- 
tablish <uents  wherein  the  deposit  may  have  been  made  to  the  person 
named  or  to  the  bearer  of  the  share. 

ART.  225.  The  books  of  the  corporation  dissolved  shall  be  kept 
at  the  office  of  the  Public  Register  of  Commerce,  where  the  liquida- 
tors shall  deposit  them. 

CHAPTER  IX.— OF  FOREIGN  COMPANIES. 

ART.  265.  Companies  legilly  constitute;!  in  a  foreign  country 
that  may  be  established  in  the  Republic,  or  have  within  it  some 
agency  or  branch,  must,  in  order  to  enjoy  the  right  granted  them 
under  article  15,  subject  themselves  to  the  following  prescriptions: — 

I.  To  the  inscription  and  registration  referred  to  in  article  24. 

II.  When    they    are    formed    by  shares,   to    publish    annually  a 
balance  which  may  clearly  state  their  assets  and  liabilities,  as  well  as 
the  name  of  the  persons  who  have  their  management  and  control. 

ART.  266.  A  failure  to  comply  with  th^  provisions  of  the  fore- 
going article  renders  all  those  who  may  enter  into  contracts  in  the 
name  of  such  company,  personally  and  jointly  liable  for  all  its  obli- 
gations contracted  within  h-lie  Republic.  The  provisions  of  this  ar- 
ticle cannot  be  renounced. 

ART.  267.  Foreign  comp  mies  at  pressnt  existing  within  the  Re- 
public hereby  become  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  in  so 
far  as  the  validity  of  their  future  acts  is  concerned. 

TITLE  VIII.— OF  BILLS  OF  EXCHANGE. 

• 

CHAPTER  I  — FORM,  TERMS,  AND  PAYMENT  OF  BILLS  OF  EXCHANGE. 

ART.  449.  A  bill  of  exchange  must  be  drawn  from  one  place  to 
another,  and  supposes  the  existence  beforehand  of  a  contract  of  ex- 
change. 

ART.  450.  A  bill  of  exchange,  as  well  as  all  the  duties,  obliga- 
tions, and  acts  derived  therefrom,  are  considered  as  having  a  mer- 
cantile character. 

ART.  451.  The  following  are  necessary  requisites  in  all  bills  of  ex- 
change:— 


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I.  The  date; 

II.  The  amount  that  has  to  be  paid; 

III.  The  name  or  firm  name  of  the  payee; 

IV.  The  time  of  its  payment; 

V.  The  place  where  the  payment  is  to  be  made; 

VI.  To  whose  order  is  the  bill  to  be  paid,  stating   the  payee's 
name  or  firm  name; 

VII.  The  manner  and  form  in  which  the  drawer  has  received  its 
value;  and, 

VIII.  The  signature  of  the  drawer. 

The  other  things  that  may  be  stated  in  a  bill  of  exchange  shall  be 
considered  as  optional. 

ART.  452.  The  requisite  as  to  date  comprises  a  statement  of  the 
place,  day,  month,  and  year  in  which  the  bill  is  drawn. 

ART.  453.  Money  can  only  be  subject  matter  of  a  bill  of  exchange, 
and  the  amount  that  has  to  be  paid  thereunder  must  be  expressed  in 
words,  and  not  merely  in  figures. 

ART.  454.  The  drawer  may  draw  against  his  commission  merchant 
or  his  clerk;  and  if  he  is  owner  or  has  an  interest  in  a  business  house 
situated  in  a  place  different  from  his  domicile,  he  may  draw  on 
such  a  house. 

ART.  455.  A  bill  of  exchange  may  be  drawn  payable  at  sight,  at 
a  specified  day  or  at  a  stated  period. 

ART.  456.  A  bill  of  exchange  drawn  payable  at  a  stated  period 
roust  specify  whether  said  period  is  to  be  computed  from  the  date 
when  drawn,  or  from  the  date  of  its  presentation. 

ART.  457.  Every  bill  of  exchange  must  be  paid  on  the  day  of  its 
maturity  before  sunset.  If  the  date  of  its  maturity  is  a  holiday,  it 
must  be  paid  on  the  preceding  day. 

ART.  458.  The  periods  in  bills  of  exchange  must  be  computed 
from  date  to  date.  If,  in  the  month  of  its  maturity,  there  is  no 
date  equivalent  to  the  day  on  which  it  was  drawn,  the  bill  shall 
become  due  the  last  day  of  the  month. 

ART.  459.  A  bill  of  exchange  may  be  paid  in  a  place  different 
from  the  domicile  of  the  drawee. 

ART.  460.  Every  bill  of  exchange  is  understood  to  contain  the 
words  "to  order,"  even  if  not  stated  therein. 

ART.  461.  A  bill  of  exchange  may  not  be  drawn  in  favor  of  bearer 


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or  of  the  drawee.  When  the  bill  is  drawn  in  favor  of  the  drawer 
himself,  it  cannot  be  considered  as  valid  or  perfect,  until  it  is  indorsed 
at  a  place  different  from  that  wherein  it  is  to  be  paid. 

ART.  462.  If  the  bill  of  exchange  does  not  state  that  the  value 
has  been  received  in  cash  by  the  drawer,  the  one  taking  it  will  be 
responsible  for  the  amount  of  the  bill  in  favor  of  the  drawer,  to  exact 
it  or  prove  it,  in  the  terms  agreed  upon  in  the  contract  of  the  bill 
of  exchange.  When  it  is  not  determined  in  what  manner,  it  shall 
be  considered  that  the  value  of  the  bill  has  been  received  in  cash. 

ART.  463.  When  the  drawer  does  not  know  how  to  write,  the 
bill  shall  be  drawn  by  means  of  a  recorded  deed. 

ART.  464.  Bills  of  exchange  may  be  drawn  on  account  of  another 
person,  but  under  the  responsibility  of  the  person  signing  them. 

ART.  465.  Excepting  managers  of  companies,  who  shall  be  under- 
stood to  be  authorized  thereto  by  the  mere  fact  of  their  appointment, 
all  who  shall  place  their  signatures  in  the  name  of  other  persons  on 
bills  of  exchange,  shall  be  authorized  thereto  by  a  power  of  attor- 
ney from  the  persons  in  whose  name  they  may  act,  stating  that  such 
is  the  fact  before  their  signature. 

Persons  taking  and  holding  bills'  of  exchange  shall  have  the 
right  to  require  that  the  signers  thereof  may  show  their  power  of 
attorney. 

ART.  466.  No  bill  of  exchange  may  be  conditional,  nor  may  its 
payment  be  conditioned  upon  the  death  of  a  person.  The  words 
"without  notice"  or  "with  notice  beforehand"  shall  not  be  consid- 
ered as  conditions,  and  therefore  such  words  may  be  stated  in  bills 
of  exchange. 

ART.  467.  Drawers  shall  not  deny  to  persons  taking  bills  of  ex- 
change the  issuance  of  several  copies  thereof,  if  they  ask  them  before 
such  bills  become  due,  but  stating  thereon  that  they  are  such  cop- 
ies and  the  order  in  which  they  are  given,  and  that  they  shall  not 
be  valid,  excepting  in  case  that  payment  has  not  been  effected  by 
virtue  of  the  bill  or  of  the  copies  issued  theretofore. 

ART.  468.  If,  through  defect  or  intentionally,  a  bill  of  exchange 
should  be  wanting  in  some  of  the  requisites  essential  for  the  exist- 
ence of  the  agreement,  the  act  shall  be  null  and  void;  and  if  it 
should  not  be  one  of  the  essential  requisites,  then  the  bill  of  ex- 
change shall  be  null  and  void,  but  the  rights  and  obligations  derived 
from  the  contract  to  which  it  may  relate  shall  subsist. 


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CHAPTER  II.— PROVISION  OF  FUNDS. 

ART.  469.  The  drawer  of  a  bill  of  exchange  is  obliged  to  provide 
the  drawee,  at  the  opportune  moment,  with  funds  sufficient  to  pay 
the  same. 

ART.  470.  The  funds  shall  be  provided  by  forwarding  them,  by 
credit  which  the  drawee  may  have  opened  to  the  drawer,  or  by  in- 
debtedness of  the  drawee  in  favor  of  the  drawer,  an  agreement  to 
the  contrary  being  excepted,  in  so  far  as  this  last  case  is  concerned. 

ART.  471.  In  order  that  funds  may  be  provided  at  the  opportune 
time,  it  is  necessary  that  such  provision  be  made,  or  may  be  obtain- 
able, and  be  ready  on  the  day  when  the  bill  becomes  due  and  at  the 
place  where  it  is  to  be  paid. 

ART.  472.  If  a  bill  should  be  drawn  on  account  of  another  pier- 
son,  the  person  on  whose  account  the  bill  was  drawn  must  provide 
the  funds  thei-efor,  though  thereby  the  responsibility  of  the  drawer 
•with  regard  to  the  taker  and  other  transferees  of  the  bill  does  not 
cease,  nor  are  the  duties  and  obligations  between  the  drawer  and 
the  person  on  whose  account  the  bill  was  drawn  changed  in  any 
way. 

ART.  473.  If  a  bill  be  not  accepted  or  be  not  paid,  the  drawer 
shall  be  responsible  in  a  civil  action  for  the  damages  resulting  there- 
from to  the  transferees  of  such  bill. 

In  case  that  he  should  have  drawn  it  on  the  account  of  another 
person,  the  rights  of  the  drawer  shall  be  preserved  as  against  the 
person  on  \vh6se  account  the  bill  was  drawn. 

ART.  474.  If  the  holder  of  a  bill  should  not  have  presented  it, 
or  should  have  omitted  to  protest  in  time  and  form,  the  responsibil- 
ity of  the  drawer  shall  cease,  provided  that  he  proves  that  at  the 
time  when  the  bill  became  due  he  had  provided  funds  sufficient  for 
its  payment,  and  the  responsibility  of  reimbursement  shall  fall  in 
such  case  on  the  person  who  should  appear  liable  therefor. 

ART.  475.  The  ownership  of  the  funds  provided  shall  belong  to 
the  holder  of  a  bill,  from  the  moment  that  it  is  accepted,  saving  the 
case  provided  for  in  this  Code  when  bankruptcy  occurs,  or  when 
fraud  has  taken  place. 

ART.  476.  If  the  bill  drawn  on  account  of  another  person  should 
be  paid  by  the  drawee,  despite  the  fact  that  no  provision  of  funds 
has  been  made,  the  latter  shall  have  a  right  of  action  in1  order  to  be 


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reimbursed,  as  against  the  person  on  whose  behalf  he  may  have  paid 
the  bill. 

CHAPTER  III.— OF  THE  INDORSEMENT  OF  BILLS  OF  EXCHANGE. 

ART.  477.  The  ownership  of  bills  of  exchange  is  timansferred  by 
indorsement. 

ART.  478.  An  indorsement,  in  order  to  be  legal,  must  be  dated, 
state  the  condition  under  which  the  amount  given  is  received,  men- 
tion the  name  of  the  person  to  whose  order  it  is  drawn,  and  be 
written  on  the  bill,  a  copy  thereof,  or  on  a  leaf  annexed  to  one  or 
the  other. 

ART.  479.  An  indorsement  may  be  made  in  blank,  merely  with 
the  signature  of  the  indorser,  without  any  other  indication  what- 
ever; but  the  rights  derived  from  the  same  cannot  be  available,  un- 
less it  is  filled  with  all  the  requisites  of  an  ordinary  indorsement. 

ART.  480.  Bills  of  exchange  may  be  indorsed  before  and  after 
their  presentation,  and  before  and  after  their  maturity. 

Defaced  bills  cannot  be  indorsed. 

ART.  481.  In  no  case  may  the  exactness  of  the  dates  be  altered. 
Those  making  the  alteration  shall  be  responsible  in  a  civil  action 
for  the  damages  sustained  thereby.  The  proof  of  the  alteration  of 
the  dates  shall  be  made  by  the  person  who  presents  the  objection. 

ART.  482.  All  who  indorse  a  bill  of  exchange,  as  well  as  those 
who  have  signed  or  accepted  it,  are  jointly  responsible  to  the  hold- 
ers as  guarantors  of  such  bill. 

ART.  483.  A  defect  or  alteration  in  any  of  the  requisites  necessary 
for  an  ordinary  indorsement,  shall  cause  the  indorsement  to  produce 
merely  the  rights  and  obligations  that  are  derived  from  the  contract 
which  may  have  been  executed. 

CHAPTEE  IV. — OF  PRESENTATION  AND  ACCEPTANCE  OF  BILLS  OF 

EXCHANGE. 

ART.  484.  In  bills  of  exchange  payable  within  Mexican  territory 
and  drawn  payable  at  sight  or  at  a  stated  period,  which  has  to  be 
computed  from  sight,  previous  presentation  thereof  is  necessary. 

In  those  drawn  payable  at  a  stated  day,  or  at  a  period  to  be  com- 
puted from  such  time,  previous  presentation  of  the  bill  is  optional. 

ART.  485.  In  bills  of  exchange  payable  within  Mexican  territory 


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and  whose  previous  presentation  is  necessary,  such  presentation 
must  be  made  within  the  following  periods,  all  being  computed 
from  the  date  of  such  bills: — 

I.  Within  two  months  in   bills  drawn  from  any  place  situated 
within  the  Mexican  Republic. 

II.  Within  three  months  in  bills  drawn  from  any  place  of  the 
United  States  of  America  or  Europe. 

III.  Within  four  months  in  bills  drawn  from  any  other  place. 
ART.  486.  When  a  bill  is  presented  for  its  acceptance,  the  drawee 

should  accept  it,  or  clearly  i-efuse  his  acceptance  on  the  same  day  as 
the  holder  shall  present  it  for  that  purpose,  the  drawee  being  per- 
mitted to  state  the  reason  why  he  refuses  to  accept  the  bill. 

ART.  487.  The  following  are  requisites  for  the  acceptance  of  bills 
of  exchange:  — 

I.  The  words  "I  accept,"  "We  accept,"  or  other  equivalent  words 
that  clearly  indicate  the  acceptance; 

II.  The  place  and  date  of  the  acceptance;  and, 

III.  The  signature  of  the  acceptor,  or  of  the  person  who  has  suf- 
ficient power  to  represent  him. 

ART.  488.  If  the  bill  presented  for  its  acceptance  has  to  be  paid 
in  a  place  different  from  the  residence  of  the  acceptor,  the  domicile 
where  the  payment  is  to  be  made  should  be  stated  in  the  acceptance. 

ART.  489.  If  bills  of  exchange  contain  a  statement  as  to  other 
persons  from  whom  the  acceptance  must  be  demanded  in  default  of 
the  drawee,  the  holder,  after  protesting  with  regard  to  those  who 
i-efu.se  to  accept,  must  demand  acceptance  from  the  other  persons 
mentioned  in  the  bill. 

ART.  490.  Bills  of  exchange  cannot  be  accepted  conditionally,  but 
the  acceptance  may  be  limited  to  a  smaller  amount  than  the  one 
stated  in  them.  In  that  case  they  may  be  protested  for  the  re- 
maider  of  the  amount  mentioned. 

ART.  491.  The  acceptance  of  a  bill  of  exchange  obliges  the  ac- 
ceptor to  pay  it,  and  no  defense  can  be  set  up  to  defeat  payment,  ex- 
cepting the  falsity  of  the  acceptance  or  of  the  bill  itself. 

ART.  492.  If  the  holder  of  a  bill  does  not  present  it  for  its  accept- 
ance in  the  cases  when  presentation  thereof  is  obligatory,  does  not 
collect  it  at  maturity,  or,  in  default  of  acceptance  or  payment, 
does  not  have  it  protested  on  the  succeeding  business  day,  he 


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shall  lose  all  his  rights  as  against  the  indorsers,  and  he  will  lose 
them  also  as  against  the  drawer,  provided  the  latter  proves  that  he 
provided  sufficient  funds  for  its  payment  at  the  opportune  moment. 

ART.  493.  Bills  of  exchange  not  presented  within  the  legal  periods 
of  time  for  their  acceptance  or  payment,  or  not  protested  at  the 
proper  time,  shall  be  considered  as  past  due. 

ART.  494.  The  periods  prescribed  for  the  presentation,  acceptance, 
payment,  or  protests  of  bills  of  exchange,  cannot  run  as  against  any 
person  under  legal  disability  therefor,  but  the  burden  of  proof  as  to 
such  disability  shall  be  on  the  person  alleging  it. 

ART.  495.  Whoever,  through  their  fault  or  neglect,  permit  bills 
of  exchange  to  become  past  due  on  any  account,  shall  be  responsible 
for  the  consequences  which  may  arise  thereby. 

CHAPTER  V.— OF  GUARANTEE. 

ART.  496.  Guarantee  as  to  a  bill  of  exchange  is  understood  to  be 
the  mercantile  security  with  which  someone  that  has  to  do  with  such 
bill  guarantees  its  payment. 

ART.  497.  Such  guarantee  may  be  made  to  appear  on  the  bill  it- 
self or  in  a  separate  document. 

ART.  498.  The  person  who  executes  a  guarantee  with  regard  to 
a  bill  of  exchange,  is  bound  thereby  with  the  limitations  therein 
stated,  but  if  none  are  so  stated,  he  shall  have  all  the  obligations 
of  an  indorser. 

CHAPTER  VI.— OF  PAYMENT. 

ART.  499.  Bills  of  exchange  must  be  collected  and  paid  en  the 
day  of  their  maturity. 

ART.  500.  By  common  consent  the  amount  of  a  bill  of  exchange 
may  be  paid  and  received  before  its  maturity. 

ART.  501.  Any  person  paying  a  bill  of  exchange  before  its  matu- 
rity, shall  be  responsible  of  the  validity  of  the  payment. 

ART.  502.  A  person  who  pays  a  bill  of  exchange  \vhen  it  becomes 
due  and  without  opposition  from  any  other  person,  supported  by  a 
judicial  writ,  is  presumed  to  have  become  legally  relieved  of  his  ob- 
ligation. 

ART.  503.  The  holder  of  a  bill  of  exchange  cannot  refuse  to  re- 
ceive a  partial  payment,  though  it  may  have  been  accepted  for  all 
its  value,  and  in  such  a  case  he  must  protest  as  to  the  amount  un- 
paid. 


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When  a  bill  of  exchange  is  not  wholly  paid,  the  holder  must  note 
thereon  the  amount  collected,  give  a  separate  receipt  therefor,  and 
keep  it  in  his  possession  until  it  be  entirely  paid. 

ART.  504.  Accepted  bills  of  exchange  shall  be  paid  necessarily  on 
the  copy  which  may  contain  the  acceptance. 

ART.  505.  Bills  of  exchange  not  accepted  may  be  paid  after  their 
maturity  on  duplicates  or  other  copies,  whenever  it  is  stated  on  the 
latter  that  the  payment  on  one  of  them  nullifies  the  effect  of  the 
original  and  of  the  other  copies. 

ART.  506.  None  of  the  persons  who  have  had  anything  to  do  with 
a  bill  of  exchange  may  refuse,  when  it  is  lost,  to  lend  their  name 
and  their  services  in  order  that  a  new  copy  b«  issued,  provided  the 
owner  of  the  bill  will  pay  the  costs  that  may  accrue  in  obtaining 
such  copy. 

ART.  507.  When  a  bill  of  exchange,  whether  accepted  or  not,  is 
lost,  and  of  which  bill  there  are  no  duplicates  or  other  copies,  beside 
the  right  that  the  last  holder  thereof  has  to  have  it  replaced  by 
those  who  should  do  so,  he  may: — 

I.  Under  his  responsibility  demand   from   the   payor  of   the   bill 
to  deposit    the  value  of  the  bill  on  the  day  of  its  maturity  in  a 
public  establishment  of  credit,  or   in  a  business    house    in  which 
there  is  mutual  confidence,  or  in  any  other  designated  by  the  judge 
in  case  of  disagreement; 

II.  To  have  the  bill  protested,  if  the  payor  refuses  to  deposit  the 
amount  thereof,  under  the  same  rules  as  for  the  protest  in  case  of 
nonpayment; 

III.  To  demand  payment  by  virtue  of  a  writ  issued  by  the  judi- 
cial  authority  before    whom  the   ownership   of  the  letter   may   be 
proven. 

ART.  508.  The  payor  ef  a  bill  of  exchange  may  require  from  the 
holder  thereof  to  be  identified  by  someone  residing  in  the  place. 

If  the  holder  of  a  bill  should  refuse,  or  should  not  be  able  to  have 
himself  identified,  the  payor  thereof  may  deposit  the  amount  of  such 
bill  on  the  day  when  it  becomes  due,  in  a  business  house  which  he 
can  trust,  if  in  the  place  there  should  be  no  public  establishment  of 
credit: 

ART.  509.  Bills  of  exchange  must  be  paid  in  the  place  and  in  the 
legal  current  money  therein  mentioned. 


302  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

If  the  money  mentioned  in  the  bill  should  not  be  legal  currency 
in  the  Republic,  it  shall  be  paid  in  its  equivalent  in  national  money, 
in  conformity  with  the  quotations  had  on  the  day  when  the  bill  be- 
comes due. 

CHAPTER  VII.— OP  PROTESTS. 

ART.  510.  Bills  of  exchange  must  be  protested  for  nonacceptance 
and  for  nonpayment. 

ART.  511.   A  protest  should  be  successively  made: — 

I.  At  the  place  mentioned  in  the  bill  for  its  acceptance  or  pay- 
ment; . 

II.  At  the  domicile  of  the  person  who  should  accept  or  pay  it; 

III.  At  the  domicile  of  the  persons  mentioned  in  the  bill  for  ac- 
ceptance or  payment  when  necessary; 

IV.  At  the  domicile  of  the  acceptor  for  honor. 

In  the  absence  of  the  drawee,  of  the  persons  to  whom  acceptance 
is  recommended,  or  of  the  acceptor  for  honor,  the  steps  to  be  taken 
for  protesting  a  bill  shall  be  effected  with  reference  to  their  clerks, 
family  servants,  or  some  neighbor  whose  house  is  open  at  the  place 
where  such  steps  are  to  be  taken. 

ART.  512.  Bills  of  exchange  must  be  protested  before  a  notary 
public,  and  if  there  is  none  at  the  place,  before  the  first  political 
authority  thereof,  in  the  presence  of  two  witnesses. 

ART.  513.  The  protest  in  writing  must  contain  the  following 
requisites : — 

I.  A  literal  reproduction  of  the  bill  of  exchange,  its  acceptance, 
indorsements,  requests,  and  everything  else  therein  contained; 

II.  The  presentation  of  the  bill  of  exchange  for  acceptance  or  pay- 
ment, stating  whether  the  person  that  ought  to  accept  it  or  pay  it 
was  present; 

III.  The  reasons  given  for  nonacceptance  or  nonpayment,  if  any 
such  were  given ; 

IV.  The  signature  of  the  person  on  whom  the  presentation  was 
made,  and  a  statement  as  to  his  impossibility  or  resistance  to  sign, 
if  there  were  any; 

V.  A  statement  of  the  place,  date,  and  hour  when  the  protest 
was  made;  and, 

VI.  The  signature  of  the  person  who  authorizes  the  protest. 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  303 

ART.  514.  A  protest  for  nonacceptance  shall  be  made  on  the  day 
following  the  presentation  of  the  bill,  and  a  protest  for  nonpayment 
on  the  day  following  the  date  of  its  maturity. 

If  the  days  following  the  date  of  presentation,  or  when  the 
bill  becomes  due,  are  not  business  days,  the  protest  shall  be  made  on 
the  nearest  business  day. 

ART.  515.  If  the  person  on  whom  the  bill  is  drawn  should  be- 
come insolvent,  the  bill  may  be  protested  for  nonpayment,  even  be- 
fore its  maturity,  as  soon  as  such  insolvency  is  declared. 

ART.  516.  A  certified  copy  of  the  protest,  if  authorized  by  a 
notary,  shall  be  given  to  the  holder  of  a  bill  of  exchange;  the  orig- 
inal protest,  if  authorized  by  the  first  political  authority;  and  in 
either  case  the  bill  itself  shall  be  returned  to  him  with  an  entry 
thereon  as  to  its  having  been  protested  for  nonacceptance  or  non- 
payment, such  entry  being  dated  and  signed  by  the  person  who  may 
have  authorized  the  protest. 

ART.  517.  The  notary,  or  the  political  authority  that  should  have 
made  the  protest  in  his  place,  shall  keep  the  bill  in  his  possession, 
without  delivering  it  or  the  protest  to  the  holder,  until  the  sunset 
of  the  day  when  it  was  made.  Meanwhile  the  pay  or  has  the  right 
to  present  himself  to  pay  the  amount  of  the  bill  and  the  expenses 
of  the  protest. 

ART.  518.  The  legal  effects  of  a  protest  are:  — 

I.  To  impose  on  the  person  who  gave  rise  to  it  the  responsibility 
for  expenses  and  damages; 

II.  To  preserve  the  causes  of  action  existing  in  favor  of  the  holder 
against  the  persons  who  may  be  responsible,  owing  to  the  drawing  of 
the  bill. 

ART.  519.  A  renouncement  or  any  other  clause  which  may  do 
away  with  the  obligation  to  protest  a  bill  must  be  considered  as  of 
no  force  or  effect. 

CHAPTER  VII. — OF    ACCEPTANCE   AND   PAYMENT   FOR   HONOR. 

ART.  520.  After  a  bill  is  protested  for  nonacceptance  or  nonpay- 
ment, the  acceptance  or  payment  of  another  person  for  honor  shall 
be  allowed. 

ART.  521.  The  acceptance  or  payment  for  honor  shall  be  stated 
immediately  after  the  protest,  mentioning  the  person  who  may  so 


304  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

have  honored  the  bill,  and  it  must  be  subscribed  by  the  person 
honoring  it  with  the  notary,  or  first  political  authority  and  two  wit- 
nesses who  must  witness  the  act  of  presentation  of  the  bill. 

ART.  522.  If  several  persons  should  present  themselves  to  honor 
a  bill,  the  person  through  whose  honoring  the  bill  would  relieve  a 
greater  number  of  the  persons  liable  under  the  bill  shall  be  accepted. 

ART.  523.  Any  person  who,  after  not  having  accepted  a  bill,  for 
which  the  same  shall  have  been  protested,  shall  present  himself  to 
pay  it  when  due,  shall  be  permitted  to  make  such  payment  inp  ref- 
erence to  a  person  who  merely  wishes  to  pay  it  for  honor. 

ART.  524.  A  person  accepting  a  bill  of  exchange  to  honor  the 
parties  thereto  is  obliged : — 

I.  To  pay  the  bill,  the  same  as  if  it  had  been  drawn  against  him; 

II.  To  give  notice  of  his  acceptance,  by  the  next  mail,  to  the  per- 
son for  whose  honor  he  may  have  accepted  the  bill. 

ART.  525.  An  acceptance  for  honor,  while  the  bill  remains  un- 
paid, does  not  deprive  the  holder  thereof  of  the  rights  that  he  may 
have  against  the  other  persons  liable  under  the  bill. 

ART.  526.  A  person  paying  a  bill  to  honor  the  parties  to-  it  be- 
comes subrogated  to  the  rights  of  the  holder,  with  the  following  limi- 
tations:— 

I.  If  be  pays  it  on  account  of  the  drawer,  the  latter  shall  only  be 
liable  for  the  amounts  disbursed; 

II.  If  he  pays  it  on  account  of  the  taker  or  any  of  the  indorsers, 
he  shall  have  the  right  to  collect  from  the  person  for  whose  honor 
he  made  the  payment,  and  all  the  others  liable  under  the  bill  prior 
to  such  person ; 

III.  A  person  paying  for  honor  bills  past  due,  cannot   be  subro- 
gated greater  rights  than   those  which    may  be    derived   from   bills 
past  due. 

CHAPTER    IX. — RIGHTS    OF   THE   HOLDER   OF  A  BILL   OF   Ex 

4 

CHANGE. 

ART.  527.  All  those  who  execute  a  bill  of  exchange  are  jointly 
liable  to  the  holder  thereof  for  its  amount,  interest,  costs  of  pro- 
test, and  other  legitimate  expenses. 

Interest  must  be  computed  from  the  first  business  day  when  it 
may  be  protested  for  nonpayment. 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  305 

ART.  528.  The  holder  of  a  bill  of  .exchange  protested  in  due  time 
and  form,  may  have  a  right  of  action  against  all  persons  who  exe- 
cuted it  or  against  each  one  of  them. 

The  indorser  who  pays  a  bill  has  the  same  right  as  against  the 
prior  indorsers,  and  as  against  the  drawer  of  the  bill. 

When  an  action  arising  from  a  bill  of  exchange  has  been  instituted 
against  some  of  the  persons  liable  thereon,  it  cannot  be  commenced 
against  the  rest,  excepting  in  case  of  the  partial  or  total  insolvency 
of  the  defendant,  and  until  the  complete  reimbursement  of  the  bill  is 
obtained. 

ART.  529.  When  a  bill  of  exchange  has  been  protested  for  non- 
acceptance,  the  rights  of  action  arising  therefor  may  be  exercised, 
in  order  that  the  value  thereof  may  be  secured  or  deposited  before 
it  becomes  due. 

ART.  530.  Excepting  those  to  whom  the  bill  may  have  been  pre- 
sented for  protest,  all  the  other  persons  who  may  have  had  some- 
thing to  do  with  the  bill  shall  be  notified  when  protested,  either  for 
nonacceptance  or  for  nonpayment,  by  notices  which  shall  be  for- 
warded by  the  notaries  public  or  first  public  authority  who  may 
have  legalized  such  protest. 

Parties  concerned  in  bills  of  exchange,  who  may  reside  in  the 
same  place  where  the  protest  is  made,  shall  be  notified  tnereof  in  the 
form  stated  and  on  the  day  following  the  date  of  such  protest. 

To  those  residing  outside  of  the  place,  the  notice  shall  be  for- 
warded them  by  the  next  mail,  as  registered  letter,  and  with  the  di- 
rections given  by  the  holder  of  the  bill. 

The  officer  legalizing  the  protest  shall  below  it  state  that  he  has 
notified  the  same,  in  the  form  and  terms  prescribed  by  this  article. 

ART.  531.  The  drawer,  as  well  as  any  of  the  indorsers  of  a  pro- 
tested bill,  may  require,  as  soon  as  they  shall  receive  notice  of  the 
protest,  that  the  holder  may  receive  the  amount  thereof,  with  legit- 
imate expenses,  and  may  deliver  the  bill  and  account  of  expenses. 

If  the  drawer  and  indorsers  shall  coriie  at  the  same  time  to  make 
the  reimbursement,  the  drawer  shall  be  preferred;  and  when  the  in- 
dorsers merely  come,  the  one  who  is  of  a  prior  date. 

ART.  532.  When  the  bill  is  not  presented,  protested,  or  notice 
thereof  is  given,  in  the  form  and  terms  respectively  prescribed  by 
this  Code,  excepting  cases  of  superior  force,  there  shall  be  lost: — 

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306  CODE  OP  COMMERCE. 

I.  By  the  holder  of  the  bill",  all  his  rights  against  the  indorsers 
thereof ; 

II.  By  the  indorsers,  each  one  in  what  concerns  him  his  riglit  of 
action  against  his  respective  transferor; 

III.  The  holders  and  indorsers  shall  lose  their  rights  against  the 
drawer,  whenever  the  latter  proves  that,  at  the  maturity  of  the  bill, 
he  had  provided  the  funds  necessary  for  its  payment.     In  this  case 
the  holder  shall  merely  have  a  cause  of  action  against  the  drawee. 

ART.  533.  Even  when  the  bill  of  exchange  is  past  due,  the  holder 
thereof  shall  have  a  right  of  action  against  any  of  those  liable  on  the 
bill,  who  unduly  retains  in  his  power  the  funds  necessary- for  its 
payment. 

ART.  534.  The  rights  of  action  which  arise  from  bills  of  exchange 
to  require  in  their  respective  cases  the  payment  or  security  of  their 
value,  shall  permit  the  issuance  of  an  attachment,  provided  first 
judicial  proof  be  had  of  the  defendant's  signature. 

The  proof  of  the  signature  shall  not  be  necessary  to  allow  the  is- 
suance of  attachments  against  the  acceptor. 

ART.  535.  As  against  the  issuance  of  attachments  under  bills  of 
exchange  no  other  exceptions  can  be  permitted  but  those  of  forgery, 
nullity,  payment,  compensation  of  a  liquidated  or  summary  judicial 
credit,  limitation  or  lapse  of  the  bill,  delay  or  acquittance  given  by 
the  plaintiff,  \vhich  is  to  be  proved  by  recorded  deed  or  private  doc- 
ument proven  in  court.  Any  other  exception  shall  be  reserved,  to 
be  heard  in  the  ordinary  proceedings,  which  shall  take  place  when 
the  summary  proceedings  may  be  declared  not  to  be  applicable  to 
the  case. 

ART.  536.  The  amount  that  a  creditor  may  deduct,  or  for  which 
he  may  give  acquittance  to  the  debtor  of  a  bill  of  exchange,  shall 
be  understood  as  deducted  also  from  the  other  persons  liable  under 
the  bill. 

CHAPTER  X. — OF  RE-EXCHANGE  AND  RETURN  BILL. 

ART.  537.  The  holder  of  a  bill  of  exchange  which  is  not  paid  at 
its  maturity  and  duly  protested  may  reimburse  himself  of  the  amount 
that  may  be  owing  to  him,  by  means  of  a  bill  drawn  at  sight  against 
the  drawer,  or  against  any  of  the  indorsers.  This  operation  is  called 
"re-exchange"  and  the  new  bill  "return  bill." 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  307 

The  person  who  pays  a  return  bill  may  reimburse  himself  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  prior  persons  liable  under  the  original  bill. 

ART.  538.  The  return  bill  must  be  accompanied  by  the  original 
bill  of  exchange,  by  the  certificate  of  its  protest,  and  by  the  account 
of  the  return  bill. 

ART.  539.  The  account  of  the  return  bill  must  indicate: — 

I.  The  total  amount  of  the  original  bill  of  exchange  with  the  in- 
terest from  the  date  of  its  maturity; 

II.  The    expenses    of    protest,    commission,    brokerage,    revenue 
stamps,  and  letter  postage; 

III.  The  pei-son  against  whom  the  return  bill  is  drawn;  and. 

IV.  The  price  of  re-exchange. 

ART.  540.  The  price  of  re-exchange  is  determined  as  regards  the 
drawer  by  the  current  exchange  quoted,  as  between  the  place  where 
the  bill  is  payable  and  tlie  place  on  which  it  is  drawn;  and  with  re- 
gard to  the  indorsers,  by  the  current  exchange  quoted  between 
the  place  where  the  bill  was  delivered,'  or  negotiated  by  the  in- 
dorsers, and  that  on  which  the  return  bill  is  drawn. 

ART.  541.  The  price  of  re-exchange  shall  be  certified  by  a  broker, 
and  in  the  places  where  there  is  none,  by  two  merchants. 

ART.  542.  Several  accounts  for  the  return  bill  cannot  be  made 
on  the  same  bill.  Said  accounts  of  the  return  bill  shall  be  paid  in 
turn  by  each  one  of  the  indorsers,  and  lastly  by  the  drawer. 

ART.  543.  Re-exchanges  may  not  be  accumulated  on  the  same  bill. 
Each  one  of  tlie  indorsers  shall  bear  what  corresponds  to  him,  and 
thus  successively  up  to  the  drawer. 

ART.  544.  Interest  on  the  expenses  of  protest  and  other  legiti- 
mate expenses  comprised  in  the  return  bill  account,  do  not  begin  to 
be  due  until  the  day  when  the  judicial  proceedings  are  instituted. 

TITLE  IX. — OF  DRAFTS,  DUEBILLS,  PROMISSORY  NOTES, 
CHECKS,  AND  LETTERS  OF  CREDIT. 

CHAPTER  I. — OF  DRAFTS,  DUEBILLS,  AND    PROMISSORY    NOTES. 

ART.  545.  A  draft  contains  a  contract,  not  of  exchange,  whereby 
some  person  is  ordered  to  pay  or  deliver  a  certain  sum  to  the  order 
of  another  person. 

A  duebill  contains  the  obligation  of  a  mei-chant  to  deliver  to  the 
order  of  another  merchant  a  certain  amount  of  money  or  goods. 


308  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

ART.  546.  Drafts,  duebills,  and  promissory  notes  drawn  to  order 
must  contain: — 

I.  The  date  and  place  of  their  execution; 

II.  The  name  and  signature  of  the  person  liable  thereunder; 

III.  The  amount  of  money  or  goods  tliat  are  to  be  delivered; 

IV.  The  date  and  place  where  the  delivery  is  to  be  made; 

V.  The  person  to  whose  order  the  document  is  drawn; 

VI.  The  mercantile  operation,  out  of  which  they  arise,  if  they  are 
not  executed  by  one  merchant  in  favor  of  another  merchant; 

VII.  If  their  value  has  been  received,  agreed  upon,  on  account,  or 
proceeds  from  some  other  operation. 

ART.  547.  Promissory  notes  not  drawn  to  the  order  of  someone 
are  not  mercantile  documents;  wherefore  they  do  not  give  rise  to  any 
other  causes  of  action,  but  the  ordinary  one  which  the  holder  thereof 
may  have  against  the  person  executing  such  documents,  because  the 
latter  may  owe  him  a  certain  amount  in  money  or  goods,  inde- 
pendently of  the  right  of 'action  which  the  promissory  note  may 
have  given  rise  to,  if  said  promissory  note  had  been  drawn  to  the 
order  of  anyone. 

ART.  548.  Promissory  notes  not  drawn  to  order  may  not  be  in- 
dorsed, and  any  indorsement  made  thereon  is  null  and  does  not 
give  rise  to  any  right  of  action. 

ART.  549.  All  the  provisions  referring  to  bills  of  exchange 
about  maturity,  indorsement,  payment,  protest,  and  others  appro- 
priate, are  applicable  to  drafts,  duebills,  promissory  notes,  and 
orders  in  writing. 

ART.  550.  An  omission  to  protest  a  promissory  note  frees  the  in- 
dorsers,  but  not  the  person  drawing  and  signing  it,  who  has  all  the 
obligations  of  the  drawer  and  drawee. 

ART.  551.  Duebills  and  promissoiy  notes  cannot  be  drawn  at 
sight  and  to  bearer,  excepting  subject  to  and  in  conformity  with 
the  law  concerning  "Institutions  of  Credit." 

CHAPTER  II.— OF  CHECKS. 

ART.  552.  Any  person  who  has  any  sum  of  money  at  his  disposal 
in  possession  of  a  merchant  or  of  an  establishment  of  credit,  may 
dispose  of  it  in  his  own  favor  or  in  favor  of  a  third  person,  by  means 
of  an  order  of  payment  called  "check." 


CODE  OP  COMMERCE.  309 

ART.  553.  A  check  must  contain: — 

I.  The  designation  of  the  place  and  date  of  its  execution; 

II.  The  name  of  the  merchant,  company,  or  bank  on  whom 'it  is 
drawn; 

III.  The  name  of  the  person   in  whose   favor  it  is   drawn,  or  a 
statement  to  the  effect  that  it  is  payable  to  bearer; 

IV.  The  sum  drawn,  stated  in  words  and  figures; 
•     V.  The  name  and  signature  of  the  drawer. 

ART.  554.  In  order  that  a  check  may  be  valid,  it  is  furthermore 
necessary : — 

I.  That  the  drawer  may  have  funds  of  his  own  at   his  disposal  in 
the  possession  of  the  merchant,  company,  or  bank,  at  least  equal  to 
the  amount  stated  in  the  check,  at  the  date  when  it  was  drawn: 

II.  That  he  should  be  authorized  to  dispose  of  his  funds  in  that 
manner. 

ART.  555.  Checks  shall  be  separated  from  stub  books  that  the 
merchants,  companies,  or  banks  may  deliver  to  their  creditors  in 
account  current  or  by  deposit,  for  the  purpose  of  authorizing  them 
to  draw  in  that  form. 

ART.  556 ,  Checks  drawn  in  favor  of  a  specific  person  cannot  be 
indorsed.  Those  drawn  payable  to  bearer  may  be  transferred  by 
simple  delivery  thereof. 

ART.  557.  Checks  are  not  susceptible  of  being  accepted  or  pro- 
tested, nor  may  their  payment  be  suspended  or  refused  merely 
from  a  failure  of  notice  from  the  drawer,  if  he  has  funds  in  hands 
of  the  drawee.  In  case  that  they  do  not  fill  the  legal  requisites, 
the  drawee  may  refuse  to  pay  the  checks,  stating  on  their  back 
the  reasons  for  such  refusal. 

ART.  558.  The  holder  of  a  check  should  present  it  for  payment 
within  the  eight  days  immediately  following  its  date,  if  it  is  drawn  in 
the  same  city.  To  that  period  of  time  a  day  may  be  added  for  each 
100  kilometers  of  distance  between  the  place  where  the  check  was 
drawn  and  where  it  is  to  be  paid,  if  they  are  different. 

ART.  559.  The  holder  or  owner  of  a  check  not  presented  within 
the  legal  period,  shall  lose  all  his  rights  of  action  against  the  drawer, 
if,  through  insolvency  or  suspension  of  payments  of  the  drawee,  oc- 
curing  after  said  period,  said  document  should  not  be  paid. 

ART.  560.  The  payment  of    checks  in  favor  of  a  stated    person 


310  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

shall  be  evidenced  by  the  receipt  thereof  placed  on  the  back  by  said 
person.  The  latter,  if  unknown,  must  prove  his  identity,  as  is  pre- 
scribed with  reference  to  bills  of  exchange.  The  payment  of 
checks  to  bearer  may  be  evidenced  by  the  mere  fact  of  the  drawee 
having  them  in  his  possession,  and  the  same  of  those  that  may  be 
drawn  simultaneously  in  favor  of  «a  stated  person  or  bearer. 

ART.  561.  A  drawee  is  not  responsible  for  the  abuses  committed 
with  the  checks  given  to  his  creditors  to  draw  on  him,  provided  it  is 
shown  that  the  check  paid  is  of  those  that  he  gave;  nor  may  he  de- 
tain, without,  a  judicial  order,  the  payment  of  a  check  drawn  to 
order,  on  the  ground  of  its  having  been  lost  or  stolen. 

ART.  562.  By  the  mere  fact  of  the  drawee  having  refused  to  pay 
a  check  drawn  against  him,  the  holder  or  owner  thereof  may  avail 
himself  of  his  rights  of  action  to  require  by  summary  proceedings 
from  the  drawer  the  return  of  the  amount  of  the  check  and  the 
corresponding  indemnity  or  damages. 

ART.  563.  The  same  causes  of  action,  and  in  the  same  form,  belong 
to  the  drawer  of  the  check  against  the  drawee  who  refused  payment, 
whenever  the  fault  of  the  latter  does  not  consist  in  the  omission  of 
any  of  the  requisites  specified  in  the  foregoing  articles. 

CHAPTER  III.— LETTERS  OF  CREDIT. 

ART.  564.  A  letter  of  credit  is  a  document  given  by  a  merchant 
in  favor  of  another  person  and  against  another  merchant,  requesting 
him  to  deliver  to  such  person  the  money  that  he  may  ask  up  to  a 
certain  specified  amount,  and  within  a  specifically  stated  period. 

ART.  565.  A  letter  of  credit  may  not  be  executed  to  bearer  nor 
to  the  order  of  anyone,  but  in  favor  of  a  specified  person.  The  lat- 
ter is  obliged  to  prove  his  identity,  if  the  payor  should  require  it. 

ART.  566.  When  the  maximum  of  the  sum  stated  in  the  letter  of 
credit  has  been  delivered  to  the  holder,  or  when  the  period  therein 
mentioned  has  expired,  the  letter  is  no  longer  valid. 

ART.  567.  Letters  of  credit  should  not  be  accepted,  nor  may  they 
be  protested  in  whole  or  in  part.  The  holders  of  such  letters  have 
no  rights  to  enforce  against  the  persons  to  whom  they  are  addressed, 
if  th'-y  should  not  comply  therewith  in  their  entirety  or  partially. 

ART.  568.  Neither  may  the  holder  of  a  letter  of  credit  have  any 
right  to  enforce  against  the  merchant  who  gave  him  the  letter,  un- 


CODE  OF  COMMERCE.  311 

less  he  has  left  the  amount  thereof  in  his  possession,  has  given 
him  security  therefor,  or  is  his  creditor  up  to  said  amount,  because  in 
those  cases  such  merchant  will  be  responsible  to  him  for  the  amount 
specified  in  said  letter  and  the  damages  accruing,  excepting  in  case 
of  the  insolvency  of  the  merchant  to  whom  the  letter  is  addressed, 
provided  that  the  one  signing  it  should  not  know  of  such  insolvency, 
at  the  date  when  the  letter  was  delivered. 

ART.  569.  If  the  letter  of  credit  is  only  partly  complied  with,  the 
preceding  provisions  shall  be  applicable  in  a  relative  manner. 

ART.  570.  A  person  who  gives  a  letter  of  credit  is  under  the  ob- 
ligation to  repay  the  payor  the  sum  that  he  may  have  delivered  by 
virtue  thereof,  provided  the  amount  paid  does  not  exceed  the  sum 
stated  in  the  letter,  and  the  payment  has  not  been  effected  after  the 
.period  stated  therein. 

ART.  571.  If  the  holder  of  a  letter  of  credit  has  not  deposited  the 
amount  mentioned  therein,  given  security  therefor,  or  is  a  creditor 
to  that  amount  of  the  person  giving  such  letter,  the  latter  may  at 
any  time  revoke  his  order  given  to  the  payor. 

ART.  572.  The  holder  of  a  letter  of  credit  is  under  the  obligation 
to  repay  to  the  person  signing  the  letter  of  credit  the  sum  that  he 
may  have  collected,  the  exchange  of  money,  if  there  should  be  any, 
and  the  interest  agreed  upon  or  that  of  six  per  cent,  if  no  agreement 
exists  as  to  interest. 

ART.  573.  The  holder  of  a  letter  of  credit  who  receives  its  total 
or  partial  amount  must  deliver  it  to  the  payor  with  the  correspond- 
ing receipt. 

ART.  574.  If  the  holder  has  not  made  use  of  the  letter  of  credit 
within  the  time  stated  therein,  he  must  return  it  to  the  person  who 
gave  it,  or  in  default  thereof  a  receipt  from  the  person  to  whom  it 
was  addressed;  and  while  this  is  not  done,  he  is  obliged  to  give  se- 
curity for  or  deposit  the  amount  of  such  letter. 

ART.  575.  Letters  of  credit  may  be  given  for  the  delivery  to  the 
holder  of  merchandise  or  other  things  of  value;  in  such  cases,  the 
respective  obligation  shall  be  computed  by  the  price  of  these  things 

or  merchandise. 

TITLE  XIII.— OF  MONEY. 

ART.  635.  The  basis  of  mercantile  money  is  the  Mexican  dollar, 
and  upon  that  basis  shall  all  the  operations  of  business  and  all  ex- 
changes be  effected. 


312  CODE  OF  COMMERCE. 

ART.  636.  This  same  basis  shall  serve  for  all  contracts  made 
abroad  and  that  are  to  be  fulfilled  in  the  Mexican  Republic,  as  well 
as  for  the  money  drawn  from  other  countries. 

ART.  637.  Foreign  money,  either  in  metal  or  currency,  shall  not 
have  any  other  value  in  the  Republic  than  its  market  value. 

ART.  638.  No  one  may  be  obliged  to  receive  foreign  money. 

ART.  639.  Paper  money,  bank  notes,  and  titles  of  foreign  debt, 
may  not  be  the  object  of  mercantile  acts  in  the  Republic,  unless 
they  are  merely  considered  as  simple  merchandise;  but  they  may  be 
the  object  of  purely  civil  contracts. 

TITLE  XIV. — OF  INSTITUTIONS  OF  CREDIT. 

ART.  640.  Institutions  of  credit  shall  be  regulated  by  a  special 
•law,  and  while  said  law  is  issued,  none  of  such  institutions  may  be 
established  in  the  Republic,  without  obtaining  previous  authoriza- 
tion therefor  from  the  Treasury  Department,  and  without  having  a 
contract  relative  thereto  approved,  in  every  such  case,  by  the  Con- 
gress of  the  Union. 


CIVIL  CODE  OF  THE  FEDERAL  DISTRICT. 


The  Civil  Code  of  the  Federal  District  now  in  force  was  approved 
on  the  31st  of  March,  1884,  and  took  effect  on  June  1  of  the  same 
year.  It  repealed  the  Civil  Code  approved  December  13,  1870,  and 
all  former  civil  laws.  The  Civil  Code  is  only  applicable  in  the  Fed- 
eral District  and  the  Territories  of  Lower  California  and  Tepic. 
The  States  have  their  separate  legislation,  but  most  of  them  have 
adopted  the  Civil  Code  of  the  Federal  District,  with  slight  modifi- 
cations and  amendments. 

The  following  general  principles  laid  down  in  said  Civil  Code  are 
to  be  found  in  the  Civil  Codes  of  nearly  all  the  States,  and  may  be 
useful  for  reference: — 

PRELIMINARY   TITLE. — OF   THE  LAW  AND  ITS  EFFECTS,  WITH   THE 
GENERAL  RULES  FOR  ITS  APPLICATION. 

ART.  1.  Civil  law  is  equal  for  all,  without  distinction  of  persons 
or  sexes,  excepting  in  the  cases  specifically  prescribed. 

ART.  2.  .All  laws,  regulations,  circulars,  or  any  other  general  legal 
provisions,  for  general  observance,  issued  by  the  authorities,  shall  be 
binding  and  take  effect  on  the  day  of  their  promulgation,  in  the 
places  wherein  it  should  be  made. 

ART.  3.  If  the  law,  regulation,  circular,  or  other  general  legal 
provision,  fixes  the  day  when  it  must  begin  to  be  observed,  it  shall 
be  binding  from  that  day,  even  if  published  before. 

ART.  4.  In  order  that  a  law,  regulation,  circular,  or  general  legal 
provision,  shall  be  considered  as  promulgated  and  binding  at  the 
places  where  the  authority  who  makes  the  promulgation  does  not 
reside,  the  time  shall  be  computed  at  the  rate  of  one  day  for  each 
twenty  kilometers  of  distance;  if  there  should  be  a  fraction  that  ex- 
ceeds one-half  the  distance  already  stated,  one  more  d&y  shall  be 
computed. 

ART.  5.  No  law  nor  prescription  of  the  government  shall  have  a 
retroactive  effect. 


314  CIVIL  CODE  OF  THE  FEDERAL  DISTRICT. 

ART.  6.  The  renouncement  of  laws  in  general  is  of  no  avail,  nor 
is  the  special  renouncement  of  prohibitive  laws  or  of  public  interest- 

ART.  7.  Acts  executed  against  the  tenor  of  prohibitive  laws  shall 
be  null  and  void,  if  said  laws  do  not  provide  otherwise. 

ART.  8.  A  law  is  not  abrogated  or  repealed,  except  by  another 
succeeding  or  posterior  law. 

ART.  9.  Lack  of  use,  custom,  or  a  contrary  practice  cannot  be 
alleged  as  against  the  observance  of  a  law. 

ART.  10.  Laws  that  establish  exceptions  to  general  rules  are  not 
applicable  to  any  case  that  is  not  expressly  specified  in  the  laws 
themselves. 

ART.  11.  Judicial  capacity  is  acquired  by  a  person  from  his  birth; 
but  from  the  moment  that  an  individual  is  procreated  he  is  consid- 
ered under  the  protection  of  the  law,  and  he  is  held  as  born  for 
the  purposes  specified  in  this  Code. 

ART.  12.  Laws  regarding  the  condition'  and  capacity  of  persons 
are  obligatory  on  Mexicans  of  the  Federal  District  and  Territory  of 
Lower  California,  even  when  residing  abroad,  with  regards  to  the 
acts  that  are  to  be  executed  wholly,  or  in  part,  within  the  District 
and  Territory  already  mentioned. 

ART.  13.  With  regard 'to  real  estate  situated  in  the  Federal  Dis- 
trict and  in  Lower  California,  Mexican  laws  .  shall  be  applicable 
thereto,  even  if  owned  by  foreigners. 

ART.  14.  With  regard  to  the  form  or  external  formalities  of  con- 
tracts, wills,  and  every  recorded  document,  the  laws  of  the  country 
where  they  were  executed  shall  be  applicable  thereto.  Nevertheless, 
Mexicans  or  foreigners,  residing  outside  of  the  Federal  District  or  of 
California,  shall  be  free  to  bind  themselves  according  to  the  forms 
and  formalities  prescribed  by  Mexican  law,  in  those  cases  where  the 
act  has  to  be  executed  within  said  District  or  Territory. 

ART.  15.  Laws  which  affect  public  policy  and  good  customs  can- 
not be  altered  or  avoided,  as  far  as  their  effects  are  concerned,  by 
any  agreement  entered  into  between  private  parties. 

ART.  16.  The  obligations  and  rights  arising  from  contracts  or 
wills  executed  abroad,  by  Mexicans  of  the  District  and  California, 
shall  be  regulated  by  the  provisions  of  this  Code,  whenever  said 
acts  have  to  be  performed  within  said  District  and  Territory. 

ART.  17.  If  the  contracts  or  wills  referred  to  in  the  foregoing 


CIVIL  CODE  OF  THE  FEDERAL  DISTRICT.  315 

article  should  be  executed  by  a  foreigner  and  should  have  to  be  ex- 
ecuted within  the  District  or  California,  the  persons  executing  them 
shall  be  free  to  select  the  law  to  which  the  internal  solemnity  of  the 
act  must  be  subject,  if  the  "property  in  question  is  of  a  personal  na- 
ture. As  far  as  real  property  is  concerned,  the  provisions  of  article 
13  must  be  complied  with. 

ART.  18.  The  presentation  of  bills  and  the  adoption  of  laws  are 
regulated  by  the  prescriptions  of  the  political  Constitution  of  the 
Republic. 

ART.  19.  A  person  relying  for  his  rights  on  foreign  laws  must 
prove  their  existence  and  their  application  to  the  case  under  consid- 
eration. 

ART.  20.  Whenever  a  judicial  controversy  cannot  be  decided, 
either  by  a  literal  construction  or  by  its  spirit  or  a  liberal  construc- 
tion thereof,  it  must  be  decided  according  to  the  general  principles 
of  law,  as  applied  to  the  circumstances  of  the  case. 

ART.  21.  In  case  of  a  conflict  of  judicial  principles,  and  when 
there  is  no  express  law  for  a  special  case,  the  controversy  shall  be 
decided  in  favor  of  the  person  who  tries  to  avoid  sustaining  damage, 
and  not  in  favor  of  the  person  who  wishes  to  obtain  gain.  Tf  the 
conflict  is  between  two  equal  legal  principles,  or  of  the  same  class, 
the  decision  shall  be  rendered  so  as  to  give  the  greatest  equity  pos- 
sible between  the  parties  concerned. 

ART.  22.  Ignorance  of  laws  duly  promulgated  cannot  serve  as  an 
excuse,  and  may  not  benefit  anyone. 

FIRST  BOOK.— OF  PERSONS. 
TITLE  FIRST.— OF  MEXICANS  AND  FOREIGNERS. 

ART.  23.  Mexicans  are  those  persons  specified  in  article  30;  for- 
eigners are  thos.e  specified  in  article  33;  and  citizens,  those  specified 
in  article  34  of  the  political  Constitution  of  the  Mexican  United 
States. 

ART.  24.  Change  of  nationality  does  not  produce  retroactive 
effects. 

ART.  25.  All  Mexicans,  as  well  as  all  foreigners,  residing  in  the 
District  or  in  California,  may  be  sued  before  the  courts  of  this  coun- 
try, on  account  of  any  obligations  which  they  may  have  contracted 
with  Mexicans  or  foreigners,  within  or  outside  of  the  Republic. 


316  CIVIL  CODE  OF  THE  FEDERAL  DISTRICT. 

ART.  26.  They  may  also  be  sued  before  said  courts,  even  if  they 
do  not  reside  in  the  places  already  mentioned,  if  they  have  therein 
any  property  affected  by  the  obligations  contracted,  or  if  the  same 
have  to  be  executed  in  said  places.  • 

TITLE  SECOND.— OF  DOMICILE. 

ART.  27.  The  domicile  of  a  person  is  the  place  where  he  custom- 
arily resides;  in  default  thereof,  it  is  the  place  where  he  has  the 
principal  office  for  his  business.  In  default  of  one  or  the  other,  the 
domicile  of  a  person  is  considered  to  be  the  place  where  he  may  be 
found. 

ART.  28.  Public  employes  have  their  domicile  at  the  place  where 
they  perform  their  duties.  Those  who  accidentally  find  themselves 
in  a  town  performing  some  commission,  do  not  thereby  acquire  a 
domicile  there,  but  they  keep  the  one  corresponding  to  them  in 
conformity  with  the  first  portion  of  article  27,  if  they  have  no  fixed 
place  for  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

ART.  29.  Persons  in  active  military  service  have  their  domicile  in 
the  place  wherein  they  may  serve. 

ART.  30.  The  domicile  of  a  minor  not  declared  of  age  is  the  domi- 
cile of  the  person  under  whose  charge  he  is  by  virtue  of  the  law. 

ART.  31.  The  domicile  of  a  minor  not  under  the  control  of  his 
parents,  and  of  a  person  of  age  but  under  disability,  is  the  domicile 
of  the  guardian. 

ART.  32.  The  domicile  of  a  married  woman,  if  not  legally  sepa- 
rated from  her  husband,  is  the  domicile  of  the  latter;  if  she  is  sepa- 
rated, it  is  subject  to  the  rules  established  in  the  preceding  articles. 

ART.  33.  Individuals  serving  a  person  and  residing  at  his  or  her 
house,  whether  they  are  minors  or  of  age,  have  the  domicile  of  the 
persons  whom  they  serve;  but  if  they  are  minoi's,  and  have  prop- 
erty in  charge  of  a  guardian,  their  domicile,  as  far  as  that  property 
is  concerned,  is  that  of  their  guardian. 

ART.  34.  The  domicile  of  persons  sentenced  to  suffer  punishment 
in  some  specified  place,  is  the  town  where  they  may  endure  their 
sentence,  as  far  as  the  judicial  relations  after  the  sentence  are  con- 
cerned; as  far  as  the  former  ones  are  concerned,  they  shall  pre- 
serve the  last  which  they  may  have  had. 

ART.  35.  The  wife  and  children  of  one  under  sentence  of  impris- 


CIVIL  CODE  OF  THE  FEDERAL  DISTRICT.  317 

onment,  who  do  not  accompany  him  to  the  place  where  he  may  be 
confined,  cannot  have  as  domicile  the  one  of  the  husband  and  father, 
but  their  own  in  conformity  with  the  regulations  established  in  the 
foregoing  articles. 

ART.  36.  The  domicile  of  corporations,  companies,  and  establish- 
ments constituted  under  the  law,  is  the  place  where  their  manage- 
ment or  direction  is  situated;  excepting  when  their  by-laws  or  spe- 
cial laws  shoul'.l  provide  otherwise,  provided  that  the  domicile  therein 
mentioned  may  be  within  the  territorial  district  subject  to  this  Code. 

ART.  37.  The  regulations  about  domicile  established  in  the  pre- 
ceding articles,  do  not  deprive  parties  of  the  right  which  they  have 
to  fix  the  place  where  the  obligation  has  to  be  performed,  or  in  which 
they  may  be  considered  as  domiciled,  provided  that  such  designa- 
tion is  not  prohibited  by  law. 

TITLE  THIRD.— OF  MORAL  PERSONS. 

ART.  38.  The  following  are  moral  persons  and  as  such  have  a  ju- 
dicial standing: — 

I.  The  Nation,  the  States,  and  the  Municipalities. 

Hi  Temporary  or  perpetual  companies  or  corporations  established 
for  some  purpose  or  for  some  object  of  public  utility,  or  of  public 
and  private  utility  jointly. 

Til.  Civil  or  mercantile  companies  organized  in  conformity  with 
the  law. 

ART.  39.  No  company  or  corporation  has  any  standing  before  the 
law,  if  not  legally  authorized  or  permitted. 

ART.  40.  Companies  or  corporations  that  have  a  standing  before 
the  law,  may  exercise  all  civil  rights  relative  to  th«  legitimate  inter- 
ests of  their  organization. 

ART.  41.  No  moral  person  may  enjoy  the  privileges  which  the 
laws  grant*  to  those  under  some  disability. 

ART.  42.  Companies  of  private  interest  are  subject  to  the  pre- 
scriptions applicable  to  partnership. 


THE  SANITARY  CODE. 


The  Sanitary  Code  was  approved  on  the  15th  day  of  July,  1891. 
Some  of  its  provisions  took  effect  on  the  1st  of  August,  1891,  others 
on  the  14th  of  November,  1891,  and  the  remainder  on  the  1st  of 
January,  1892.  It  is  now  in  force  and  is  applicable  throughout  the 
whole  Republic. 

The  following  provisions  of  said  Code  may  prove  useful  for  refer- 
ence:— 

TITLE  I. 

CHAPTER  I.— OF   PORTS. 

ART.  14.  Mexican  Consuls  abroad,  when  issuing  the  documents 
referred  to  in  article  61  and  those  on  the  same  subject^n  the  Gen- 
eral Ordinance  for  Custom  Houses  at  present  in  force,  must  like- 
wise issue  for  any  ship  destined  to  one  or  more  ports  of  the  Repub- 
lic, a  bill  of  health  in  the  terms  specified  in  the  special  regulations 
and  circulars  relative  thereto,  with  the  understanding  that  the 
declaration  as  to  health  must  be  made  by  the  appropriate  Board,  if 
there  should  be  one  in  the  locality,  and  that  the  duties  of  the  Consul 
in  that  regard  consist  merely  in  certifying  to  the  legal  existence  of 
the  Board  of  Health  and  authenticity  of  the  declaration  thereof,  or 
that  there  is  no  such  Board  at  the  port  from  which  the  vessel  may 
sail.  For  each  patent  that  the  Consul  may  issue  in  that  regard 
they  shall  charge  two  dollars. 

ART.  15.  All  vessels  arriving  at  the  ports  shall  be  visited  and 
examined,  without  which  requisite  no  communication  shall  be  held 
with  them,  nor  will  any  person  nor  any  portion  of  the  cargo  be  per- 
mitted to  be  landed,  in  conformity  with  article  70,  subdivision  1,  of 
the  Custom  House  Ordinance. 

The  visit  shall   immediately  be  made  to  every  vessel,  including 
men-of-war,  from   sunrise  to  sunset,   and  even  at  night,  whenever 
the  case  is   urgent,  as   upon   the   arrival   of  mails,  shipwrecks,  and 
forced  arrival. 
(318) 


SANITARY  LAWS.  319 

• 
The  Executive  may  exempt  from  the  visit   and  examination  any 

vessels  that  are  not  required  to  carry  a  bill  of  health,  whenever 
no  danger  to  the  public  health  may  accrue  thereby. 

This  exemption  shall  not  be  absolute  and  shall  cease  completely 
whenever  some  sickness  exist  which  might  be  propagated  in  the  coast 
or  places  in  the  nearest  vicinity. 

ART.  19.  Maritime  quarantines  are  proper  with  regard  to  Asiatic 
cholera,  yellow  fever,  or  other  disease  that  the  Executive  may  con- 
sider as  causing  alai'm,  after  having  received  a  report  thereon  from 
the  Board;  and  they  are  divided  according  to  the  urgency  of  the 
danger  into  rigorous  quarantine*  or  of  simple  observation;  the  first, 
that  shall  be  observed  at  the  port  where  a  lazaretto  may  be  estab- 
lished, shall  consist  in  the  transfer  of  the  passengers  and  crew  to 
such  lazaretto,  in  the  discharge  of  the  ship  at  the  same  point  or  at 
an  appropriate  place,  in  its  disinfection  and  that  of  the  merchandise 
and  baggage;  the  second  class  shall  consist  merely  in  preventing  free 
communication  with  the  vessel  for  a  period  of  time,  which  depends 
on  the  duration  of  the  disease  prevailing,  and  in  the  disinfection  of 
the  clothing  and  articles  susceptible  of  transmitting  the  infection 
whenever  it  may  be  deemed  proper. 

ART.  20.  The  reasons  which  shall  determine  whether  one  or 
another  class  of  quarantine  shall  be  adopted  shall  be,  for  rigorous 
quarantine:  the  existence  of  sick  person  on  board  during  the  voyage 
or  upon  the  arrival  of  the  vessel,  the  mere  coming  from  a  place  in- 
fested or  suspected  of  having  the  disease,  or  the  fact  of  having  touched 
at  some  port  in  which  either  of  these  circumstances  exist. 

ART.  21.  Quarantines  of  observation  may  be  reduced  even  to 
three  days  when  the  •  duration  of^  the  voyage  has  been  equal  or 
greater  than  the  initiatory  stage  of  the  disease  whose  spreading  it  is 
intended  to  prevent,  provided  that  the  condition  of  the  vessel  may 
be  good  and  that  it  may  bring  a  physician  on  board. 

ART.  22.  Quarantines  for  yellow  fever  from  foreign  ports  must  be 
instituted  at  all  places  of  the  Mexican  Coast,  even  where  the  black 
vomit  may  be  epidemic,  during  those  periods  when  no  cases  of  that 
disease  may  exist  at  the  port  of  arrival. 

ART.  23.  The  conditions  under  which  quarantine  for  yellow  fever 
may  be  established  are  the  following:  That  the  resti-ictioris  must 
principally  be  made  with  reference  to  the  merchandise,  baggage,  and 


320  SANITARY  LAWS. 

• 

vessel,  and  that  all  of  these  things  must  be  thoroughly,  disinfected. 
With  regard  to  the  passengers,  they  shall  merely  be  obliged  to  remain 
on  board  during  a  quarantine  oFobservation,  and,  rather  than  keep 
those  in  good  health  at  the  lazaretto,  in  case  of  rigorous  quarantine, 
it  shall  be  preferable  to  oblige  them,  after  having  had  their  clothing 
and  baggage  disinfected,  to  be  transferred  immediately  to  a  place 
which,  owing  to  its  elevation  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  may  be  free 
from  epidemics  of  that  disease. 

ART.  24.  In  cases  of  yellow  fever  the  quarantines  of  observation 
must  last  from  seven  to  ten  days,  and  in  cases  of  rigorous  quarantines, 
from  ten  to  fifteen  full  days. 

ART.  25.  Quarantines  for  cholera  shall  take  effect  with  regard  to 
persons  and  to  things;  the  cases  of  choleric  diarrhea  must  be  care- 
fully inquired  into  and  those  subject  to  it  must  be  classed  as 
suffering  cholera. 

ART.  26.  Quarantines  of  observation  in  cases  of  cholera  may  last 
up  to  seven  days,  and  rigorous  quarantines  from  seven  to  ten  full 
days,  and  the  disinfection  referred  to  in  article  19  must  be  carried 
into  effect. 

ART.  27.  As  regards  other  infecto-contagious  diseases,  the  provis- 
ions of  prophilaxy  shall  consist  in  sanitary  inspection,  keeping  the 
sick  apart  until  they  have  entirely  recovered,  at  the  lazarettos  if 
there  should  be  any,  or  in  separate  dwellings  apart  from  the  locality, 
and  in  the  disinfection  of  the  articles  and  merchandise  that  may 
require  such  disinfection. 

ART.  28.  All  things  very  dangerous  for  contagious  diseases  and 
whose  disinfection  does  not  offer  any  security,  shall  be  destroyed 
by  fire. 

ART.  29.  The  disinfection  of  other  things  or  substances  suscepti- 
ble of  being  contaminated,  shall  be  made  under  the  conditions  deter- 
mined by  special  regulations. 

ART.  30.  Whenever  any  vessel  shall  leave  a  Mexican  port,  the 
proper  Board,  or  one  of  the  persons  constituting  it  whom  such  Board 
may  designate,  shall  make  the  visit  prior  to  the  sailing  of  the  vessel 
and  shall  issue  the  bill  of  health  in  conformity  with  articles  15,  16> 
and  17. 


SANITARY  .LAWS.  321 

CHAPTER  II.— OP  LAZARETTOS. 

ART.  31.  At  the  ports  designated  by  the  Executive,  lazarettos 
shall  be  established,  the  same  to  be  subject  in  their  construction, 
conditions,  and  management  to  the  provisions  of  special  regulations. 

TITLE  II. — SANITARY  SEEVICE  IN  FRONTIER  TOWNS. 

ART.  32.  Land  quarantines  shall  only  be  proper  in  regard  to 
Asiatic  cholera  or  to  any  other  epidemic  which  may  be  considered 
by  the  Executive  as  causing  alarm,  after  a  report  thereon  by  the 
Board,  and  shall  consist  in  sanitary  cordons. 

ART.  33.  These  cordons  shall  be  situated  at  points  that  may  over- 
look traffic,  the  persons  composing  them  to  be  located  at  a  distance 
of  four  kilometers  from  an  inhabited  place,  and  when  the  situation 
of  the  locality  does  not  permit  such  an  arrangement,  then  at  the 
greatest  pgssible  distance. 

SEC.  34.  The  duration  of  a  quarantine,  however  it  may  be  ap- 
plied, shall  be  se  ve  days,  and  shall  be  spent  by  the  passengers  in' 
appropriate  places,  situated  at  some  distance  from  the  cordon  and 
from  the  nearest  town,  and  therein  shall  be  carried  out  the  disinfec- 
tion of  the  merchandise  and  articles  that  may  require  it. 

ART.  35.  Whenever  it  should  not  be  possible  to  establish  a 
quarantine  for  the  period  %  mentioned,  it  shall  be  substituted  by  a 
rigorous  medical  inspection  and  the  appropriate  disinfection  of  the 
passengers,  animals,  merchandise,  and  other  articles  susceptible  of 
being  contaminated. 

ART.  36.  Foreign  cattle,  or  their  parts,  that  enter  into  Mexico 
shall  come  provided  with  a  certificate  to  the  effect  that  they  do  not 
bring  any  infecto-contagious  disease,  issued  by  a  veterinary  legally 
authorized  thereto;  this  document  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  Mexi- 
can Consul  residing  in  the  State  whence  the  cattle  are  to  be  sent. 

ART.  37.  The  health  certificates  to  which  reference  is  had  in  the 
foregoing  article  do  not  free  the  cattle  from  being  examined  regard- 
ing their  health  by  Mexican  veterinary  surgeons,  such  examination 
to  be  made  at  places  situated  in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  the 
propagation  of  diseases  that  may  be  transmissible. 

ART.  38.  If  upon  examination  it  shall  be  determined  that  the 
animals  are  liable  to  have  contagious  diseases,  they  may  all  be  sub- 
ject to  quarantine,  until  it  is  proved  conclusively  that  they  are 

healthy. 

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322  SANITARY  LAWS. 

ART.  39.  It  "is  not  permitted  that  any  animals  shall  enter  this 
country,  whenever  it  is  ascertained  that  they  have  any  infectious 
disease  that  is  contagious. 

ART.  40.  In  order  to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  already 
stated,  a  section  of  Veterinary  Medicine  shall  be  established  in  the 
places  of  the  frontier  and  at  the  ports  wherever  there  is  a  greater 
importation  and  exportation  of  cattle. 

ART.  41.  After  competent  international  treaties  shall  have  been 
entered  into,  an  endeavor  shall  be  made  to  establish  appropriate 
places  for  the  examination  of  animals.  Said' places  shall  be  divided 
into  three  departments:  one  for  healthy  animals,  another  for  those 
that  are  suspected  to  be  diseased,  and  the  third  for  diseased  animals. 

ART.  42.  In  order  to  prevent  the  crossing  of  the  Mexican  frontier 
from  abroad  by  cattle,  or  parts  of  the  same,  that  might  carry  the 
contagion  contracted  in  this  country,  the  parties  concerned  are 
hereby  instructed  to  have  them  examined  by  veterinary  surgeons. 

ART.  43.  The  veterinary  surgeon  making  the  examination  shall 
issue  a  certificate  as  to  their  condition  of  health,  which  document 
may  be  legalized  by  the  proper  foreign  consul. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  DEAD 
BODIES  BY  THE  RAILROADS. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  COLONIZATION,  INDUSTRY, 

.  AND  COMMERCE  OF  THE  MEXICAN  KEPUBLTC. 

BUREAU  THIRD. 

The  President  of  the  Republic  has  been  pleased   to  address  me 
the  following  decree: — 

Porfirio*  Diaz,  Constitutional    President    of  the    Mexican   United 
States,  to  its  inhabitants — 

KNOW  YE:  That  in  pursuance  with  the  constitutional  power  given 
to  the  Executive  and  in  conformity  with  the  law  of  December  16>  - 
of  1881,  I  have  deemed  it  proper  to  issue  the  following: — 


SANITARY  LAWS.  323 

REGULATIONS   FOR   THE    TRANSPORTATION   OF   HU- 
MAN DEAD  BODIES  BY  THE  RAILWAYS 
OF     THE     REPUBLIC. 

CHAPTER  I. — CONDITIONS   THAT   MUST  BE  COMPLIED   WITH  BY 
PERSONS  WHO  PETITION  TO  SEND  CORPSES  BY  RAIL. 

ART.  1.  The  dead  body  that  it  is  the  intention  to  send  by  a  railway 
train,  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  these  regulations,  shall  be 
placed  within  box  of  zinc,  lead,  or  galvanized  iron,  whose  sides  shall 
have  at  lenst  three  millimeters  in  thickness;  such  box  shall  be  com- 
pletely filled  with  a  mixture  in  equal  parts  of  wooden  sawdust  and 
sulphate  of  zinc,  or,  if  these  substances  are  not  to  be  found,  it  shall  be 
filled  with  a  mixture  of  coal  dust  and  tanning  bark  called  cascalote. 
The  box  shall  be  hermetically  sealed,  and  shall  be  placed  within 
another  wooden  one,  whose  sides,  top,  and  bottom  may  be  at  least 
three  millimeters  in  thickness,  and  shall  be  held  together  by  means 
of  screws  or  nails.  The  interstices  remaining  between  both  boxes 
shall  also  be  tilled  with  the  absorbent  and  disinfectant  powder  which 
has  already  been  mentioned. 

CHAPTER  II. — RULES  FOR  TH<E  ISSUANCE    OF    PERMITS    BY   THE 
AUTHORITIES  FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  DEAD  BODIES. 

ART.  2.  In  conformity  with  what  is  prescribed  in  articles  4  and  9 , 
the  appropriate  Mexican  consul,  in  case  that  the  dead  body  comes  fro  u 
abroad,  and  otherwise,  the  political  authority  nearest  to  the  station 
where  the  dead  body  is  to  be  put  on  board  the  cars,  shall  issue  a 
permit  for  its  transportation,  subject,  however,  to  these  regulations 
and  under  the  following  conditions.  These  permits  must  necessarily 
state : — 

I.  The  Christian  name  and  surname  of  the  deceased. 

II.  The  age  at  which  he  died. 

III.  The  date  of  his  death. 

IV.  The  disease  which  caused  his  death,  as  stated  in  the   certifi- 
cate issued  by  some  physician,  or,  in  default  thereof,  by  a  competent 
person. 

V.  The  name  of  the  place  or  station  for  shipment,  and  the  place 
for  the  destination  of  the  dead  body,  stating  the  station  where  the 
body  is  to  be  taken  out  of  the  cars. 


324  SANITARY  LAWS. 

VI.  The  name  of  the  person  who  shall  have  asked  for  the  trans- 
portation, whose  petition,  that  must  necessarily  be  made  in  writing, 
shall  remain  among  the  records  of  the  office  that  may  issue  the  per- 
mit 

VII.  The  name  of  the  person   who  should  accompany  the  dead 
body. 

ART.  3.  Under  no  pretext  whatever  shall  a  permit  be  issued  for 
the  transportation  by  rail  of  persons  who  may  have  died  from  ty- 
phus, typhoid  fever,  diphtheria,  smallpox,  or  Asiatic  cholera.  The 
transportation  of  dead  bodies  of  persons  who  may  have  died  of 
black  vomit,  shall  merely  be  permitted  to  places  that,  owing  to  their 
elevation  above  sea  level  and  other  climatic  circumstances,  may  be 
beyond  the  reach  of  that  disease. 

No  permit  shall  be  issued  in  case  that  the  dead  body  is  in  an  ad- 
vanced state  of  putrefaction. 

CHA.PTER   III. — RULES   THAT  RAILWAY  COMPANIES  MUST  OB- 
SERVE FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  DEAD  BODIES. 

ART.  4.  Dead  bodies  of  persons  shall  only  be  taken  in  a  special  car, 
provided  that  they  shall  be  in  coffins  perfectly  sealed  and  packed  in 
conformity  with  the  provisions  of  article  1  of  these  Regulations,  it 
being  a  prerequisite  for  their  admission  to  have  the  proper  permit, 
as  provided  in  article  2.  Some  adult  person  must  accompany  each 
dead  body,  and  said  person  shall  present  the  permit  to  the  station 
agent,  before  making  the  transportation  of  the  dead  body  to  thp 
station,  so  that  it  may  not  remain  there  in  case  that  said  station 
agent  should  have  any  difficulty  to  admit  it. 

When  the  dead  body  has  been  shipped,  the  person  accompanying 
it  may  take  passage  in  the  wagon  conveying  it,  provided  he  shall 
pay  his  fare  beforehand. 

ART.  5.  If  through  some  circumstance  there  should  be  no  special 
car  for  the  transportation  of  the  body,  it  shall  be  effected  by  carry- 
ing the  body  and  the  person  who  accompanies  it  in  a  freight  train, 
provided  the  freight  does  not  consist  of  alimentary  substance,  but 
never  in  a  passenger  train.  In  all  cases  the  c'ar  occupied  by  the 
coffin,  shall  go  at  the  end  of  the  train,  and  as  far  as  possible  from 
the  passenger  car  that  usually  goes  with  the  freight  train. 

ART.  6.  If  the  permit  issued  by  the  authority  is  not  in  conform- 


SANITARY  LAWS.  325 

ity  with  what  is  provided  in  article  2,  the  station  agent  shall  refuse 
to  take  it  on  board,  and  shall  enter  on  the  permit  the  reason  why  he 
will  not  allow  that  the  dead  body  be  put  on  board. 

ART.  7.  Under  no  circumstance  will  it  be  allowed,  either  upon  the 
departure  or  at  the  arrival  of  the  train,  that  the  dead  body  shall  re- 
main in  the  station  longer  than  the  time  strictly  necessary  for  its 
shipment  or  debarkation. 

ART.  8.  The  cars  used  for  the  funeral  service  shall  be  disinfected 
at  the  expense  of  the  parties  concerned,  after  the  transportation  shall 
have  been  effected,  by  sprinkling  over  its  interior  a  solution  of  fenic 
acid  or  of  chloride  of  labarraque.  The  solution  of  fenic  acid  shall 
contain  five  per  cent  of  the  acid. 

ART.  9.  When  the  body  comes  from  abroad,  its  transportation 
through  the  Republic  cannot  be  permitted,  if  presentation  is  not 
made  of  a  certificate  from  the  Mexican  consul  residing  at  the  place 
whence  it  comes,  as  it  is  provided  in  article  2  of  these  Regulations, 
without  which  formalities  such  transportation  will  not  be  permitted, 
it  being  the  duty  of  the  local  authorities  of  the  frontier  or  Mexican 
ports  through  which  the  dead  body  is  to  be  entered,  to  prevent  in 
such  case  its  introduction  into  the  Republic. 

Given  at  the  Palace  of  the  Executive  Power  of  the  Union  at 
Mexico  on  the  10th  of  March,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
eighty-seven.  PORFIRIO  DIAZ. 

To  citizen  Carlos  Pacheco,  Secretary  of  Public  Works,  Coloniza- 
tion, Industry,  and  Commerce. 

And  I  communicate  it  to  you  for  your  knowledge  and  other  pur- 
poses. 

Liberty  and  Constitution:  Mexico,  March  10,  1887. 

PACHECO. 


PORT   CHARGES. 


PORT    OP     VERA    CRUZ. 

This  port  is  situated  in  latitude  19°  12'  38.30"  north  and  96°  6' 
30"  longitude  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich,  in  the  State  of 
Veracruz  and  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  » 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  ships  is  effected  at  this  port  by 
means  of  barges  and  boats,  and  the  charge  is  $1.00  per  ton  of  1,000 
kilograms  placed  on  the  wharf;  and  to  bring  the  freight  to  the 
square  in  front,  six  and  a  quarter  cents  for  each  package  that  does 
not  exceed  twelve  arrobas  (300  pounds),  and  if  they  are  larger  they 
are  estimated  as  two,  three,  or  more  packages.  From  the  square  to 
the  warehouse  or  railway  station  75  cents  is  charged  for  each 
wagon  load,  including  the  men  who  load,  each  wagon  load  being  a 
ton.  If  the  barge  or  boat  has  a  piece  of  machinery  that,  owing  to 
its  volume,  prevents  making  a  full  load,  the  charge  will  be  for  a  ful 
boat,  and  in  this  case  the  p'rice  varies  according  to  the  size  of  the 
boat. 

The  workmen  in  the  port  get  $2.00  in  sailing  vessels  and  $2.50  in 
steamers,  working  from  6  A.  M.  till  6  p.  M.,  and  on  extraordinary 
occasions  50  cents  per  hour. 

In  this  port  ships  up  to  25  English  draught  may  enter. 

The  Mautla  bar  has  from  4J  to  5  feet,  and  the  Tecolutla  bar  has 
from  5  to  6  .feet,  so  that  the  traffic  through  those  points  is  only  ef- 
fected by  small  vessels  of  4  feet  draught. 

Ships  on  entering  and  leaving  this  port  need  not  to  be  towed,  and) 
although  the  railway  company  has  three  steam  tugs,  they  are  exclu- 
sively used  for  the  service  of  their  own  freight  vessels,  so  as  to  load 
and  unload  more  rapidly. 

Sailing  and  steam  vessels  that  have  no  buoys  in  the  bay  may  use 
those  belonging  to  other  persons,  provided  they  are  unoccupied,  upon 
paying  $8.00  per  day,  according  to  arrangement  stipulated  with  the 
consignees  of  the  various  lines  who  may  have  said  buoys. 

(326) 


PORT  CHARGES.  327 

For  change  of  anchorage  the  sum  of  $4.00  is  charged,  the  opera- 
tion being  made  with  a  pilot  on  board,  provided  the  change  shall  be 
considered  as  improving  the  safety  of  the  ship,  and  the  captain  may 
so  demand  it;  but  if  the  vessel  is  in  a  bad  place  owing  to  the  mis- 
take of  the  pilot,  then  it  is  his  duty  to  do  the  work  without  any 
compensation. 

Owing  to  the  works  that  are  being  erected  in  this  port  to  give 
great  security  to  the  ships,  the  old  northern  channel  is  being  closed 
up  with  a  dyke,  and  ships  cannot  enter  excepting  through  the  south- 
ern channel. 

The  Mexican  Railway  charges  one  dollar  to  load  a  ton  from  their 
iron  pier  to  the  side  of  the  ship  that  may  be  receiving  freight,  and 
vice  versa  for  unloading  or  importation. 

If  boats  not  belonging  to  the  company  are  employed,  then  only  50 
cents  are  paid  to  said  company  for  each  ton  loaded  or  unloaded 
through  their  pier,  using  the  gearing,  etc.,  that  it  owns. 

When  the  imported  merchandise  is  not  cleared  at  the  proper 
time  through  the  maritime  custom  house,"and  it  has  to  be  depos- 
ited in  the  warehouses,  instead  of  being  loaded  directly. in  the 
cars  of  the  railway,  then  it  pays  50  cents  more  per  ton  when  taken 
into  the  cars.  All  the  loading  and  unloading  from  the  wharf  and 
custom  house  to  the  stores  or  warehouses  of  the  owners  and  con- 
signees is  done  by  cargadores,  or  carriers,  at  the  following  rates; 

12J  cents  for  a  package  weighing  up  to  151  pounds,  or  68|  kilo 
grams. 

25  cents  for  a  package  from  152  to  253  pounds,  or  69  to  114J 
kilograms. 

50  cents  from  254  to  379  pounds,  or  115  to  172  kilograms. 

$1.00  from  380  to  505J  pounds,  or  172^  to  227|  kilograms. 

And  so  on  successively  until  $10  is  charged  for  packages  from 
1,281  to  2,534i  pounds,  or  1,035  to  1,150  kilograms. 

PORT  OF  TUXPAN. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Veracruz,  at  latitude  20°  58' 
north  and  longitude  97°  18  30"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

In  this  port  the  loading  of  ships  is  generally  effected  with  large 
boats  of  from  12  to  25  tons  burden  and  rafts  of  40  tons.  Vessels 
of  little  draught  that  can  pass  the  bar,  unload  from  the  side  of  the 
fiscal  wharf  within  the  river. 


328  PORT  CHARGES. 

Generally  the  cost  of  loading  or  unloading  is  from  two  dollars  and 
a  half  per  ton  of  freight,  when  it  comprises  articles  such  as  corn, 
dyewoods,  etc. 

For  other  articles  the  cost  varies.  Ships  loading  cut  wood  re- 
ceive it  in  the  form  of  rafts,  which  are  made  up  in  the  river  and  are 
towed  to  the  side  of  the  ship.  The  towing  is  done  either  by  boats 
with  oars  or  sometimes  by  a  steam  tug. 

The  cost  of  towing  and  getting  to  the  side  of  the  vessel  is  at  the 
rate  of  one  dollar  per  large  log;  and  these  are  usually  a  ton  in 
weight. 

The  workmen  around  the  port  get  two  dollars  per  day  and  their 
board,  if  they  work  on  a  ship  loading  wood.  The  stevedore  who 
directs  the  work  generally  gets  three  dollars  per  day.  , 

In  the  days  when,  owing  to  bad  weather,  no  work  can  be^  done, 
and  the  workmen  remain  on  board  without  returning  to  land,  they 
get  one  dollar  per  day.  The  workmen  who  labor  on  board  of  the 
mail  steamers,  as  their  work  has  to  be  done  more  expeditiously,  re- 
ceive two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  day,  and  the  fractions  of  a  day 
in  the  same  proportion,  their  salary  never  being  less  than  one  dol- 
lar and  fifty  cents  for  each  fraction  of  a  day. 

Workmen  who  work  on  land  get  from  seventy-five  cents  to  one 
dollar  per  day,  according  to  the  kind  of  work  that  they  do,  their 
work  on  wood  being  what  is  most  paid. 

In  order  to  enter  into  the  river,  the  vessels  for  unloading  ships 
generally  get  towed  in,  although  in  many  cases  when  there  is  favor- 
able winds  that  is  not  needed. 

The  cost  of  towing  varies  according  to  the  arrangements  made  in 
each  case,  and  depends  on  the  state  of  the  bar  and  time,  the 
draught  of  the  ship  and  its  size.  The  price  generally  charged  for 
towing  is  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  cents  per  registered  ton.,  without  it 
exceeding  one  dollar  per  ton.  In  such  cases  the  ship  is  towed  from 
the  entrance  of  the  bay  to  the  town  of  Tuxpan,  which  is  a  distance 
approximately  of  ten  miles.  Ships  that  load  in  the  Casones  and 
Tecolutla  bars,  that  are  also  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  port  of  Tux- 
pan,  generally  take  up  mahogany,  cedar,  and  dyewoods.  In  these 
places  the  operations  are  effected  in  the  same  manner  and  under  the 
same  conditions  as  in  Tuxpan. 

Vessels  entering  the  river  have  to  pass  the  bar,  which  is  movable 


PORT  CHARGES.  329 

and  changes  every  time  that  the  time  varies,  wherefore  its  depth  is 
very  irregular.  The  bar.  has  from  5  to  7  feet  in  depth,  and  the 
bottom  is  made  up  of  hard  sand.  From  the  bar  to  the  mouth  of  the 
river  the  depth  varies  from  8  and  10  feet,  according  to  the  wind 
that  blows.  The  bottom  continues  to  increase,  progressively,  from 
the  mouth  of  the  river  up  to  the  fiscal  wharf,  where  it  has  some 
37  feet. 

In  this  river  there  is  no  expense  for  wharfage,  buoys,  nor  change 
of  anchorage,  excepting  pilot  fees,  according  to  regulation. 

Whenever  a  boat  goes  out  of  the  river  and  cannot  leave  the  bar, 
owing  to  bad  weather,  or  because  the  ship  that  it  is  to  unload  is  not 
ready  to  do  so,  twenty  per  cent  of  the  amount  chargeable  for  un- 
loading will  be  collected. 

When  the  boat  for  unloading  leaves  the  bar,  or,  owing  to  bad 
weather,  or  for  any  other  reason  beyond  the  control  of  the  crew, 
cannot  leave  all  or  a  portion  of  the  freight,  there  must  be  paid  the 
cost  of  all  that  it  carries  to  the  ship,  and  half  for  what  it  returns  to 
the  port. 

PORT  OF  ALVARADO. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Veracruz;  near  the  mouth  of 
the  Papaloapam  River  is  the  town  of  Alvarado,  which  is  situated  at 
latitude  18°  46'  30"  north  and  longitude  95°  41'  west  of  the 
meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  are  done  at  this  port  by  means  of  ves- 
sels that  have  no  more  than  9  feet  of  draught,  so  as  to  reach  the 
wharf;  when  their  draught  is  larger,  they  are  loaded  and  unloaded 
by  means  of  small  canoes,  or  small  boats  without  keels,  and  built 
expressly  to  navigate  in  rivers.  It  is  a  custom  among  the  sailors, 
or  people  who  m  an  the  boats,  to  divide  in  equal  portions  the  amount 
paid  them  for  their  work,  and  a  similar  sum  is  collected  for  the 
boat  that  they  use  in  unloading.  This  payment,  so  made,  never 
exceeds  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  day  for  each  person  working 
in  the  port  and  on  board  of  the  vessel. 

Work  on  land  is  paid  at  the  rate  of  4  cents  per  package  of  8 
arrobas  (200  Ibs.),  although  sometimes  as  high  as  9  cents  are 
charged,  this  being  the  maximum,  according  to  the  distance  that 
they  may  have  to  go  on  land.  Vessels  having  freight  on  board  for 
the  interior  places  along  the  river,  that  generally  have  three  men, 


330  PORT  CHARGES. 

charge  from  19  to  75  cents  per  package  of  200  Ibs.,  and  take  and 
deliver  their  loud  on  the  side  of  the  vessels,  but  always  the 
loading  and  unloading  is  paid  by  the  one  doing  that  work,  as 
well  as  the  fee  to  be  paid  for  the  merchandise  that  they  may  bring; 
and  the  freight  is  divided  into  five  portions,  as  follows:  One  and  a 
half  for  the  boat,  one  and  a  half  for  the  head  man,  and  the  rest  is 
divided  among  the  boatmen  in  equal  parts. 

Ordinary  freight  up  to  Tlacobalpam  (which  is  a  town  of  impor- 
tance at  a  distance  of  eighteen  maritime  leagues  from  Alvarado,  up 
the  river)  is  as  follows:  In  vessels,  like  canoes,  boats,  and  rafts,  19 
cents  per  package  of  8  arrabas  (200  Ibs.),  and  in  the  steamers,  25 
cents. 

The  wharfage  fees  in  this  place  are  15 J  cents  for  each  two  pack- 
ages of  200  Ibs.  These  are  fees  that  the  municipality  charges  and 
the  only  ones  that  are  borne  by  the  merchandise  in  transit  through 
the  railway,  except  tobacco  in  its  natural  state  and  ready  for  the 
market;  all  merchandise  for  town  consumption  that  goes  through  the 
river,  pays  two  kinds  of  duties,  wherein  are  included  those  belonging 
to  the  Federal  government. 

The  bar  of  Alvarado  has  12  English  feet  of  water  in  low  tide,  and 
sometimes  has  had  up  to  18  feet  in  some  places  at  high  tide. 
Generally,  ships  with  12  feet  draught  go  out  without  any  risk.  If 
the  vessels  are  towed  to  go  up  the  river,  it  costs  them  $20  or  $30, 
according  to  the  size  of  the  vessels.  They  are  towed  in  and  out  in 
summer,  when  the  currents  have  great  velocity,  as  sometimes  they 
run  up  to  five  miles  per  hour.  In  order  to  enter  a  port,  they  never 
require  to  be  towed  to  it,  and  the  services  of  a  pilot  are  the  only 
ones  required. 

Ships  shall  furthermore  pay,  beside  the  duties  payable  at  the 
harbor  master's  office,  the  municipal  fees,  that  are  never  more  than 
$2.50. 

There  are  no  extraordinary  charges  on  vessels  at  this  port  except- 
ing those  stipulated  in  the  regulations,  which  are  the  following: — 

Office  fee  or  roll  for  vessels  of  more  than  30  tons  bur- 
den   '. $3  50 

From  20  to  30  tons 1  00 

From  12  to  20  tons 50 

Not  over  10  tons .  .  25 


PORT  CHARGES.  331 

The  pilot's  fee  for  a  national  vessel  is $4  00 

For  a  foreign  vessel,  for  each  foot  of  draught 2  50 

In  any  of  those  cases  the  fees  of  the  boat  that  brings 

the  pilot  must  be  paid;  these  are 6  00 

When  a  national  vessel  enters  this  port,  without  asking  for  a 
pilot,  and  anchors  in  a  place  not  secure,  and  which  is  dangerous  for 
it  and  for  the  other  vessels,  the  harbor  master  may  require  that  a 
pilot  shall  go  on  board  and  place  the  ship  in  a  secure  place,  and 
then  it  must. pay  just  the  same  as  if  it  had  taken  the  pilot  outside 
of  the  bar. 

In  the  river  the  pilot's  fees  up  to  the  port  of  Tlaco- 

talpam,  on  national  vessels '....$  6  00 

On  foreign  vessels 12  00 

Finally,  there  are  fees  payable  on  bills  of  health,  as  follows: — 

On   foreign- and  national  vessels  going  to  a  foreign 

port $4  00 

On  national  vessels  going  to  ports  of  the  Republic.      2  00 
And  if  they  are  going  to  a  port  in  the  same  State .  .      1  00 

PORT  OF  COATZACOALCOS. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  .Veracruz,  near  the  mouth  of 
the  river  bearing  the  same  name,  and  whose  bar  is  found  at  latitude 
18°  7'  54"  north  and  at  longtitude  94°  27'  07"  west  of  the  meridian 
of  Greenwich. 

There  is  no  wharf  in  this  port,  and  that  is  why  the  vessels  anchor 
in  the  middle  of  the  river,  and  the  boats  approach  them  on  their 
sides  and  unload  and  land  the  cargo,  and  vice  versa.  In  the  port  of 
Minatithm  there  are  no  wharves;  that  is  why  the  ships  anchor  off 
the  shore,  and  unload  by  means  of  rafts. 

In  this  port  there  are  no  large  rafts,  and  the  small  boats,  that 
are  used  to  load  and  unload,  charge  at  the  rate  of  five  to  ten  cents 
per  package,  according  to  their  weight  and  size,  and  the  cargo 
is  taken  into  the  interior  of  the  town  by  means  of  wagons,  at  the 
rate  of  37  cents  per  trip,  or  with  a  party  of  day  laborers  accoi'ding 
.to  a  price  that  may  be  fixed  upon.  At  Minatitlan  the  freight  is 
received  on  the  banks  of  the  river,  and  only  day  laborers  and  wagons 
are  used  on  the  conditions  above  stated. 


332  PORT  CHARGES. 

Workmen  in  this  port  get  $1.00  per  day  on  shore,  and  from  $1.50 
to  $3.00  on  board. 

The  largest  number  of  feet  of  draught  in  vessels  that  a  ship  can 
have  in  order  to  enter  the  bar  is  thirteen  English  feet. 

In  order  to  cross  the  bar  and  enter  the  river,  it  is  not  indispensa- 
ble for  ships  to  be  towed  in;  but  if  that  is  done,  it  is  at  a  conventional 
price,  which  on  going  is  obligatory,  as  it  is  so  stipulated  in  all 
charter  parties.  The  charge  made  is  at  the  rate  of  fifty  cents  per 
registered  ton. 

There  is  no  fee  for  wharfage. 

When  the  ships  cross  the  bar,  they  are  cleared  by  the  harbor 
master's  office,  for  Minatitlan,  which  is  the  port  where  wood  is 
loaded;  but  in  order  to  do  this  they  must  take  a  pilot  to  go  up  the 
river,  and  whose  fees  are  of  a  conventional  nature.  The  municipali- 
ties of  both  ports  charge  as  "anchorage"  fees  $5.00  to  national  ships 
and  $7.50  to  foreign  vessels.  The  sum  of  $4.QO  is  charged  to 
change  anchorage;  this  must  be  done  with  a  pilot  on  board. 

PORT    OF    FRONTERA. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Tabasco,  in  latitude  18°  33' 
north  and  longitude  92°  37'  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 
The  town  is  situated  about  six  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Grijalva 
River. 

The  traffic  of  this  port  is  generally  coast  trade,  that  is  effected  by 
national  steamers  and. canoes,  that  load  and  unload  at  the  wharf  of 
this  port  by  means  of  persons  employed  for  the  purpose,  who  charge 
specific  prices. 

The  Campeche  brigs  load  and  unload  with  their  own  crews  and 
have  merely  to  pay  the  municipal  fee  of  wharfage,  that  amounts  up 
to  $10,  according  to  the  tonnage  measurement  of  the  vessel,  and  the 
State  fees  on  merchandise,  which  is  11  £  per  cent  of  the  duties  and 
expenses  that  may  have  been  had  at  the  place  where  they  started 
from. 

Ships  that  load  precious  woods,  outside  of  the  bar  of  this  port,  pay 
pay  for  stevedoring  and  taking  the  barge  out  of  the  river   at  the 
rate  of  $2.50  per  ton,  and  when  the  barge  is  towed  in,  at  the  rate  _ 
of  $1.00  per  ton. 

At  this  port  there  are  workmen  who  charge  according  to  their 


PORT  CHARGES.  333 

special  tariff;  and  as  a  general  rule  the  wages  are  agreed  upon  by 
the  parties  and  the  kind  of  work  done,  the  maximum  being  $3.00 
per  day  and  minimum  $1.00,  either  on  land  or  on  board,  inside 
or  outside  of  the  bar,  the  latter  being  the  place  where  higher  wages 
are  paid. 

The  bar  of  this  port  has  sometimes  been  11  Spanish  feet  deep, 
and  in  low  tide  5  feet,  but  usually  in  its  normal  conditions  it  is  9£ 
feet  in  high  tMe  and  7  feet  in  low  tide. 

Ships  are  usually  not  towed  in  or  out,  and  when  they  are  they 
pay  a  conventional  price  fr6m  $60  to  $100,  the  latter  price  being 
when  the  ship  goes  out  or  enters  with  a  cargo. 

Excepting  the  duties  payable  to  get  close  to  the  wharf  to  load  or 
unload,  ships  do  not  pay  any  other,  save,  of  course,  the  laborers  to 
load  and  unload  the  cargo. 

Foreign  ships  when  they  are  in  the  port  and  need  to  change  an- 
chorage, pay  $4.00  pilot's  fees.  The  same  fees  are  payable  when 
they  take  a  pilot  to  go  from  the  bar  to  the  port  or  vice  versa,  a  dis- 
tance of  about  six  miles.  National  vessels  going  up  to  San  Juan 
Bautista  towed  in  by  steamer  pay  $1.00  per  ton  measurement. 

PORT    OF    CARMEN  ISLAND. 

This  port,  called  also  Lake  Terminos  Port,  is  situated  in  the  State 
of  Campeche,  on  the  coast  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  at  latitude  18°  38' 
24"  north  and  longitude  91°  50'  42"  west  of  the  meridian  of 
Greenwich. 

The  unloading  of  vessels  is  done  by  having  them  come  alongside 
of  the  fiscal  and  private  wharves  in  this  port,  and  the  loading  is 
sometimes  done  in  the  bay,  transferring  the  dyewoods  (which  is  the 
principal  article  of  exportation  from  this  place)  to  the  canoes  that 
take  them  to  the  rivers,  and  the  cedar  and  mahogany  in  barges 
up  to  the  sides  of  the  ships;  but  they  load  regularly  from  the 
wharves  near  the  warehouses  where  the  shipper  has  deposited  his 
wood. 

But  the  dyewoods  that  are  taken  along  by  the  canoes  of  the 
rivers  and  of  the  farms  of  that  jurisdiction,  pay  freight  in  conform- 
ity with  the  distance,  the  same  being  from  twelve  to  thirty-one  cents 
per  hundred  pounds. 

The  bringing  of  the  barges  with  wood  from  "Boca  Chica"  to  this 


334  PORT  CHARGES. 

port,  a  distance  of  three  miles,  is  regularly  done  on  account  of  the 
owners  themselves,  but  when  brought  as  freight  by  steamers  that 
tow  them,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  is  charged  per  log,  and  the 
canoes  charge  fifty  cents  for  each  piece. 

Laborers  who  work  in  the  unloading  of  wood  in  the  ships  an- 
chored near  the  wharf,  are  paid  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  for  each 
hundred  quintals,  and  those  employed  in  taking  off'  the  ballast 
receive  one  dollar  per  day. 

Workmen  employed  in  stevedoring  at  the  ships  get  two  dollars 
per  day,  and  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents 'the  head  man  of  the  steve- 
dores. 

The  principal  bar  of  this  port  has  twelve  Spanish  feet  draught  in 
low  tide  and  thirteen  in  high  tide;  the  bar  of  Puerto  Real  (Royal 
Port)  has  six  feet  in  low  tide  and  seven  in  high  tide.  Vessels  enter 
and  go  out  of  this  port  with  sail  outstretched,  and  rarely  are  towed 
in  or  out;  the  hitter  work  is  paid  at  a  conventional  rate  from  seventy 
to  one  hundred  dollars. 

The  freight  that  is  unloaded  on  the  wharves,  as  well  by  national 
as  by  foreign  vessels,  has  no  other  expense  to  incur  than  that  of 
thirty  dollars  that  the  municipality  charges  as  hospital  tax,  and 
seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents  for  Federal  tax. 

Foreign  vessels  each  time  that  the}-  move  about  in  the  port  in 
order  to  change  place  of  anchorage,  which  change  must  be  effected 
uuder  the  direction  of  a  pilot,  pay  four  dollars. 

National  vessels  may  make  that  operation  without  a  pilot,  but 
when  they  sh;ill  ask  the  services  must  pay  the  same  sum. 

PORT    OF  CAMPECHE. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  the  same  name,  on  the  coast 
of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  at  latitude  19°  50'  10"  north  and  longitude 
90°  33'  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  the  vessels  are  effected  by  large 
canoes  of  18  to  25  tons  burden,  that  carry  from  400  to  600  quintals- 

The  charges  are  made  in  accordance  with  the  size  of  the  vessels 
and  the  distance,  be  it  from  the  port  or  out  of  it.     In  the  port  the 
price  of  freight  is  from  six  to  eight  dollars,  according  to  the  size  o 
the  canoe;  outside  of  it,  from  ten  to  twelve  dollars,  and  in  the  an- 
chorage the  sum  of  from  twenty  to  twenty -five  dollars  is  charged  to 


PORT  CHARGES.  335 

the  American  mail  steamers;  the  freight  of  the  dyewoods  is  from 
four  to  five  cents  per  quintal,  taking  into  consideration  the  distance 
whence  it  comes  and  the  place  where  the  ship  may  be  anchored. 

Laborers  get  one  dollar  as  wages  in  port,  and  their  board  is 
furnished  in  the  vessel  where  they  work,  and,  according  to  the  dis- 
tance at  which  the  ship  may  be  anchored,  the  wages  go  on  increas- 
ing from  $1.25  to  $1.50;  on  land  they  vary,  they,  get  75  cents  or 
$1.00  and  board  themselves. 

The  ships  can  only  enter  this  port  where  they  have  9  feet  draught, 
but  of  course  they  must  take  a  pilot  or  captain  who  knows  the  port 
well. 

Vessels  entering  the  port  need  not  be  towed  in. 

The  loading  of  vessels  does  not  require  the  payment  of  any  wharf, 
age  fees,  only  the  vessels  that  do  the  unloading  pay  the  following  as 
fees  for  the  hospital  fund: — 

From  five  to  twenty  tons $       75 

From  twenty -one  to  fifty 1   50 

From  fifty  to  one  hundred 2  50 

From  one  hundred  and  one  to  one  hundred  and  fifty     4  00 

From  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hundred 5  00 

From  two  hundred  to  five  hundred 8  00 

From  five  hundred  upwards 10  00 

Foreign  vessels  pay  double  the  fees  paid  by  national  ships. 

Foreign  ships  pay  for  their  bill  of  health  the  sum  of  four  dollars. 

The  boats  or  vessels  that  do  the  loading  or  unloading  from  the 
ships  pay  either  6^,  12J,  25,  or  50  cents  per  day,  according  to  their 
size  and  burden. 

PORT  OF  PROGRESO. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Yucatan,  in  the  Gulf  of  Mex- 
ico, in  latitude  21°  16'  north  and  longitude  89°  35'  21"  west  of  their 
meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  unloading  of  ships  is  effected  by  means  of  large  boats;  these 
serve  to  carry  the  merchandise  to  and  from  the  ships  of  more  than 
eleven  feet  draught  that  cannot  get  near  the  wharf;  their  capac- 
ity is  from  ten  to  thirty-two  tons;  the  charge  is  of  $1.00  per  ton  of 
merchandise. 


336  PORT  CHARGES. 

The  ships  are  loaded  in  the  same  way,  and  boats  and  canoes  charge 
as  follows  for  taking  freight  from  the  wharf  to  the  ships:  For  pack- 
ages of  heniquen,  hides,  etc.,  20  cents  per  package,  and  $1.00  per 
ton  of  burden  of  the  vessels. 

Vessels  employed  in  unloading  have  a  master  and  two  or  more 
sailors,  according  to  their  size,  and  an  overseer  that  serves  to  take 
charge  of  the  merchandise  from  on  board  to  land  and  vice  versa,  and 
he  receipts  for  them.  The  crew  is  paid  as  follows:  For  each  load  in 
vessels  of  less  than  20  tons  burden,  the  master,  $1.50;  the  overseer, 
$1.00,  and  the  sailors  $1.00  each;  in  those  o'f  from  20  to  25  tons, 
the  master,  $1.75,  the  overseer,  $1.25,  and  sailors,  $1.25;  of  25  tons 
and  more  the  master,  $2.00,  the  overseer,  $1.50,  and  sailors,  $1.25. 

The  owners  of  these  vessels  have  persons  who  aid  them  at  the 
wharf,  and  these  charge  one-half  cent  per  package  of  four  hundred 
pounds;  for  unloading  smaller  packages,  15  cents  per  ton,  and  those 
of  greater  weight,  a  conventional  price  arranged  with  the  owner. 

Workmen  in  ships,  when  these  are  not  moored  to  the  wharf,  get 
$1.75  for  unloading,  $2.00  for  loading  and  stevedoring,  and  if  the 
work  is  extended  into  the  night,  they  charge  conventional  prices. 
When  the  ships  are  moored  to  the  wharf,  day  laborers  get  $1.75 
per  load  of  heniquen;  those  who  load,  1  cent  per  package,  and  the 
stevedores,  two  cents  per  package. 

The  men  who  carry  the  freight  in  hand  cars  from  the  wharf  to  the 
warehouses  at  the  custom  house  and  commission  houses,  get  3  cents 
per  trip,  and  if  the  load  is  more  than  a  ton  in  weight,  the  price  is 
conventional.  The  charge  for  the  carrying  of  heniquen,  sacks,  and 
hides  is  3  cents  per  package. 

When  the  ships  have  more  than  eleven  feet  draught,  they  load  and 
unload  without  mooring  to  the  wharf,  and  anchor  at  a  distance  of 
from  two  to  five  miles  from  the  coast,  according  to  their  draught; 
when  their  draught  is  eleven  or  less  feet,  they  moor  to  the  metallic 
wharf,  where  they  effect  the  loading  and  unloading.  This  wharf  has 
on  an  average  a  depth  of  1 1  \  feet. 

The  whai-fage  fees  charged  for  exportation  and  importation  are 
75  cents  per  ton  of  2,200  pounds. 

In  the  exportation  of  heniquen  for  the  Havre  the  steamers  charge 
57  francs  per  1,000  kilograms;  to  Liverpool,  -^  pence  per  pound; 
to  ports  of  Spain,  $11  per  1,000  kilograms.  For  heniquen  the  charge 


PORT  CHARGES.  337 

made  on  steamers  to  New  York  in  large  quantities  is  -^  cents  pel- 
pound,  and  in  small  quantities,  ^  of  a  cent  per  pound.  Sailing  ves- 
sels charge  75  cents  per  package  to  New  Orleans,  and  in  steamers 
|  cents  per  pound  in  small  quantities,  and  ~$  cents  in  large  quan- 
tities. Dye  woods  may  be  taken  to  any  port  in  Europe  in  sailing 
vessels  at  the  rate  of  $7.50  per  ton. 

The  charge  made  in  Mexican  steamers  on  national  products  to 
Vera  Cruz  and  other  ports  of  the  same  State  arid  Tampico  is  -f  8.00 
per  ton;  and  to  Campeche  and  Tabasco,  $5.00  per  ton. 

The  freight  of  salt  taken  out  of  the  salt  beds  in  this  State  and 
taken  to  any  port  in  the  Gulf  is  50  cents  per  "fanega"  of  from  250 
to  275  pounds. 

As  this  port  is  entirely  open,  it  has  no  pilots,  towing  vessels,  nor 
buoys  to  moor  ships. 

PORT    OF    TAMPICO. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Tamaulipas,  about  six  miles 
from  the  sea,  and  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Panuco.  It  is  in  lati- 
tude 22°  51'  30"  north  and  in  longitude  98°  2'  west  of  the  meridian 
of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  ships  effected  are  by  large  boats  or 
barges,  when  the  ship  is  of  great  draught  and  cannot  pass  the  bar, 
in  which  case  it  is  effected  according  to  the  class  of  freight  that  it 
may  have,  be  it  for  barges,  boats,  rafts,  etc.,  and  the  usual  price 
charged,  as  well  for  exportation  as  for  importation,  is  from  $2.00  to 
$3.00  per  ton,  according  to  the  class  of  merchandise. 

Workmen  who  .work  outside  of  the  bar  get  $2.00,  $2.50,  and 
$3.00  per  day,  according  to  the  kind  of  work  that  may  be  given  to 
them;  if  the  work  is  on  board  and  inside  of  the  river  they  get  $1.00 
or  $1.50. 

The  depth  of  the  bar  may  be  of  9  English  feet,  and  during  high 
tide  it  increases  its  depth,  but  this  does  not  last  long. 

Sailing  vessels  enter  with  sails  outstretched,  and  some,  to  be  more 
secure,  are  towed  in;  the  ship  that  tows  charges  usually  60  cents 
per  ton  of  register  in  leaving  and  entering,  to  ships  of  not  more  than 
100  tons  burden;  50  cents  to  ships  not  more  than  200  tons  burden; 
40  cents  to  those  that  do  not  exceed  300  tons,  and  30  cents  to  those 
of  more  than  300  tons  and  do  not  exceed  500. 

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338  PORT  CHARGES. 

No  wharfage  dues  are  exacted  at  this  port,  as  the  Government 
has  not  levied  that  class  of  duties. 

There  are  no  buoys  nor  places  to  moor  to,  hence  no  charges  of 
that  kind  ai-e  made  at  Tampico.  « 

The  bar  is  dangerous  at  its  entrance  because  it  has  many  breakers 
at  all  times,  and  it  is  subject  to  continuous  variations  as  well  in  its 
direction  as  in  its  depth,  wherefore  a  pilot  should  always  be  taken, 
but  only  in  case  that  the  ship  has  not  more  than  9  feet  draught 
when  it  may  enter. 

Ships  of  great  draught  anchor  outside  of  the  bar  in  six  fathoms 
of  water,  and  the  anchors  catch  well  at  the  bottom,  although  in  win- 
ter it  is  not  safe  to  do  so.  In  case  that,  on  account  of  some  strong 
wind  from  the  north,  the  ship  should  have  to  heave  anchor,  it  can 
find  a  good  shelter  about  60  miles  distant  from  there,  or  say  at 
Lobos  Island. 

In  the  bar  at  the  northern  bank  of  the  river  there  is  a  watchman, 
•who  from  his  small  tower  makes  signals  with  regard  to  the  condition 
of  the  bar. 

Lately  the  Mexican  Government  has  entered  into  a  contract  with 
the  Mexican  Central  Railroad  to  open  the  bar  and  make  it  24  feet 
deep,  which  will  give  an  entrance  to  any  ship  by  the  river  up  to  the 
,city  of  Tampico.  This  work  is  being  prosecuted  with  great  activity. 

The  depth  of  the  river  is  sufficient  for  ships  of  the  largest  draught. 

PORT    OF    MATAMORO8. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Tamaulipas,  on  the.  Rio 
Grande,  in  latitude  25°  52'  33"  north  and  longitude  97°  24'  57" 
west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  unloading  of  merchandise  in  this  port  is  effected  by  means  of 
lighters;  the  charge  is  62J  cents  per  barrel,  or  say  five  cubic  feet. 

There  is  no  distinction  as  to  different  merchandise  landed;  all  are 
subject  to  the  above  price. 

The  wages  paid  workmen  in  the  bay  are  as  follows:  The  sailors  of 
said  lighters  are  paid  $2.50  per  trip,  and  the  workmen  whom  they 
may  employ  on  board  of  the  ships  to  assist  in  loading  or  unloading^ 
At  the  rate  of  $3.00  for,  each  individual. 

The  largest  depth  of  the  bar  is  6  English  feet.  Ships  are  not  towed 
in,  because  there  are  no  vessels  to  carry  on  this  work.  When  the 


PORT  CHARGES.  339 

ship  is  a  large  one,  it  remains  outside,  where  the  unloading  is  effected; 
ships  of  less  draught  enter  without  any  difficulty  and  unload  in  any 
portion  of  the  banks  of  the  river. 

As  there  is  no  wharf  in  this  port,  no  wharfage  is  charged  nor 
any  dues  for  buoys,  anchorage,  etc. 

The  expenses  made  by  sailing  and  steam  vessels,  when  they  enter 
and  leave,  such  as  those  of  pilot,  lighthouse,  and  bill  of  health,  are 
much  the  same  as  in  other  ports. 

PORT    OF    MAZATLAN. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Sinaloa,  on  the  coast  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  in  latitude  23°  10'  37"  north  and  in  longitude  106° 
24'  35"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  are  made  in  flatboats,  sometimes  towed 
by  steamers  and  others  with  oars.  The  cost  is  $1.00  per  ton  for 
loading  or  unloading,  excepting  coal,  that  costs  $1.50,  and  explosive 
substances,  $2.50.  Loading  does  not  require  any  other  expense  of 
wharfage -due  but  those  of  loading  and  unloading  from  the  boats  to 
shore,  which  is  $2.50  per  ton. 

In  the  bay  there  is  from  4J  to  10  fathoms  of  depth,  increasing 
progressively  on  the  open  coast. 

There  is  in  the  interior  of  the  port  a  bar  that  opens  to  the 
"Astillero  Port,"  where  generally  the  ships  of  the  coast  trade  are 
repaired,  and  has  an  average  9  feet,  but  sometimes  reaches  up  to  13; 
once  inside  it  is  up  to  3  fathoms  deep.  Ships  for  foreign  trade 
need  not  be. towed  in,  excepting  those  that 'go  to  the  navy  yard,  and 
this  costs  only  $10  if  they  are  small  vessels,  and  $20  if  they  are  of 
greater  burden. 

The  entrance  to  the  port  is  easy  and  without  risk,  as,  although 
there  is  a  rock,  it  has  a  buoy  near  it. 

During  the  months  from  June  to  October  there  are  very  strong 
winds,  but  as  the  Meteorological  Observatory  of  the  port  announces 
them  with  sufficient  precision,  ships  have  time  to  put  out  to  sea  in 
order  to  avoid  them. 

PORT   OF    SAN    BLAS. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  Territory  of  Tepic,  on  the  coast  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  in  latitude  21°  32'  24"  north  and  in  longitude  105° 
15'  27"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 


340  PORT  CHARGES. 

The  anchorage  is  in  the  open  coast,  but  there  is  a  narrows  towards 
the  west  called  the  "Arsenal,"  which  gives  12  feet  depth  at  the  bar 
in  low  tide,  and  from  16  to  17  feet  in  full  tide.  The  ships  are 
loaded  and  unloaded  in  this  port  by  means  of  large  boats  manned 
by  oars. 

$1.50  per  ton  of  40  cubic  feet,  or  2,000  pounds,  is  paid  for  foreign 
freight  according  to  the  class  of  merchandise;  18  cts.  per  package  of 
6  cubic  feet  or  175  pounds  in  weight,  is  paid  for  coastwise  trade,  the 
same  as  national  articles  shipped  to  foreign  countries. 

Workmen  get  $1.50  per  day  at  this  port,  whether  they  work  on 
land  or  on  board  of  the  ships. 

No  ship  is  loaded  under  contract,  excepting  that  of  cedar  wood) 
and  those  contracts  are  made  abroad. 

The  entrance  to  the  bar  of  this  port  has  an  average  depth  of  12 
feet,  from  October  to  April,  and  in  the  other  months  from  9  to  10. 

In  order  to  enter  the  port  or  the  point  called  "  El  Pozo,"  ships 
generally  require  to  be  towed  in,  and  have  to  pay  $5.00  for  a  boat 
with  its  crew. 

There  is  no  wharfage  to  be  paid  for  freight,  as  there  is  no  wharf 
at  this  port.  The  only  expense  is  that  for  landing  the  merchandise; 
that  is  4  and  6  cts.  for  package,  of  175  to  200  pounds,  which  is 
charged  by  the  porters  to  unload  the  boats. 

There  are  no  special  expenses  to  be  made  at  this  port  for  buoys, 
mooring,  change  of  anchorage,  etc. 

PORT  OF  MANZA.NILLO. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Colima,  on  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
in  latitude  19°  3'  13"  north  and  in  longitude  104°  17'  41"  west  of 
the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

Ships  may  anchor  in  9  or  10  fathoms  of  water.  The  bay  is  shel- 
tered from  all  winds,  excepting  those  coming  from  the  west  and 
southwest,  which  blow  from  June  to  October. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  the  vessels  in  this  port  are  managed 
by  means  of  lighters,  that  receive  the  merchandise  on  the  shore  and 
take  it  to  the  side  of  the  vessel,  or  vice  versa. 

Commission  merchants  charge  for  loading  articles  for  coastwise 
trade  20  cts.  per  package  of  from  1 50  to  200  pounds  in  national 
ships,  and  30  cts.  in  foreign  vessels;  and  the  loading  of  ships  for  for- 
eign ports  is  subject  to  the  same  rates. 


PORT  CHARGES.  341 

The  charge  made  for  the  receipt,  debarkation, clearance,  etc.,  of 
foreign  articles  is  from  80  cts.  to  $1.00  for  each  package  of  like 
weight,  excepting  medicinal  drugs,  as  the  latter  cost  $1.65  per  pack- 
age. 

The  workmen  in  the  port  get,  usually,  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  day, 
according  to  the  kind  of  work  that  they  may  do,  excepting  the  por- 
ters, that  charge  9f  cts.  to  take  to  the  ship  a  package  of  from  150  to 
200  pounds,  and  12J  cts.  to  bring  it  to  the  shore. 

Freight  does  not  pay  any  wharfage,  as  there  is  no  wharf  at  this 
port. 

No  other  expenses  of  buoys  or  mooring  have  to  be  made  in  this 
port.  Only  anchorage  fees  are  paid  when  a  change  is  effected,  and 
that  amounts  to  $4.00  paid  to  the  pilot  for  that  service. 

PORT  OF  GUAYMAS. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Sonora,  on  the  Gulf  of  Califor- 
nia, in  latitude  27°  50'  30"  north  and  in  longitude  110°  57'  40"  west 
of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  bay  is  sheltered  and  safe  and  it  is  easy  of  access. 

The  greatest  depth  to  be  found  at  the  entrance  of  the  port,  that  is 
between  Pajaros  Island  and  Punta  Baja,  is  of  7  fathoms,  or  42  feet, 
where  ships  of  large  burden  generally  anchor;  when  they  bring 
freight:  it  is  between  the  hills  called  "La  Ardilla"  and  "Almagre," 
and  the  anchorage  during  average  water  mark  is  21  feet  deep. 

The  unloading  of  ships  with  foreign  freight  is  effected  from  their 
sides  by  means  of  large  fiatboats,  towed  by  a  small  steamer. 
The  only  person  that  has  been  doing  that  kind  of  service  in  the 
port  has  entered  into  a  contract  with  the  merchants  to  charge  them 
a  certain  specified  price  for  his  services.  He  receives  the  freight, 
has  it  carried  and  delivered  to  the  merchants,  and  is,  furthermore, 
responsible  for  losses  occurring  while  he  is  at  work,  and  charges 
25  cents  per  package  of  150  pounds,  excepting  wood,  for  which 
he  charges  $3.00  per  thousand  feet,  and  powder,  7  cents  for  a  little 
barrel  weighing  25  Ibs. ;  that  is  the  usual  way  in  which  it  is  brought. 

The  unloading  of  vessels  in  the  coastwise  trade  that  moor  to  the 
wharf  is  effected  by  a  head,  porter,  with  several  Yaqui  Inciims,  and 
this  person  has  entered  into  a  contract  with  merchants,  whereby  he 
charges  them,  in  order  to  receive  the  freight,  carry  it,  and  place  it 


342  PORT  CHARGES. 

in  the  warehouse,  being  responsible  for  losses  sustained  on  the  way, 
9  cents  per  package  of  150  pounds. 

The  loading  of  freight  in  \the  ships  of  foreign  commerce  is  made 
in  the  same  conditions  as  the  unloading,  and  merchants  only 
pay  for  carrying  to  the  ship  and  loading,  12|  cents  per  package  of 
150  Ibs.,  excepting  flour,  which  pays  Q\  cents  per  package,  and  this 
difference  in  the  charge  is  due  to  the  fact  that  it  is  a  home  article. 

The  loading  of  freight  in  ships  of  coastwise  trade  is  done  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  unloading,  excepting  that  only  7|  cents  per 
package  of 'flour  is  paid.v 

The  workmen  who  labor  on  board  of  the  ships  or  on  land  are 
paid  $1.50  per  day. 

The  especial  expenses  to  be  borne  are  those  of  lighthouse  and 
pilotage,  and  these  are  only  made  by  ships  of  foreign  commerce. 

The  lighthouse  dues  are  $100  for  steam  and  $25  for  sailing 
vessels.  Pilot  fees  are  $1.75  for  each  foot  of  draught  and  $3.00  for 
the  boat  that  carries  the  pilot.  These  fees  and  dues  are  paid  as  well 
on  entering  the  port,  as  on  leaving  it. 

Foreign  and  national  war  ships,  as  well  as  merchant  and  national 
vessels,  are  exempt  from  the  payment  of  lighthouse  and  pilot  fees; 
they  merely  pay  those  of  the  pilot,  when  they  ask  the  services  of  one 
of  these  persons. 

POET  OF  LA  PAZ. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  Gulf  of  California,  in  latitude  24°  9' 
30"  north  and  in  longtitude  110°  18'  15"  west  of  the  meridian  of 
Greenwich.  » 

The  loading  and  unloading  in  this  port  are  effected  through  the 
wharf,  with  vessels  of  small  draught.  The  ships  of  larger  draught 
make  those  operations  with  lai'ge  flatboats  that  come  near  the 
sides  of  the  vessels,  in  order  to  land  the  freight. 

50  cents  per  ton  is  paid  for  loading  and  unloading,  nevertheless, 
when  the  freight  is  such  that  it  cannot  be  weighed  or  measured,  it 
is  subject  to  special  agreement. 

Workmen  when  they  labor  on  board  or  on  land  get  $1.50  to  $2.00 
per  day. 

The  largest  draught  of  a  vessel  that  can  enter  with  safety  in  the 
port  is  20  feet. 


PORT  CHARGES.  34$ 

Vessels  do  not  need  to  be  towed  in  order  to  enter  the  portr 
because  they  enter  with  favorable  winds,  and  these  are  constant. 

No  wharfage  duties  are  paid,  because  the  vessels  may  use  the 
wharf  without  any  restriction,  save  and  excepting  asking  permis- 
sion for  its  use.  The  loading  and  unloading  do  not  bring  any  other 
expenses  than  the  amount  paid  the  boats,  when  those  operations 
are  not  effected  at  the  wharf. 

PORT  OF  CAPE  SAN  LUCAS. 

This  port  is  situated  towards  the  southern  extremity  of  Lower 
California,  in  latitude  22°  52'  north  and  longtitude  109°  53'  west 
of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  are  effected  in  this  port  by  means  of 
boats.  The  unloading  costs  at  the  rate  of  37  cents  per  load  of  12  @ 
(300  Ibs.)  placed  on  the  seashore,  and  50  cents  placed  at  the  cus- 
tom's gate;  loading  is  charged  at  the  same  rate. 

There  are  no  unoccupied  workmen  in  the  port;  generally,  the 
servants  of  the  boat  owners  effect  the  loading  and  unloading;  but 
when  they  are  busy  with  other  things,  then  the  ships'"  crews  help. 

No  matter  what  may  be  the  burden  of  ships,  they  all  can  enter 
the  port,  as  the  anchorage  is  very  deep,  and  vessels  of  the  largest 
draught  can  approach  within  150  meters  of  the  shore. 

There  is  no  necessity  of  towing  ships  into  port. 

The  freight  only  pays  custom  house  duties,  as  there  is  no  wharf 
nor  any  other  especial  dues  to  pay.  When  any  captain  desires  to> 
change  his  ship's  anchorage,  the  sum  of  $4.00  must  be  paid. 

Foreign  ships  pay  pilot's  dues  at  the  rate  of  $1.75  for  each  foot 
draught;  for  harbor  master's  dues,  $3.50;  for  bill  of  health,  $4.00. 

National  ships  pay  pilot's  dues,  and  that  merely  when  they 
require  the  services  of  one;  harbor  master's  dues  amount  from  25 
cents  to  $3.50,  according  to  the  draught  of  the  ship;  and  the  bill  of 
health  from  $1.00  to  $2.00,  according  to  the  port  for  which  they 
are  bound. 

PORT  OF  ALTATA. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Sinaloa,  on  the  coast  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  at  latitude  24°  41'  north  and  longtitude  107°  52' 
west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  freight  are  effected  at  this  port  by 


344  PORT  CHARGES. 

means  of  flatboats.  One  of  these  boats  may  be  hired  at  the  rate  of 
$5.00  per  day,  provided  it  may  carry  up  to  30  tons  of  freight. 

The  national  steamer  Altata  does  not  charge  anything  for 
loading  or  unloading,  as  it  moors  to  the  wharf  it  has  erected,  which, 
at  the  same  time,  belongs  to  the  company  of  the  Sinaloa  and 
Durango  Railroad.  There  is  no  government  wharf  at  this  port. 

Workmen  generally  get  when  they  labor  on  land  75  cents,  and  on 
board,  $1.50  per  day's  work. 

Small  vessels  in  the  coastwise  trade  generally  pay  50  cents  per 
day  for  wharfage;  vessels  in  foreign  traffic  pay  $10  per  day. 

The  chai-ge  for  towing  ships  is  ordinarily  $60. 

It  is  not  absolutely  necessary  for  ships  to  be  towed  in  order  to 
cross  the  bar,  because  it  is  quite  wide  and  does  not  vary.  It  permits 
ships  from  500  to  600  tons  burden  to  enter  when  they  have  winds 
from  the  south,  southwest  and  west.  Ships  that  load  dyewoods 
effect  an  entrance  in  that  manner. 

In  this  port  there  are  no  especial  expenses  to  be  made  for  buoys, 
moorings,  or  change  of  anchorage. 

It  is  considered  quite  a  safe  port. 

PORT  OF  ACAPULCO. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Guerrero,  on  the  coast  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  at  latitude  16*  50'  59"  north  and  longitude  99°  52' 
15"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  vessels  are  effected  by  means  of  long 
boats,  which  charge  $7.00  per  ton  from  the  side  of  the  vessel  up  to 
the  merchant's  warehouse,  whatever  may  be  the  class  of  freight. 

Workmen  while  laboring  on  board  get  $2.00  per  day  and  $1.50 
on  land. 

This  port  is  splendid  in  every  respect.  Ships  of  the  largest  bur- 
den can  enter,  because  the  depth  where  ships  anchor  is  about  9.14 
meters,  or  say  about  30  English  feet. 

Thei'e  are  no  tugs  to  tow  the  ships  in,  as  that  is  not  needed. 

There  are  no  wharfage  dues,  as  the  loading  and  unloading  of 
freight  is  effected  on  the  seashore,  and  the  workmen  get  into  the 
water  and  assist  in  loading. 

There  is  no  need  of  buoys  in  this  port.  Neither  is  it  necessary  to 
change  anchorage.  For  these  reasons  there  are  no  dues  payable  for 
change  of  anchorage,  mooring,  etc.,  at  this  port. 


PORT  CHARGES.  345 

PORT  OF  SOCONUSCO. 

This  port  is  situated  toward  the  southern  portion  of  the  State  of 
Chiapas,  on  the  coast  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  in  latitude  14°  49'  north 
and  longitude  92°  22'  45"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  ships  are  effected  at  this  port  by  long- 
boats, at  a  cost  of  75  cents  per  100  pounds  weight. 

The  owners  of  the  boats,  or  those  who  have  charge  of  them,  get 
75  cents  for  each  load;  oarsmen,  50  cents,  and  when  there  is  good 
weather  they  can  make  from  14  to  15  trips  every  12  hours.  Work- 
men on  shore  get  12^  cents  per  hour,  or  say  $1.50  a  day. 

The  boats  have  a  master,  8  oarsmen,  a  boatswain,  and  from  25  to 
30  men  who  work  on  land. 

The  port  is  an  open  roadstead. 

The  places  where  the  steamers  anchor  are  about  600  or  700  yards 
from  the  shore,  according  to  the  weather. 

There  is  no  necessity  of  towing  vessels  in  or  out  of  port. 

No  wharfage  is  charged  at  this  port. 

PORT    OP    TODOS    SANTOS. 

.  This  port  is  situated  in  the  Territory  of  Lower  California,  on  the 
coast  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  in  latitude  31°  42'  north  and  longitude 
117°  42'  10"  west  of  tlje  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  vessels  at  this  port  are  effected  by 
flatboats,  as  ships  cannot  moor  to  the  wharf,  owing  to  the  shallow- 
ness  of  the  water.  The  freight  is  taken  to  the  wharf  of  the  Mexi- 
can International  Company,  and  thence  carried  in  wagons  to  the  cus- 
tom house.  The  cost  of  this  service  is  $4.00  per  ton. 

The  wages  paid  workmen  at  this  port  is  $1.50  to  $2.00  per  day, 
whether  working  on  board  of  a  ship  or  on  shore. 

Ships  anchor  more  or  less  near  the  shore,  according  to  their 
draught. 

There  is  no  necessity  of  having  ships  towed  in  this  port;  sailing 
vessels  can  easily  change  anchorage. 

No  wharfage  dues  are  levied.  The  only  expenses  that  ships  have 
are:  Harbor  master's  dues,  $3.50;  bill  of  health,  $4.00;  pilot's  fees, 
$1.75  per  foot  of  draught  and  tonnage  dues. 

PORT    OF    SALINA    CRUZ. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Oaxaca,  on  the  coast  of  the 


346  PORT  CHARGES. 

Pacific  Ocean,  at  latitude  16°  12'  north  and  longitude  95°  4'  west  of 
the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  ships  are  effected  by  means  of  very 
strong  boats,  that  can  resist  the  fierceness  of  the  waves,  and  that  on 
average  hold  six  tons.  These  boats  are  placed  about  a  mile  from 
the  usual  anchorage  of  ships,  to  which  they  go  drawn  by  oars. 

The  payment  of  loading  and  unloading  of  all  class  of  freight  is 
generally  $6.00  per  ton,  of  packages  whose  weight  does  not  exceed 
500  pounds;  if  of  greater  weight,  it  is  subject  to  agreement.  The 
workmen  at  this  port  work  from  6  A.  M.  to  4:30  P.  M.,  and  get  50 
cents  per  day,  either  on  board  or  on  shore;  watchmen  receive  $1.50; 
sailors,  $1.00,  and  the  masters  of  boats,  $2.00. 

The  anchorage  at  this  port  is  from  five  to  eleven  fathoms  deep, 
and,  therefore,  ships  of  any  burden  can  enter  it  with  perfect  safety. 
The  port  is  an  open  roadstead,  and  has  no  bar  or  channel. 

Ships  that  enter  the  port  do  not  require  to  be  towed  in. 

There  is  no  wharf  at  this  port. 

Ships  that  enter  this  port  do  not  have  to  make  any  especial  ex- 
penses for  buoys  or  mooring,  and  have  constantly  to  remain  an- 
chored. 

Although  there  are  some  buoys  at  this  port,  they  are  private 
property,  and  their  owners  never  hire  them?  as  they  need  them  for 
the  mooring  of  their  boats. 

POET  OF  SANTA  ROSALIA. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  Territory  of  Lower  California,  at  lat- 
itude 27°  11'  50"  north  and  longitude  1 12°  11'  40"  west  of  the  merid- 
ian of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  ships  are  effected  at  the  wharf  of  the 
French  Company  "  El  Boleo,"  or  by  means  of  small  boats,  at  moder- 
ate prices. 

The  workmen  get  in  this  port,  both  on  board  as  on  shore,  from 
$1.25  to  $1.50  per  day. 

The  anchorage  and  entrance  to  the  port  are  very  good,  and  ships 
of  2,000  tons  burden  have  at  times  from  8  to  10  fathoms  of  water, 
and  do  not  need  to  be  towed  in.  The  only  thing  required  is  the 
services  of  a  pilot,  so  that  good  anchorage  may  be  selected. 

Ships  that  arrive  at  this  port  do  not  require  to  make  any  other 


PORT  CHARGES.  347 

expense,  excepting  that  of  change   of  anchorage  when   necessary, 
which  implies  the  payment  of  $4.00  fees  to  the  pilot. 

PORT  OP  TONALA. 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Chiapas,  on  tie  coast  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  at  latitude  15°  48'  30"  north  and  at  longitude  93° 
44'  30"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

Loading  and  unloading  at  this  port  are  effected  by  means  of 
longboats;  the  charge  made  for  that  service  is  75  cents  per  each 
one  hundred  pounds. 

The  wages  of  workmen  is  on  an  average  from  50  to  75  cents  per 
day. 

The  town  of  the  same  name  that  is  the  leading  place  in  the  dis- 
trict is  at  about  10  miles  distance  from  the  port. 

MAGDALENA  BAY. 

The  port  or  bay  of  Magdalena  is  situated  in  the  peninsula  of  Lower 
California,  on  the  coast  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  at  latitude  24°  32'  18" 
north  and  longitude  112°  3'  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

Loading  and  unloading  are  effected  at  this  port  with  flatboats. 
These  boats  get  moored  to  the  ship,  to  transfer  the  freight  and  take 
it  to  the  shore,  and  the  debarkation  of  the  freight  is  effected  at  the 
wharf  of  Messrs.  Flores,  Hale  &  Co.  As  the  ships  anchor  about  250 
or  300  feet  from  the  coast,  the  operations  of  loading  and  unloading 
are  executed  with  promptness  and  great  ease. 

At  the  end  of  the  said  wharf  and  towards  its  right  there  is  a  large 
crane  to  effect  the  operations  already  mentioned. 

The  entrance  to  this  port  is  safe  and  does  not  present  much  diffi- 
culty, even  for  ships  of  large  draught. 

As  the  situation  of  this  port  and  its  natural  condition  are  very 
good  for  the  safety  of  all  ships  that  anchor  there,  there  are  no 
buoys,  and  the  vessels  remain  perfectly  secure  when  anchored. 

PORT  ANGEL, 

This  port  is  situated  in  the  State  of  Oaxaca,  on  the  coast  of  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  at  latitude  15°  48'  30"  north  and  longitude  101°  5T 
30"  west  of  the  meridian  of  Greenwich. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  ships  at  this  port  are  effected  by 
means  of  longboats.  There  is  a  company  that  has  a  large  number 


348  PORT  CHARGES. 

of  these,  sufficient  to  do  all  the  traffic.  They  take  off  the  freight 
from  the  ship's  side,  and  carry  it  to  the  shore.  They  also  carry  the 
merchandise  to  the  warehouses.  There  is  no  wharf  at  this  port. 
As  the  freight  disembarked  at  this  port  is  usually  for  the  State  cap- 
ital and  the  central  districts,  the  same  company  has  sufficient  mules 
and  men  to  effect  its  transportation  to  the  interior. 

The  loading  and  unloading  of  freight  that  is  weighed,  as  coffee, 
etc.,  costs  £  cent  per  pound,  and  the  freight  measured  by  volume 
pays  25  cents  per  cubic  foot. 

The  workmen  get  when  they  labor  on  board  of  a  ship  $1.00  and 
board,  but  if  engaged  in  the  boats,  the  masters  get  $1.00  per  trip, 
and  the  crew  50  cts.  each.  The  workmen  on  land  generally  get 
from  6  to  8  cts.  per  package  of  150  Ibs. 

The  entrance  to  this  port  is  48  English  feet  in  depth,  and  the 
center  of  the  bay  24  feet,  and  well  sheltered  from  the  winds.  There 
is  no  danger  from  the  rocks  to  be  found  scattered  here  and  there  in 
the  port,  because  they  are  all  visible,  and  there  are  no  hidden  shoals. 
The  difficulty  encountered  on  entering  this  port  is  the  fact  of  its  being 
so  narrow.  Ships  of  300  tons  burden  can  enter  with  perfect  safety, 
but  larger  vessels  run  considerable  danger. 

The  rivers  that  flow  on  the  coast  near  this  port  are  not  navigable; 
only  fishing  craft  somewhat  flat  in  form  can  enter  them. 

There  is  no  steam  tug  to  tow  the  vessels  in.  When  towing  is  nec- 
essary, it  is  effected  by  large  boats  with  6  or  8  oars;  the  price  of 
towing  is  $1.00  or  $2.00  per  day  for  each  oarsman,  and  $1.00  to  the 
owner  of  the  boat. 

There  are  no  anchorage  fees  to  be  paid  at  this  port. 

Neither  are  there  any  buoys  or  places  to  moor.  Generally  the 
ships  ride  and  anchor  safe  in  the  bay,  but,  in  case  of  necessity,  an- 
chors, chains,  etc.,  can  be  procured  at  this  place  to  further  secure  the 
safety  of  ships. 

About  18  miles  to  the  east  of  this  port  there  is  a  small  cove 
called  "  Cascaluta,"  wherefrom  the  loading  of  wood  is  effected  on 
a  large  scale. 

About  30  miles  to  the  east  of  Port  Angel  another  port,  called 
Santa  Cruz,  is  found.  It  is  very  ample,  and  ships  of  large  burden 
may  anchor  there,  although  a  pilot  is  required  in  order  to  enter  it, 
because  there  are  dangerous  shoals  at  its  entrance. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  THE  ADDRESS  OF  PRESIDENT  DIAZ. 


DELIVERED     AT     THE    OPENING     OF     THE    3D     SESSION     OF     THE     15TH 
CONGRESS,  SEPT.   16,   1891. 


After  an  introduction,  in  which  the  President  states  that  the  .Re- 
public continues  along  the  highway  of  advancement,  and  that  her 
international  relations  with  all  nations  are  of  the  most  friendly 
character,  he  says: — 

"  The  Mexican  Government  having  been  invited  by  the  United 
States  of  America  to  take  part  in  the  discussions  of  the  Interna- 
tional Monetary  Commission,  in  order  to  adopt  a  money  standard 
among  tlie  nations  of  the  continent,  a  delegate  of  Mexico  was  ap- 
pointed for  that  convention  which  was  held  at  Washington.  The 
commission  suspended  its  sessions  on  the  3d  of  last  April,  it  having 
determined  to  adopt  later  on  what  would  be  deemed  proper  with 
regard  to  such  an  important  matter.  The  representative  of  the 
United  States  in  this  capital  communicated  to  the  proper  depart 
ment  certain  instructions  which  he  had  received  from  his  govern- 
ment, in  order  to  enter  into  negotiations  with  Mexico,  so  as  to  ex- 
ecute a  convention  concerning  the  exchange  of  some  products  of  both 
countries.  Wherefore  a  commissioner  was  appointed  on  our  behalf 
to  enter  into  such  negotiations." 

Mention  is  then  made  of  other  matters  relating  to  foreign  affairs; 
and  to  the  establishment  of  the  new  Department  of  Communications 
and  Public  Works. 

After  referring  to  the  issuance  of  the  Sanitary  Code,  the  regula- 
tions for  the  enforcement  of  the  law  of  compulsory  education  and 
other  matters  of  importance  in  the  Departments  of  the  Interior, 
Justice,  and  Public  Instruction,  the  President  said: — 

"According  to  information  received  from  twelve  States  of  the 
Republic,  four  hundred  denouncements  of  mines  have  been  regis- 

(349) 


350  ADDRESS  OF  PRESIDENT  DIAZ. 

tered  since  the  month  of  May,  and  twenty-eight  contracts  have  been 
entered  into  for  the  exploration  and  working  of  mining  zones.  The 
total  amount  of  these  contracts,  executed  in  conformity  with  the 
law  of  June  G,  1887,  is  three  hundred  and  twenty-three,  seventy-two 
whereof  have  been  declared  forfeited.  The  sum  deposited  to  secure 
their  being  carried  out  is  more  than  six  hundred  thousand  dollars 
in  bonds  of  the  public  debt,  twenty-one  thousand  whereof,  corre- 
sponding to  the  contracts  forfeited,  having  remained  to  the  credit  of 
the  public  Treasury.  During  that  same  period  the  companies  for 
surveying  public  lands  have  surveyed  and  measured  off  in  the  States 
of  Veracruz,  Guerrero,  San  Luis  Potosi  and  Tabasco  one  million 
eight  hundred  and  two  tho'usand  seven  hundred  hectares  of  pub 
lie,  one-third  of  that  amount  has  become  the  private  property  of 
the  companies,  being  granted  to  them  as  compensation  for  their  ex- 
penses of  survey  and  measurement." 

Further  on  the  President  says:  "This  is  the  proper  time  to  state 
that  the  Mexican  Government,  having  been  invited  by  that  of  the 
United  States  to  take  part  in  the  Exposition  to  be  held  at  Chicago, 
the  invitation  was  accepted  so  as  to  reciprocate  the  cordial  manner 
it  which  it  was  made,  as  well  as  to  contribute  to  the  great  festival 
which  is  to  commemorate  the  discovery  of  the  New  World.  The 
Executive  hopes  that  Congress  may  be  pleased  to  vote  the  sums  re- 
quired, so  that  Mexico  may  worthily  on  that  occasion  hold  her  place 
among  civilized  nations." 

Regarding  steamship  lines  and  telegraphs  arid  railways  the  ad- 
dress has  the  following  : — 

"  Several  contracts  have  been  entered  into  for  the  establishment  of 
lines  of  navigation,  which,  besides  other  benefits,  will  facilitate  the 
carrying  of  the  mail.  The  first,  for  the  establishment  of  steamers 
between  England  and  Mexico,  contains  the  conditions  that  such 
ships  shall  bear  the  Mexican  flag,  and  that  the  company  shall 
organize  in  conformity  with  the  law  of  December  12,  1883.  The 
second  provides  that  the  steamers  Mazatlan  and  Allata  shall 
undertake  the  carrying  trade  between  the  ports  of  Manzanillo, 
Guaymas,  and  some  others  of  their  route.  The  third  relates  to  a 
line  of  steamers  between  Guaymas  and  the  Medano  in  the  Yaqui 
River,  thereby  organizing  a  mail  service,  which  was  needed  in  that 
territory.  The  fourth,  in  the  Grijalva  River,  from  the  interior  of 


ADDRESS  OF  PRESIDENT  DIAZ.  351 

the  State  of  Chiapas  to  that  of  Tabasco  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico, 
will  open  the  territory  of  Chiapas  to  commerce,  and  to  easy  com- 
merce, till  now  so  far  removed,  owing  to  the  lack  of  appropriate 
means  of  transportation.  The  fifth  is  between  Philadelphia  or  Balti- 
more and  nearly  all  the  ports  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  sixth, 
between  San  Francisco,  California,  and  the  ports  of  Mazatlan,  Guay- 
mas,  La  Paz,  San  Jose  del  Cabo,  Magdalena  Bay  and  Ensenada  de 
'Todos  Santos;  and  the  last  with  the  French Transat  antic  ompany, 
which  does  regular  service  between  Europe  and  Vera  Cruz.  All 
these  lines,  excepting  that  of  the  GriJHlva  RiArer,  do  not  have  any 
subsidy  and  are  obliged  to  carry  mail  and  postal  packages,  this 
agreement  being  at  present  exceedingly  valuable,  especially  that  of 
the  French  Transatlantic  Company,  because  it  coincides  with  the 
execution  of  a  postal  treaty  between  France  and  Mexico,  which  is 
about  to  be  promulgated.  Owing  to  the  large  disbursement  which 
the  contractor  for  the  steamers  on  the  Grijalva  has  to  make  in  order 
to  render  said  river  navigable  between  Las  Palinas' and  Atasta, 
a  subsidy  of  seventy-five  dollars  for  round  trip  was  granted  him. 

"  In  the  matter  of  telegraphs,  I  beg  to  inform  you  that,  from  last 
April,  more  than  five  hundred  and  five  kilometers  have  been  built, 
four  offices  have  been  opened,  and  the  repairs  and  consolidation  of 
the  thirty-two  thousand  two  hundred  and  five  kilometers,  seven  hun- 
dred and  fifty  meters,  which  is  the  length  of  our  telegraph  lines, 
has  continued  uninterruptedly,  and  thirteen  thousaiid  new  posts 
have  been  erected.  The  necessary  material  has  been  purchased  for 
the  construction  of  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-nine 
kilometers  of  new  lines. 

"  The  railway  system  has  continued  to  be  extended,  the  following 
improvements  having  been  effected  from  the  last  report  to  this  date: 

"  The  Monterey  and  Gulf  Railway  Company  has  finished  its  main 
line  to  the  port  of  Tampico,  having  built  its  last  seventy-six  kilo- 
meters. 

"The  Puebla,  Oaxaca  and  Tehuantepec  Rail ro  id  has  reached 
Tecomavaca.  It  has  inaugurated  that  portion  and  completed  thereby 
224  kilometers,  and  advanced  6  more  towards  Oaxaca.  It  con- 
tinues actively  its  work  of  grading  and  bridge,  and  has  got  ready  the 
necessary  material  for  the  completion  of  the  line. 

"  The  Interoceanic,    Acapulco,  and   Vera  Cruz    Railroad  has  fin- 


352  ADDRESS  OF  -PRESIDENT  DIAZ. 

ished  its  line  to  the  last-mentioned  port,  and  is  at  present  improv- 
ing its  roadway  from  Jalapa  to  that  port. 

"The  government  is  endeavoring  to  prosecute  some  work  on  the 
Tehuantepec  Railway,  so  that  its  suspension  ordered  by  the  con- 
tractor may  not  occasion  any  great  damage.  Meanwhile  a  demand 
has  been  made  on  the  contractor  for  the  fulfillment  of  his  contract- 

"The  mining  railway  from  Escalon  to  Sierra  Mojada  has  fin- 
ished its  line,  and  has  arrived  at  that  rich  zone,  which  will  obtain 
great  advantages  through  that  important  road. 

"All  the  other  lines  prosecute  their  labors  without  interruption, 
making  up,  with  those  formerly  built,  a  railway  system  of  more 
than  10,100  kilometers  in  operation." 

Reference  is  then  made  to  other  public  works,  including  the 
prosecution  in  the  improvement  of  Vera  Cruz  and  Tampico  harbors, 
and  the  drainage  of  the  Valley  of  Mexico. 

Public  finance  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  the  President's 
address.  The  following  paragraphs  on  that  subject  may  be  of 
interest: — 

"With  the  ordinary  resources  of  the  Treasury  the  expenses  decreed 
in  the  appropriation  bill  have  been  met,  as  well  as  the  interest  on 
the  interior  and  foreign  debt.  The  Executive  is  fully  assured  that 
its  resources  are  amply  sufficient  to  continue  attending  to  the  serv- 
ices of  the  administration,  and  to  place  in  Europe,  at  the  opportune 
moment,  as  heretofore,  the  funds  necessary  to  meet  the  obligations 
contracted  abroad. 

"All  banking  institutions  established  in  different  cities  of  this 
country  continue  to  operate  with  regularity.  Daily  the  number  of 
their  operations  increase,  and  no  crisis  is  to  be  feared,  as  the  Execu- 
tive takes  care  that  the  circulation  of  bills  be  effected  within  limits 
that  prevent  any  danger. 

"Our  credit  continues  to  hold  a  prominent  place  abroad,  although 
Mexican  securities  are  sometimes  slightly  affected  by  the  fluctuations 
that,  under  different  circumstances,  affect  other  securities  in  those 
markets." 

After  dwelling  on  some  branches  of  the  War  and  Navy  Depart- 
ment, the  address  closes,  briefly  reiterating  the  assertion  that  the 
Republic  continues  uninterruptedly  along  the  pathway  of  progress 
and  prosperity. 


MEXICAN  COINS,  WEIGHTS,  AND  MEASURES. 


TABLE  OF  MEXICAN  COINS. 

The  following  table  shows  the  coins  no\x  issued  by  the  Mexican 
mints : — 


Denomination. 

Fineness. 

Value  in 
Mex.  Dol. 

Weight  in 
Grams. 

Weight  in 
Troy  oz. 

Diam.  in 
Mm. 

Diameter  in 
inches. 

Gold  coins: 
Doble  Hidalgo. 
Hidalgo    

875 

875 

$20  00 
10  00 

33.841 
16.920 

1  .0860 
.5430 

34 

27 

1.33858 
1  062()9 

Medio  Hidalgo. 
Cuarto  Hidalgo 
Decimo  Hidalgo 
Silver  coins: 
Peso   

875 
875 
875 

901 

5  00 
2  50 
1  00 

1  00 

8.460 
4.230 
1.692 

27.073 

.2715 
.13575 
.05430 

.866 

22 
18 
15 

37 

.86614 
.7  866 
.59055 

1  45669 

50  centavos  .... 
25  centavos  .... 
10  centavos.  .  .  . 

901 
901 
901 

50 
25 
10 

13.536 

6.768 
2.707 

.4-23 
.2165 
.0866 

30 
25 

17 

1.18110 
.98425 
.66929 

There  were  formerly  coined  in  gold  the  onza  =  $16  in  silver;  the 
media  onza  =  $8.00;  the  pistol  a  =  $4.00;  the  escudo  de  oro  = 
$200;  and  the  escudito  de  oro  =  fl.OO.  In  silver,  the  real  = 
,$.12J;  medio  real  =  $.06£,  and  cuartilla  =  <$.03£. 

Some  years  ago  a  metric  system  of  coinage  was  adopted,  and  5  and 
10  cent  silver  pieces  were  coined,  many  of  which  are  still  in  circula- 
tion. There  were  formerly  coined  al.so  in  copper  the  cuartilla,  equal 
to  about  3i  cents;  and  the  tlaco,  1T9F  cents.  Centavos,  or  one  cent 
pieces,  of  copper,  are  now  coined  at  all  the  mints. 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

The  metric  system  is  now  in  official  use  in  the  Republic  of  Mex- 
ico, having  been  adopted  by  the  .Government  in  the  year  1862.  It 
is  used  to  compute  all  customs  and  other  duties  to  be  paid  to  the 
general  Government,  in  the  measurement  of  pTiblic  lands,  and  by 
the  railroads  in  all  freight  and  other  transactions,  and  is  exclusively 
taught  in  the  public  schools. 


354 


MEXICAN  COINS,   WEIGHTS,  AND  MEASURKS. 


The  value  in  the  metric  system  here  assigned  to  each  denomina- 
tion of  the  old  weights  and  measures  is  that  fixed  by  the  Mexican 
Government  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the  metric  system. 


LINEAR  MEASURES. 

1  legua  (league)  =  5.000  varas =4.19 


KILOMETERS.  MILES. 

=    2.604375 

METERS.  FKET. 

1  vara  (yard)  =3  pies =  0.83800    =   2.749578 

1  pie  (foot)  =  12  pulgadas =  0.27933    =    0.916526 

INCHES. 

1  pulgada  (inch)  =  12  lineas =  0.02328    =    0.9 16526 

1  linea  (line) =0.00194    =    0.076377 

The  vara  is  also  divided  (for  dry  goods  selling)  into  palmos  or 
cuartas  (palms  or  quarters). 

METERS.  FEET.  INCHES. 

1  palmo  or  cuarta =  0.209500    ==    0.687394    =    8.248728 

SUPERFICIAL  OK  SQUARE  MEASURE. 

HECTARES.  ACRES. 

1  square  legua  .  . ' ==   1,755.61  4,339.4 

«        SQUARE  METRES.          SQUARE  FEET. 

1  square  vara =  0.702244    =  7.559000 

1  square  pie =  0.078027    .  0.839888 

SQUARE  INCHES. 

=     0.043890  =     68.03094 

'. =     0.000542  =      0.84012 

LAND  OR  AGRARIAN  MEASURES. 


1  square  palmo  .  . 
1  square  pulgada, 


Spanish    Names. 

Nearest  Eng.  equiva- 
lent. 

Length 
(varas). 

Breadth 
(varas). 

Hectares. 

Acres. 

Hacienda  

Plantation  

25,000 
5,000 
3,333* 

1,200 
1,000 
1,104 

276 
50 

5,000 
5,000 
3,3334 

1,200 
1,000 
552 

184 
50 

8,778.0500000 
1,755.6100000 
780.2711111 

101.1231360 
70.2244000 
42.7953111 

3.5662759 
0.17556JO 

21,697.000 
4,339.400 
1,928.133 

244.140 
175  532 
105.751 

8.813 
0.434 

Sitio  de  ganado  mayor 
Sitto  de  ganado  menor 
Fundo    legal      para 
pueblo  

Cattle  ranch  
Sheep  ranch  

Legal  town  site. 
Field.              

Labor..    . 

Caballeria  de   tierra 
Fanega    de  sembra- 
dura  de  maiz  
Solar  para  casa  mo- 
lino  6  venta  

Section  of  land.  . 
Sowing  ground  — 
fanega  of  corn. 
Site  for  a  house, 
mill,  or  inn.  .  . 

HYDROMETR1C    MEASURES. 

These  are  used  for  measuring  and  distributing  water  for  irriga- 
tion and  domestic  uses: — 


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1  buey  (ox) ==48  surcos 

1  surco  (furrow) =  3  naranjas 

1  naranja  (orange) =8  reales  or  limones 

1  real  (bit)  or  limon  (lemon) =   2  dedos 

1  dedo  (finger) ==  9  pajas  (straws) 

According  to  the  old  ordinances  of  lands  and  waters,  established 
during  the  Spanish  viceroys,  the  buey  of  water  was  as  much  as 
would  flow  through  an  aperture  1  vara  (0.838  meter)  square,  no 
head  or  pressure  being  mentioned.  By  a  law  of  the  Mexican  Re- 
public, of  August  2,  1863,  1  surco  is  made  equal  to  6^  liters  per 
second  for  rural  measures,  and  the  paj a  is  made  equal  to  0.45  liters 
per  minute  for  town  measurements.  This  distinction  is  intended  to 
make  the  surco  a  unit  for  irrigation,  while  the  paja  is  made  the  unit 
for  distributing  water  to  houses,  etc.,  in  towns. 


CUBIC    MEASURES. 


CUBIC    METEK. 


CU11IC    SAKL) 


1  cubic  vara =  0.588480  =    0.769734 

1  cubic  pie =  0.021795  ==    0.028508 

1  cubic  |>almo ==  0.009195  ==    O.OOK  55 

DRY    MEASURES. 

LITERS.  IH'SHHl.S. 

1  carga  —  '2  fanegas =   181.629775  ==    5.154357 

1  fanega  =   12  almudes =       90.814888  =    2.577178 

PECKS. 

.1  alrnud  »  4  cuartillos =         7.567907  .  =    0.859109 

DRY  QUARTS. 

1  cuartillo  (quart) =          1.891977  .  .    1.718122 

OIL    MEASURE. 

LITER.  II.  S.    LIQUID  QT. 

1  cuartillo .    ==  0.506162  ==    0.534870 

WINE    MEASURE. 

LITER.  v.  S.    I  IQIIL)  1>T. 

1  cuartillo •  ==  0.456264  ==    0482140 

COMMERCIAL    WEIOHTS. 

U.  S.   POUNDS 

KILOGRAMS.  AVOIRDUPOIS. 

1  quintal  ==  4  arrobas =  ,  46.024634  =    101.444 

1  arroba  =  25  libras ' .    ==  11 .506159  25.361 

1  libra  (pound)  =   16  onzas =       0.460246  1.01444 


MKXIOAN  COINS.  WKHJIJTS.  AND  MEASCUKS. 


OUNCES 
AVOIRDUPOIS. 


1  onzt  (ounce)  =  16  adarmes =       0.028765  1.0144 

1  adarme  (dram)   =  36  granos =     0.001798      =        0.06343 

GRAINS 

1  grano  (grain) =      0.0000499    =        0.77160 

In  commerce  there  is  used  the,  following  relation  between  the  kil- 
ogram and  the  pound  (libra)  different  from  th«  ratio  as  fixed  by 
Government,  viz.: — 

1  kilogram —  2.1733  pounds  (libras) 

There  is  also  a  weight  called  carga,  used  in  commerce,  in  freight- 
ing, and  in  mining: — 

1  carga  =  12  arrobas  =  300  pounds  =  138.073902  kilograms  = 
304.332  United  States  pounds  avoirdupois. 

PRECIOUS  METAL  WEIGHTS. 

OUNCES 
KILOGRAMS.  AVOIRDUPOIS. 

1  marco  =  8  onzas =  0.230123       =    8.1184 

1  onza  =  8  ochavas ==  0.028765        =    1.0148 

1  ochava  (eighth)  =  6  tomines =  0.003596       =    0.12685 

GRAINS. 

1  tomin  =   12  gramos =  0.000599        =    9.25920 

1  grarno =  0.0000499    ==    0.77160 

WEIGHT  OF  COINS. 


FINENESS. 

VALUE. 

WEIGHT, 
Grams. 

WEIGHT, 
Grains. 

$2000 

33.841 

522.234 

GOLD. 

100) 

16.920 

261,117 

500 

8.460 

130558 

875  gold,  125  copper  to  the 

250 

4.230 

65.279 

1,000. 

1  00 

1.692 

26.112 

SILVER. 

1  00 

27.073 

417.7903 

fO 

13.536 

20S  8951 

9,027  to  the  10,000. 

25 

6.768 

104.4475 

JO 

2.707 

41.7790 

The  tolerance  of  gold  coin  is  two-thousandths  more  or  less  than 
the  exact  fineness,  and  75  milligrams  in  weight  on  the  $20  piece, 
with  a  proportionate  allowance  for  the  lesser  coins. 

For   silver  the  tolerance    is  three-thousandths   more  or  less  than 


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the  exact  fineness,  anil  1   gram   in  weight  on   the  dollar  piece,  with 
proportionate  allowance  for  the  lesser  coins. 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES  ACCORDING  TO  THE 
METRIC  SYSTEM. 

For  the  sake  of  convenience  we  include  hereunder  the  piincijml 
equivalents  between  weights  and  measures  under  the  Metric  system 
and  the  American  or  English  standards: — 

inch  =  0.02539954  meters. 
1  foot  ==  0.30479449  meters. 
1  yard  =  0.91438348  meters. 
1  fathom  (2  yards)  =  1.82876696  meters. 
1  furlong  (320  yards)  =  201.16437  meters. 
1  mile  (1,760  yards)  =  1609:3149  meters. 

1  millimeter  =  0.03937  inches. 
1  centimeter  =  0.393708  inches. 
1  decimeter  =  3. 937079  inches. 
1  meter  =  39. 37079  inches. 
1  decameter  =  10.936  yards. 
1  hectometer  =  109.363  yards. 
1  kilometer  =  0.621  miles. 

1  square  yard  =  0.836097  square  meters. 
1  rood  (1,210  square  yards)  -—  10.116775  acres. 
1  acre  (4,840  square  yards)  =0.404671  hectares. 
1  square  mile  =  2.58989  square  kilometers. 

1  square  meter  =  1.196033  square  yards. 
1  are  =  0.098845  roods. 
1  hectare  =  2.471143  acres. 

1  cubic  inch  =  16.3861  cubic  centimeters. 
1  cubic  foot  =  28.3153  cubic  decimeters. 
1  gallon  =  4.54345  liters. 

1  cubic  centimeter  =  0.06103  cubic  inches. 
1  centiliter  or  10  cubic  centimeters  =  0.61027  cubic  inches. 
1  deciliter  or  100  cubic  centiliters  =  6.10271  cubic  inches. 
1  liter  or  cubic  decimiter  =  6.102705  cubic  inches. 


358  MEXICAN  COINS,   WRIGHTS,  AND  MKASURKS. 

1  pint  =  0.567932  liters. 

1  quart  =  1.135864  liters. 

1  gallon  =  4.  54    5794  liters. 

1  peck  (2  gallons)  =  9.0869159  liters. 

1  bushel  (8  gallons)  =  36.347664  liters. 
1  sack  (3  bushels)  =  1.09043  hectoliters. 
1  quarter  8  bushels)  =  2.907813  hectoliters. 

1  liter  =  1.76077  pints. 

1  decaliter  ==  17.60773  pints. 

1  hectoliter  =  176.07730  pints. 

1  dracme  =  1.7712  grams. 

1  ounce  =  28.3384  grams. 

1  pound  avoirdupois  =  0.4534148  kilograms. 

1  one  hundred  weight  (cwt.)  =  50.78246  kilograms. 

1  ton  =  1,015.648  kilograms. 

1  gram  =  0.0022046  pounds  avoirdupois. 
1  decagram  =  0.02204627  pounds  avoirdupois. 
1  hectogram  =  0.2204621  pounds  avoirdupois. 
1  kilogram  =  2.2046213  pounds  avoirdupois. 

1  grain  troy  weight  =  0.06477  grams. 
1  pennyweight  =  1.55456  grains. 
1  ounce  =  31.0913  grams. 
1  pound  ==   0.37309  kilograms. 

1  gram  =  0.032  troy  ounces. 
1  decagram  =  0.321  troy  ounces. 
1  hectogram  =  3.215  troy  ounces. 
1  kilogram  =  32.150  troy  ounces. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 


LIST  OF  DIPLOMATIC  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  MEXICO. 

UNITED  STATES. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  Matias  Ro- 
mero. 

1st  Secretary,  Cayetano  Romero. 

2d  Secretary,  Miguel  Covarrubias. 

2d  Secretary  (shorthand  reporter),  Enrique  Santibanez. 

3d  Secretary,  Edmundo  J.  Plaza. 

3d  Secretary,  Antonio  Leon  Grajeda. 

3d  Secretary,  Ramon  G.  Pacheco. 

Attache,  Jose  Romero. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Washington,  D.  C.,  I  Street,  1413. 

CENTRAL  AMERICA. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  Ignacio  R. 
Alatorre. 

1st  Secretary,  Carlos  Americo  Leva,  at  present  Charge  d'  Affaires 
ad  interim. 

2d  Secretary,  Gilberto  Magafia. 

Attache,  J.  Garcia  Granados. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Guatemala,  Calle  Oriente. 

ARGENTINE  REPUBLIC  AND  BRAZIL. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  Juan  San- 
chez Azcona. 

1st  Secretary,  Federico  Gamboa. 

2d  Secretary,  Adolfo  Mujica  y  Sayago. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Buenos  Ayres,  Calle  del  Cerrito  No.  1114- 

JAPAN. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  Jose  M. 
Rasc6n. 

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360  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

Secretary,  Mauricio  Wollheim. 
Office  of  the  Legation,  Tokio. 

GERMANY. 

Envoy  Extraordinary   and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  Ignacio  Ro- 
mero Vargas. 

1st  Secretary,  Federico  Larrainzar. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Berlin,  Kurfursten  Strasse,  131. 

BELGIUM. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  vacant. 

1st  Secretary,  Jesus  Zenil,  Charge  d'  Affaires. 

2d  Secretary,  Miguel  Beistegui. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Brussels,  Rue  Marie  de  Bourgogne,  46. 

SPAIN  AND  PORTUGAL. 

Envoy    Extraordinary     and    Minister    Plenipotentiary,    Vicente 
Riva  Palacio. 

1st  Secretaiy,  Luis  A.  Medrano. 

2d  Secretary,  Francisco  A.  de  Ycaza. 

Attache,  Mariano  Escohedo,  Jr. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Madrid,  Calle  de  Serrano  No.  3. 

FRANCE. 

Envoy     Extraordinary    and     Minister    Plenipotentiary,    Ramon 
Fernandez. 

1st  Secretary,  Gustavo  A.  Baz. 

2d  Secretary,  Enrique  Olarte. 

3d  Secretary,  Luis  V.  Galvan. 

Attache,  Manuel  Garcia  Torres. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  Paris,  Avenue  Kleber,  No.  46. 

ENGLAND. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  vacant. 
1st  Secretary,  Pablo  Martinez  del  Campo,  Charge  d'  Affaires  ad 
interim. 

2d  Secretary,  Vicente  Morales. 

3d  Secretary  (under  commission  in  Russia),  Manuel   J.  deLizardi. 

3d  Secretary,  Fernando  Prado. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  London,  No.  3  Ashburn  Place. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  361 

ITALY. 

Resident  Minister,  Gonzalo  A.  Esteva. 
1st  Secretary,  Juan  B.  Hijar  y  Haro. 
2d  Secretary,  Manuel  Pacheco. 
Attache,  Salvador  Canedo. 
Office  of  the  Legation,  Rome,  Via  Viminale,  No.  22. 

RUSSIA. 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  Pedro  Rin- 
«6n  Gallardo. 

2d  Secretary,  Manuel  P.  de  Lizard  i. 

Attache,  Pedro  Rincon  Gallardo  y  Terreros. 

Office  of  the  Legation,  St.  Petersburg,  No.  8  Panteleimenskaia. 

FOREIGN  DIPLOMATIC  REPRESENTATIVES  IN  MEXICO. 

GERMANY. 

Baron  von  Zedtwitz,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipo- 
tentiary, City  of  Mexico. 

Paul  Kosidoweki,  Consul  in  charge  of  Legation  during  absence  of 
Minister. 

ARGENTINE  REPUBLIC. 

Dr.  Vicente  G.  Quesada,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary,  Hotel  Gillow. 

BELGIUM. 

Baron  Federico  Daelman,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary,  4'.1  del  Naranjo  4. 

BRAZIL. 

Julio  H.  de  Mello  e  Alvin,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Ministe1 
Plenipotentiary,  Calle  de  la  Penitenciaria  419. 

Luis  Ferreira  de  Lorena,  1st  Secretary. 

Cipriano  Fenelon  Alcoforado,  2d  Secretary. 

COSTA  RICA. 

Manuel  A.  Campero,  Minister  resident  If  de  San  Francisco  5. 

REPUBLIC  OK  SANTO  DOMINGO. 

Francisco  de  la  Fuente  Ruiz,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary,  San  Angel. 


362  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

SPAIN. 

Lorenzo  fie  Castellanos,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary, Betlemitas  12. 

Pedro  de  Carrere  y  Lembeye,  1st  Secretary. 

UNITED    STATES. 

Thomas  Ryan,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary, 
San  Diego  2. 

Algernon  Dougherty,  Secretary  of  Legation. 
E.  C.  Butler,  Assistant  Secretary. 

PRANCE. 
Federic  Mercier,  Secretary,  Avenida  Morelos  4. 

GREAT    BRITAIN. 

Sir  Spencer  St.  John,  Envoy   Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary, Puente  de  Alvarado  15. 

GUATEMALA". 

Manuel  Dieguez,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipoten' 
tiary. 

ITALY. 

David  Segre,  Resident  Minister. 

JAPAN. 
Gozo  Tateno,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 

PORTUGAL. 

Thomas  de  Souza  Roza,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary. 

RUSSIA. 

Baron  Roman  Rosen.  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary, Iturbide  Hotel. 

Sefior  F.  liausen,  1st  Secretary. 

SALVADOR. 

Geronimo  Pou,   Envoy    Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipoten 
tiary,  absent. 

Salvador  Rodriguez,  Secretary. 

VENEZUELA. 

Juan  Pietri,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary, 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  363 

LIST  OF  FOREIGN  CONSULS  IN  MEXICO. 

GERMANY. 

Acapulco — Hermann  Stoll.  Acting  Vice  Consul. 

Carmen  Island — Heinrich  Corrssen,  Consul. 

Chihuahua — Emile  Ketelsen,  Vice  Consul  (absent).  Otto  Star- 
torios,  Acting  Vice  Consul. 

Colima — Christian  Flor,  Consul. 

Durango — Ernile  Stahlknecht,  Vice  Consul. 

Guadalajara — Theodor  Kuhnhardt,  Consul. 

Guanajuato — Heinrich  Langenscheidt,  Vice  Consul. 

Guaymas — Adolph  Biille,  Vice  Consul.  John  Reinhardt,  Acting 
Vice  Consul. 

Mazatlan — Wilhelm  Sowerbutts,  Consul. 

Merida — Felix  Faller,  Consul.     Philipp  Bock,  Acting  Consul. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Paul  Kosidowki,  Consul. 

Monterey — Carl  Christian  Nicholaus  Hoick,  Vice  Consul. 

Oaxaca — Gustav  Stein,  Consul. 

Puebla  and  Tlaxcala — Alexander  Sauter,  Vice  Consul. 

San  Luis  Potosi — Heinrich  Schroeder,  Consul 

Tampico — Gerhard  Claussen,  Consul. 

Tehuantepec  and  Chiapas — Albrecht  Langner,  Vice  Consul.  Carl 
Rudolf  Koch,  Acting  Vice  Consul. 

Tepic — Henry  Meyer,  Acting  Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — Hermann  Julius  Burandt,  Consul. 

ARGENTINE  REPUBLIC. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Jose  K.  Ferrer,  Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — Antonio  Gomez  de  la  Serva,  Consul. 
•  BELGIUM. 

Acapulco — Jose  K.  Ferrer,  Consul. 

Carmen  Island — Charles  Renoz,  Consul. 

Mazatlan — Alexandra  Bertrand,  Vice  Consul. 

Merida — Mario  Soret  de  Molar,  Consul.  Leon  Lefebvre,  Vice 
Consul. 

Mexico  (City  of) — J.  Wolters,  Consul  General.  Gustave  Beau- 
rang,  Consul. 

Puebla — Joseph  A.  Dorenberg,  Consul. 

San  Luis  Potosi — Joseph  Carregha,  Consul. 


364  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

Vera  Cruz — Francisco  J.  Ituarte,  Consul.    Maclovio  Ramos,  Vice 
Consul. 

COLOMBIA. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Jose  de  Ansoategui,  Consul  General. 
Tanapico — Joaquin  G.  Castilla,  Consul. 
Vera  Cruz — Francisco  M.  de  Cos,  Consul. 

COSTA  RICA. 

Guaymas —  Eduardo  Gaxiola,  Consul. 
La  Paz — Horacio  Hidalgo,  Consul. 
Vera  Cruz — Jose  Gonzales  Pages,  Consul. 

CHILE. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Bernabe  de  la  Barra,  Consul  General. 
Vera  Cruz — Jorge  Ritter,  Consul. 

GUATEMALA. 

Guadalajara — Justo  Fernandez  del  Valle,  Consul. 
Hermosillo— Pablo  Fournie,  Consul. 

Mexico    (City   of) — Donato    de    Chapeaurouge,   Consul    Genera} 
(absent).     Roberto  Fircher,  Acting  Consul. 
Tapachula — Alejarftlro  Saenz,  Consul. 
Vera  Cruz — Domingo  Miron ,  Consul. 

HAWAIIAN    ISLANDS. 

Manzanillo — Robert  Francis  Barney,  Consul. 
Mexico  (City  of)—  Wm.  J.  de  Gress,   Consul.     Karl  H.  Baker, 
Vice  Consul. 

HONDURAS. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Francisco  de  la  Fuente  Ruiz,  Consul.      Rivero 
.Vidal,  Vice  Consul.  , 

Vera  Cruz — Jose"  Miron  y  Mosquera,   Consul. 

ITALY. 

Carmen  Island — Domencio  Benedetto  Parodi,  Consular  Agent. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Giacinto  Paoletti,  Vice  Consul. 

Mazatlan — Angelo  Canobbio,  Consular  Agent. 

Monterey — Reinaldo  Beradi,  Consular  Agent. 

Puebla — Luigi  Canesi,  Consular  Ai^ent. 

Tampico — Enrico  Tessada,  Consular  Agent. 

Vera  Cruz — Bernardo  Chelemberg,  Acting  Vice  Consul. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  .365 

JAPAN 
Mexico  (City  of) — Toshiro  Fnjibi,  Consul. 

NICARAGUA. 

Acapulco — Doroteo  Castillo,  Consul. 

HOLLAND. 

Mexico  (City  of) — C.  M.  G.  von  During,  Consul  General. 
Vera  Cruz — Erwin  Speckter,  Consul. 

PARAGUAY. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Ignacio  K.  Ferrer,  Consul  General. 

PERU. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Jose  de  Ansoategui,   Consul. 
Mazatlan — David  A.   Urrea,  Consul. 

PORTUGAL. 

Carmen  Island — Francisco  C.  Cicero,  Consul. 
Mexico  (City  of) — Jose  Philip]),  Consul  General. 
Oaxaca — Alberto  Holm,  Vice  Consul. 
San  Luis  Potosi — Jorge  Unna,  Consul. 

SALVADOR. 

Acapulco — Pedro  Kastan,  Consul. 

San  Luis  Potosi — Manuel  Radeon,   Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — Ignacio  M.  de  Castillo  y  Cos,  Consul. 

SWEDEN  AND  NORWAY. 

Carmen  Island — E.  Elskamp,  Vice  Consul. 

Frontera — Miguel  Giraro,  Vice  Consul. 

Guadalajara—  Carlos  Belin  (absent),  Vice  Consul.  Ernesto 
Plausen,  Acting  Vice  Consul. 

Gu  ay  mas — William  Lund,  Vice  Consul. 

Laguna  de  Terminos — C.  A.  Stevens,  Vice  Consul. 

Merida — Arthur  Peirce,  Vice  Consul. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Emilio  M  avers,  Consul  General. 

Minatitlan — Guillermo  G.  Wright,  Vice  Consul. 

Progi-eso — Arthur  Peirce,  Vice  Consul. 

San  Juan  Bautista — Manuel  Janiet,  Vice  Consul. 

Tampico — Gerhard  Claussen,  Vice  Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — Carlos  Guillermo  Mertens,  Consul.  Charles  Tro\v- 
bridge,  Vice  Consul. 


366  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

DENMARK. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Heimich  L.  Wiechers,  Consul. 
Vera  Cruz — Hermann  D.  Watermeyet',  Consul. 

ECUADOR. 

Guaymas — Wenceslao  Iberri,  Vice  Consul. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Francisco  de  la  Fuente  Ruiz,  Con.sul  General, 

Vera  Cniz — Augusto  Gentini,  Consul. 

SPAIN. 

Campeche — Fernando  J.  Cano  Diego,  Vice  Consul. 

Carmen  Island — Joaquin  Quintana,  Vice  Consul. 

Celaya — Ensebio  Gonzalez,  Vice  Consul.  R.  Agustin  Gonzalez. 
Acting  Vice  Consul. 

Chihuahua — Federico  Sisniega,  Vice  Consul. 

Cuernavaca — Ramon  Portillo  Gomez,  Vice  Consul. 

Durango — Antonio  Juambelz,  Vice  Consul. 

Guadalajara — Manuel  Fernandez  del  Valle,  Vice  Consul. 

Jalapa — Sebastian  Canovas  y  Perez,  Vice  Consul. 

La  .Paz— Valeriano  Landero,  Vice  Consul. 

Matamoros — -Francisco  Armendaiz,  Vice  Consul. 

Mazatlan — Francisco  Echeguren,  Vice  Consul. 

Merida  y  Progreso — Alfredo  Dominguez,  Vice  Consul. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Jose  de  Perignat,  Consul.  Rafael  de  Soto 
Wilson,  Vice  Consul. 

Morelia — Juan  Basagoiti  y  Uria,  Vice  Consul. 

Monterey. — Valentin  Rivero,  Consul. 

Oaxaca — Jose  Zorilla,  Vice  Consul. 

Puebla — Juan  Perez,  Vice  Consul. 

Saltillo — Bernardo  Sota,  Vice  Consul. 

San  Luis  Potosi — Ramon  Dosal  Gutierrez,  Vice  Consul. 

San  Juan  Bautista — Isidoro  M.  Diez,  Vice  Consul. 

Fonala — Pedro  del  Gusto,  Consular  Agent. 

Tampico — Angel  S.  Trapaga,  Vice  Consul. 

Tehuantepec — Tomds  Echazarreta,  Vice  Consul. 

Tepic — Domingo  G.  de  Aguirre,  Vice  Consul. 

Tuxpan — Manuel  Morales,  Vice  Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — Salvador  Sea  Bermudea,  Consul. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  367 

UNITED  .STATES. 

Acapulco — J.  McCaskey,  Consul. 

Altata — P.  S.  Kissing,  Consular  Agent. 

Magdalena  Bay — H.  G.  Schwesinger,  Consular  Agent. 

Camargo — Julian  Lacaze,  Consular  Agent. 

Campeche — George  J.  Gaumer,  Consular  Agent. 

Chihuahua — Luis  H.  Scott,  Consul.  William  Heimke,  Vice 
Consul. 

Coatzacoalcos — Frank  W.  Carpenter,  Consular  Agent. 

Durango — John  S.  McCaughan,  Consul.  Allan  McCaughan 
Vice  Consul. 

Ensenada — Antony  God  be,  Vice  Consul. 

Frontera — Michael  Girard,  Consular  Agent. 

Garita  Gonzalez — Thomas  Gilgan,  Consular  Agent. 

Guadalupe  y  Calvo — William  J.  Thompson,  Consular  Agent. 

Guanajuato — D wight  Furness,  Consular  Agent. 

Guaymas — Alexander  Willard,  Consul.  Charles  E.  Hale,  Vice 
Consul. 

Guadalajara — Frederic  A.  Newton,  Consular  Agent. 

Guerrero  (Tamaulipas) — Henry  J.  Hamilton,  Consular  Agent. 

La  Paz — James  Viosca,  Jr.,  Vice  Consul. 

Laguna  de  Terruinos — W.  H.  Bell,  Consular  Agent. 

Manzanillo — Emil  Mahlo,  Consul.     Auguste  Koch,  Vice  Consul. 

Matamoros — John  B.  Richardson,  Consul. 

Mazatlan — Edward  G.  Kelton,  Consul.  William  L.  Ztiber,  Vice 
Consul. 

Merida — Edward  H.  Thompson,  Consul.  John  M.  Gilkey,  Vice 
Consul. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Richard  Guenther,  Consul  General.  William 
Edgar,  Vice  Consul. 

Mier — Henry  Vizcayo,  Consular  Agent. 

Manatitlan — William  A.  Ketchum,  Consular  Agent. 

Monterey — Charles  Storck,  Consul.  Charles  H.  Petitt,  Vice 
Consul.  Ellsworth  Wiggins,  Consular  Agent. 

Nogales- — Delos  H.  Smith,  Consul.  Josiah  E.  Stone,  Vice  Con- 
sul. 

Nueva  Laredo — W.  P.  Sutton,  Consul  General.  J.  Gr.  Cisco, 
Consul.  Garland  L.  Mayes,  Vice  Consul.  Charles  Andrews,  As- 
sistant. 


368  DIPLOMATIC  AMJ  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

Paso  del  Norte — Archibald  Sampson,  Consul.  W.  B.  McLach- 
leu,  Vice  Consul. 

Piedras  Negras — Eugene  O.   Fechet,  Consul.      James  B.  Allen. 
Vice  Consul.     Samuel  M.  Simmons,  Consular  Agent  and  Vice  Con 
sul. 

Punta  de  Santa  Cruz — Conrad  Cloetta,  Consular  Agent. 

Progreso — Anastasio  M.  Azoy,  Consular  Agent. 

Saltillo — John  Woessner,  Consul. 

San  B.-jnito  (Chiapas) — J.  A.  Quinby,  Consular  Agent. 

San  Bias — Richard  Lambert,  Consul.  James  W.  Stephens,  Vice 
Consul. 

San  Jose  (Lower  California) — Abraham  Kurnitzky,  Consular 
Agent. 

San  Luis  Potosi — James  P.  Turnbull,  Consular  Agent.  Marion 
~K.  Beall,  Consular  Agent. 

Tampico — Adam  Lisberknecht,  Consul.  Neill  E.  Pressly.  Vice 
Consul. 

Tehuantepec  and  Salina  Cruz — James  VV.  Jefferis,  Consular  Agent. 

Tuxpan — John  Drayton,  Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — W.  W.  Apperson,  Consul.  Paul  Guma,  Vice  Con- 
sul. 

Zacatecas — Howard  Hatch,  Consular  Agent. 

FRANCE. 

Acapulco — Domingo  de  Alzuyeta,  Consular  Agent. 

Campeche — Julian  E.  Quintero,  Consular  Agent. 

Guanajuato — Alfred  Duges,  Consular  Agent. 

Guadalajara — Theophile  Fortoul  (absent),  Consular  Agent. 
Antoine  Jouve,  Acting  Consular  Agent. 

Jicaltepec  and  San  Rafael — Pierre  Naude,  Consular  Agent. 

Mazatlan — Louis  Reynaud  (absent).  Consular  Agent.  Henri 
Claisse,  Acting  Consular  Agent. 

Merida  and  Progreso — J.  E.  Chauvet,  Consular  Agent. 

Saltillo — Edouard  R.  Laroche,  Consular  Agent. 

Tampico — Fernando  Dubail,  Vice  Consul. 

Tehuantepec — Henry  de  Gives,  Consular  Agent. 

Tonnla — Leopoldo  Gout,  Consular  Agent 

Tuxpan — Jose  Mari  i  Moral  Manso,  Consular  Agent. 

Vera  Cruz — Edouard  SenYpe,  Consul. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  369 

GREECE. 

Mexico  (City  of) — German  Bossier,  Consul  General. 

GREAT    BRITAIN. 

Campeche — Domingo  Diego  y  Diego,  Vice  Consu1. 

Federal  District  (City  of  Mexico) — Lionel  Edward  Gresley  Car- 
den,  Consul  in  the  Republic,  excepting  the  States  of  Veracruz, 
Yucatan,  Campeche  and  Tabasco.  Ensenada — Herbert  Nelson  Lear, 
Vice  Consul. 

Frontera — Jose  C.  Diaz,  Consular  Agent. 

Guaymas — George  Wood,  Vice  Consul. 

Caruien  Island — -Alfred  Latch,  Vice  Consul. 

Minatitlan — James  Wright,  Vice  Consul. 

Mazatlan — Charles  Woolrich,  Vice  Consul. 

Progreso —Arthur  Peirce,  Vice  Consul. 

San  Benito  and  Tonal& — George  Wilson,  Vice  Consul. 

Tuxpan — H.  A.  Forrest,  Vice  Consul. 

Tepic — John  Allssopp  y  Manrique,  Vice  Consul. 

Vera  Cruz — Daniel  A.  Miron,  Vice  Consul. 

SANTO   "DOMINGO. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Francisco  de  la  Fuente  Ruiz,  Consul  General. 

SWITZERLAND. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Carlos  Courvoisier,  Consul  General.  Jorge 
Grieshabert,  Acting  Consul. 

VENEZUELA. 

Mexico  (City  of) — Luis  Elizondo,  Consul  General.  Jose  V.  del 
Collado,  Vice  Consul. 

Tampico — Joaquin  G.  Castilla,  Consul. 
Vera  Cruz — Luis  G.  Dosal,  Consul. 

LIST  OF  MEXICAN  CONSULS  ABROAD. 

GERMANY. 

Bremen — F.  G.  Michailis,  Vice  Consul. 

Berlin — Julius  Samelson,  Consul,  33,  Unter  den  Linden.  Vice 
Consul,  Franz  Gunther  Wilmanns. 

Frankfort-on-Main — Siegfried  A.  Lowenstein,  Consul,  Niedenau 
No.  84.  Juan  Pietz,  Vice  Consul. 

88 


370  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

Hanover — Carlos  Soiling,  Vice  Consul. 
Hamburg — Othon  M.  Velez,  Consul. 
Leipzig — Ricardo  Huste,  Consul,  Jacob  Strasse,  No.  5. 
Mannheim — Hermann  Mammelsdorff,  Consul,  Parade  Platz  D  1, 
No.  1. 

Magence — Friedrich  Feldheim,  Consul. 

BRAZIL. 

Pari — Francisco  Baptista  do  Silva  Aguiar,  Consul. 
Rio  de  Janeiro — Felipe  Simoens  dos  Santos,  Consul. 

BELGIUM. 

Anvers — Wilhelm  Christophersen,  Consul,  Rernpart  St.  Georges 
No.  55.^     Vice  Consul,  Oscar  Dhanis. 

Brussels  — Gustave    Martini,  Vice  Consul,   Rue  du  Marais,  No. 
37. 

Ghent — Astere  Vercruysse   Bracq,  Vice  Consul,  Ruelongue  des 
Violettes,  No.  64. 

Liege — Jules  Blanplain,  Vice  Consul. 

BOLIVIA. 

La  Paz — Apolinar  Aramayo,  Consul. 

CHILE. 

Valparaiso — David  Williamson,  Consul. 

DOMINICAN    REPUBLIC. 

Santo  Domingo — Julian  de  la  Roclia,  Consul  General. 

DENMARK. 

Copenhagen — Marx  Koppel,  Consul. 

Saint  Thomas — Eeluardo  H.   Moron,  Vice  Consul.       Chancellor, 
Ignacio  H.  Moron. 

ECUADOR. 

Guayaquil — -'Martin  Reimberg,  Acting  Consul. 

SPAIN. 

Alicante — Ramon  Guillen,  Vice  Consul. 

Barcelona — Manuel  Payno,  Consul  General.     Jose  Augustin  Gu- 
tierrez, Vice  Consul.     Ernesto  Elorduy,  Chancellor. 

Bilbao — Valentin  Barra,  Consul.     Jose  Barra,  Vice  Consul. 

Cadiz — Augustin  Sanchez  yde  Antunano,  Consul,  Calle    de   San 
Francisco,  No.  31.     Luis  Chorro,  Vice  Consul. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  371 

Cordoba — Eduardo  Alvarez,  Consul. 

Coruiia — Cosine    Payno,  Consul,  Calle  de   la  Alameda,  No.    9. 
R.  Fernandez  Troncoso.  Vice  Consul  and  Acting  Consul. 

Ferrol — Demetrio  Pla,  Vice  Consul. 

Gijon — Buenaventura  Barbachano,  Vice  Consul  and  Acting  Con- 
sul. 

Granada — Jose  Serrano  y  Gavarre  Trebuesto,  Consul,  Carrera  de 
Darro,  No.  15.     Manuel  de  la  Chica,  Vice  Consul. 

Havana — Andres    Clemente  Vazquez,  Consul  General,  Calle  de 
Tejadillo,  No.  43.     Arturo  Palomino,  Chancellor. 

Huelva — Antonio  Garcia  Ramos,  Vice  Consul. 

Jerez  de  la  Frontera — Julian  Gutierrez,  Vice  Consul. 

Irun — Francisco  Iglesias,  Vice  Consul. 

Las  Palmas  (Canary  Islands) — Jose  Martin  Velasco,  Consul. 

Madrid — Manuel  Gomez  Velasco,  Consul. 

Malaga — Manuel  Gil,  Consul,   Beatas,  No.  25.     Francisco  Mal- 
<lonado  Carrion,  Vice  Consul. 

Manila  (Philippine  Islands) — Evaristo  Battle  Hernandez  (absent), 
Consul.    Calle    Real,   No.  37.    Intramuros.     Tomiz    Garcia    Ruiz, 
Acting  Consul. 

Palma  de  Mallorca  (Balearic  Islands) — Juan  Camps  y  Alcover, 
Vice  Consul,  C  le    de  la  Merced,  No.  48. 

Porto  Rico — Jose  T.  Silva,  Vice  Consul,  Calle  de  Tetuan,  no.  35 

Sta.    Cruz  de  Tenerife  (Canary  Islands) — Angel  Crosa,  Private 
.Consul  and  Agent. 

Santa  Maria — Luis  de  Castro  Palomino  y  de  Grajales,  Consul. 

Santander — Manuel  Sanchez  y  de  Antunano,  Consul. 

San  Sebastian — Manuel  Gorostidi,  Consul. 

Santiago  de  Cuba — Pablo  Bory  de  la  Cruz,  Vice  Consul. 

Sevilla — Manuel  Fernandez  y  Pasalagua,  Consul,  Calle  de  la  La- 
guna,  No.  18. 

Valencia — Eduado  Salinas,  Consul,  S.  Fernando,  Nos.  35  y  37. 
Eduardo  Salinas  Romero,  Chancellor. 

Vigo — Eudoro  Pardo  Laborte,  Vice  Consul. 

UNITED    STATES. 

Boston — Arturo  P.  Gushing,  Consul.     Edward   A.  Adams,  Vice 
Consul.     F.  Macin,  Chancellor. 


372  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

Brownsville — Manuel  Trevino,  Consul,  Elizabethstreet.  L. 
Longoria,  Chancellor. 

Chicago — Felipe  Berriozabal  (hijo),  Consul. 

Deming — Carlos  F.  Pasalagua,  Consul. 

Eagle  Pass — Salvador  F.  Maillefert,  Consul,  Commercial  St. 

El  Paso — Jesus  Escobar  y  Armendariz,  Consul.  Manuel  X. 
Velarde,  Chancellor. 

Philadelphia — Rafael  G.  Acosta,  Consul. 

Galveston — Francisco  de  P.  Villasana,  Consul. 

Kansas  City— Hiram  S.  Thompson,  Acting  Consul. 

Laredo — Lisandro  Lameda  Diaz,  Consul,  Jarvis  Square.  Rafael 
Varrios  y  Daguerre,  Chancellor. 

Los  Angeles — Joaquin  Diaz  Prieto,  Consul,  Main  St.,  107. 

Mobile — A.  Le-Baron,  Vice  Consul. 

Nogales — Felipe  A.  Labadie,  Consul.  Alberto  Altamirano,  Act- 
ing Chancellor.  . 

New  Orleans — Manuel  Gutierrez  Zatnora,  Consul-,  Commercial 
Place,  13.  A.  de  Witt,  Chancellor. 

New  York — Juan  N.  Navarre,  Consul  General,  35  Broadway. 
Ramon  V.  Williams,  Acting  Chancellor. 

Phoenix — Martin  Arce,  Consul. 

Pensacola — Jaime  N.  Moreno,  Acting  Vice  Consul. 

Rio  Grande  City — Jose  Zayas  Guarneros,  Consul. 

Rome — Jose  M.  Quifiones,  Consul. 

San  Antonio — Plutarco  Ornelas,  Consul,  Acequia  Street  between 
Salinas  and  Obraje. 

San  Francisco — Alejandro  K.  Coney,  Consul  General,  604  Clay 
St.  Jose  F.  Godoy,  Vice  Consul.  Jose  F.  Dosal,  Chancellor. 

San  Diego — Antonio  V.  Lomeli,  Consul,  5th  St.,  First  National 
Bank  Block. 

St.  Louis — Juan  F.  Cahill,  Consul,  216  North  8th  St. 

Tucson — Rufino  Velez,  Vice  Consul. 

COLOMBIA. 

Bogota — Ricardo  Nunez,  Consul.  J.  M.  Vargas  Heredia,  Acting 
Consul. 

Colon — Jose  A.  Cespedes,  Vice  Consul. 
Panamd — Tom  as  Arias,  Consul. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.        373 

VENEZUELA. 

Caracas — Jose  Antonio  Sanchez,  Vice  Consul  and  Acting  Consul. 
Carupano — Jeronimo  Cerisola,  Vice  Consul. 

La  Guayra — Eyaristo  Diaz  Rojas,  Vice  Consul,  Calle  del  Comer- 
cio,  No.  44. 

Maracaibo — Alejandro  Liibert,  Consul. 

FRANCE. 

Bayonne — J.  M.  Garcia  de  Isla,  Consul,  Cours  de  Tourny,  No.  53. 

Bordeaux — Joaquin  Garcia  Conde,  Consul.  Rafael  PeHaflores, 
•Chancellor. 

Fort  de  France  (Martinique) — Eugenic  Dupre,  Vice  Consul, 
lirande  Rue,  no.  11. 

Havre — Luis  Maneyro,  Consul.      Federico  Borrell,  Chancellor. 

Marseilles — Eugenic  Lacroix.  Consul. 

Nice — Enrile  Usquin,  Consul. 

Pads — Ignacio  M.  Altamirano,  Consul  General.  Francisco  de  P. 
Pasalagua,  Vice  Consul  and  Chancellor. 

St.  Jean  de  Luce — Manuel  Hilario  Pastor,  Vice  Consul,  Villa 
Trinidad. 

Saint  Nazaire,  Platon  Roa,  Consul,  Maison  Monjalon,  Rue  Villes 
Martin.  Eduardo  Caraballo,  Chancelloi-. 

GREAT    BRITAIN. 

• 

Barrow-in-Furness — John  Fisher,  Vice  Consul. 

Bridgetown  (Barbadoes) — Waldemar  Hanchell,  Consul. 

Cardiff — Felipe  de  Jugo  y  Urcullo,  Private  Commercial  Agent,  4 
Mount  Stuart  Square. 

Dover — Francis  William  Prescott,  Vice  Consul. 

Dublin — Joseph  Manly,  Consul. 

Fal mouth — Guillermo  Naylor  Cai-ne,  Vice  Consul. 

Gibraltar — Joaquim  da  Costa  Freire,  Consul. 

Glasgow — G.  Templeton,  Consul. 

Great  Grimsby — Peter  Haagensen,  Consul.  John  F.  Frolik, 
Commercial  Agent. 

Hongkong — Augusto  Jose  Rosario,  Vice  Consul. 

Inverness — Duncan  Shaw,  Vice  Consul. 

Liverpool — Fernando  Prado,  Consul,  Manchester  Buildings,  Ti- 
thebarne,  7.  A.  Rondan,  Chancellor. 


374  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE. 

London — Aurelio  Melgarejo,  Consul  General,  Gt.  Winchester  St.r 
2,  E.  C.  Carlos  Rode,  Chancellor. 

Manchester — Carlos  Behrens,  Acting  Consul. 

Montreal  (Canada) — D.  A.  Ansell,  Consul  General. 

Newcastle- on-Tyne — G.  Jenkins,  Vice  Consul. 

Newport — William  Esau  Heard,  Consul,  69  Dock  Street. 

Southampton — Jose  M.  Pastor  y  Landero,  Consul,  79  High  St., 
High  Chambers. 

Swansea — John  Richardson  Francis,  Private  Commercial   Agent. 

GUATEMALA. 

Guatemala— G.  Magafia,  Acting  Consul. 
Quezaltenango — Jose  Parra  y  Alvarez,  Consul. 
Retalhuleu — Teofilo  Palacios.     Vice  Consul. 

HAYTI. 
Port-au-Prince — Cheri  Coen,  Consul. 

HAWAIIAN    ISLANDS. 

Honolulu — H.  Renjes,  Consul. 

ITALY. 

Florence — Genaro  Placci,  Vice  Consul.  "'. 

Genoa — Dr.  Carlos  Wesch,  Consul  General.  Tito  Basso,  Vice 
Consul. 

Messina1 — Juan  Sofio,  Vice  Consul. 

Naples — Giuseppe  Tramontane,  Consul. 

Palermo — Antonio  Ottavio  Dichiara,  Vice  Consul. 

Rome  —Enrique  Angelini,  Consul. 

Venice — Emilio  Sicher,  Consul. 

JAPAN. 
Yokohama — Pierre  Marie  Saltarel,  Consul. 

MONACCO. 
Monacco — Emile  Usquin,  Consul  General. 

NETHERLANDS. 

Amsterdam — E.  W.  F.  Ipeij,  Consul,  215  Weerengracht. 

Rotterdam — Charles  de  Bruyn,  Consul. 

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PARAGUAY. 

Asuncion — Jose  Mernes,  Consul. 


DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAR  SERVICE.  375 

PORTUGAL. 

Lisbon — Luis  Breton  y  Vedra,  Consul  General,  Caes  de  Sodre, 
No.  4.  Candido  Figueiredo,  Vice  Consul.  Federico  Doarte  Coello, 
Chancellor. 

Oporto — Constantino  Rodriguez  Batalha,  Vice  Consul,  Roa  de 
Bellomonte,  No.  92. 

RUSSIA. 

Odessa — Alejandro  Gowrovitch,  Vice  Consul. 
St.  Petersburg — Emil  Heilborn,  Consul. 

SWEDEN    AND    NORWAY. 

Christiania — P.  O.  Hansen  Balling,  Consul. 
Gotenburg — Roberto  Bersen,  Consul. 
Stockholm — Otto  Heilborn,  Consul. 

SWITZERLAND. 

Geneva — Hercules  Saviotti — Consul  General. 

URUGUAY. 
Montevideo — Pedro  Farini,  Consul.     Carlos  Farini,  Chancellor. 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION. 


THE  EXECUTIVE. 

President  of  the  Republic,  General  Porfirio  Diaz.  Chief  of  Staff, 
General  Martin  Gonzalez.  Private  Secretary,  Rafael  Chousal. 
Governor  of  the  National  Palace,  General  Agustin  Pradillo. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  FOREIGN  DELATIONS. 
Secretary,  Ignacio  Mariscal.     Subsecretary,  Manuel  Azpiroz. 

BUREAU  OF  AMERICA  AND  ASIA. 

Chief,  Luis  G.  Bossero.  1st  Officer,  Pedro  A.  Magana.  2d  Offi- 
cer, Demetrio  V.  Guzman.  3d  Officer,  Carlos  F.  de  la  Regata.  1st 
Clerk,  Felipe  Landgrave.  2d  Clerk,  Wenceslao  de  la  Maza.  3d 
Clerk,  Juan  M.  Escalante.  Assistant  Clerk,  Alfonso  Calderon. 

BUREAU  OF  EUROPE  AND  AFRCIA. 

Chief,  Felix  Galindo.  1st  Officer,  Jose  F.  Rus.  2d  Officer,  Juan 
M.  O.  de  Montellano.  1st  Clerk.  Calixto  Magana.  2d  Clerk,  J. 
M.  Gaona.  Assistant  Clerk,  Alfredo  Sarrazin. 

CONSULAR  BUREAU. 

Chief,  Manuel  Zapata   Vera.      1st  Officer,  Joaquin    Velarde.  2d 

Officer,  Joaquin   Zarco.     3d   Officer,   Mariano   Perez  Gallardo.  1st 

Clerk,   Antonio   Lozano.     2d  Clerk,  Alvaro  Alas.     3d  Clerk,  Er- 
nesto Subikurski.      Assistant  Clerk,  Isidore  Pastor. 

REGISTRATION    BUREAU. 

Chief,  Francisco  J.  Osorno.  1st  Officer,  Gabriel  Zarate.  Officer 
of  Statistics,  Carlos  Fernandez.  Engrossing  Officer.  Agustin  J. 
Campos.  English  Translator,  Luis  Ricoy.  German  Translator, 
Alberto  Cagiga.  Registry  Officer,  Bernardo  Zetina.  1st  Clerk, 
Manuel  Landgrave.  2d  Clerk,  Antonio  Perm.  Assistant  Clerk, 
Miguel  Sagaseta. 
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THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION-.  377 

BUREAU  OF  ARCHIVES  AND  LIBRARY.    . 

Chief,  Francisco  Garcia  Conde.  Librarian,  Francisco  Diez  de 
Bonilla.  1st  Clerk,  Fernando  Serrano.  2d  Clerk,  Manuel  Escobar. 
Assistant  Clerk,  Manuel  H.  Mateos. 

GENERAL  NATIONAL  RECORDS  OFFICE. 

Chief,  Justino  Rubio.  Clerk,  Francisco  Savinon.  Draughtsman, 
Antonio  E.  de  Jos  Monteros.  1st  Clerk,  Crisoforo  Magafia.  2d 
Clerk,  Tomas  Alarcon.  3d  Clerk,  Alfredo  de  la  Portilla.  4th 
Clerk,  Teodoro  Landgrave.  Assistant  Clerk,  Cdrlos  Gonzalez. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  TREASURY  AND   PUBLIC   CREDIT. 

Secretary,  Benito  Gomez  Farias.  Private  Clerks,  Lazaro  Agui- 
lar,  Alberto  Michel.  1st  Subsecretary,  Jose  Antonio  Gamboa- 
2d  Subsecretary,  Emiliano  Busto.  Clerk,  Carlos  Barberena. 

FIRST  BUREAU — CUSTOM  HOUSES. 

Chief,  Ignacio  Castillo  y  Cos.  1st  Officers,  Adrian  Troncoso,  Jose 
de  T.  Ortega,  Manuel  M.  Cabrera.  2d  Officers,  Miguel  M.  Yrigo- 
yen,  Emilio  Longoria.  .'id  Officers,  Luis  G.  Rodriguez,  Eugenio 
Bar'reiro,  Francisco  1).  Macin.  4th  Officers,  Rafael  Castillo,  An- 
tonio Romero.  5th  Officer,  Salvador  Zapata  Torres.  Appraisers, 
Manuel  Llano,  Ricardo  B.  Suarez.  Clerks,  Manuel  Quintanar, 
Jesus  Garibay,  David  Gonzalez,  Valentin  Portal,  Alfredo  Casarin> 
Angel  Silva  Montellano,  Ignacio  Navarette.  Assistant  Clerk,  En- 
rique Rodriquez.  Recording  Officei1,  Arturo  del  Frago.  Corre- 
sponding Officer,  Joaquin  G.  Castilla.  1st  Inspector,  Gregorio  Gal- 
van.  1st  Watchman,  Ismael  Guzman. 

SECOND  BUREAU — PUBLIC  AND  FORFEITED  PROPERTY. 

Chief,  Marcos  Ross.  1st  Officer,  Felix  Cid  del  Prado.  2d  Offi- 
cers, Agustin  Gil,  Francisco  Quintero,  Ramon  Alcalde.  3d  Officer, 
Luis  Rojas.  4th  Officer,  Manuel  Sagaseta.  Clerks,  Francisco 
Salazar,  Francisco  Herrera,  Enrique  Vincourt,  Manuel  Rincon, 
Emilio  Arrioja,  Leopoldo  Ortega.  Assistant  Clerks,  Guillermo  Co- 
lina,  Francisco  Lejarazu.  .  Registry  Officer,  Tomas  Vazquez. 

THIRD  BUREAU — INTERIOR  TAXES  AND  APPROPRIATIONS. 

Chief,  Manuel  Necoechea.  1st  Officer,  Fedeiico  Aubry.  2d  Offi- 
cer, Jo.se  S.  Ruiz.  3d  Officer,  Cristobal  'Y.  Crespo.  4th  Officer, 


378  THK  FEUKRAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

Ignacio  Bernaldez.     Clerks,   Angel  Corral,    Manuel    G.  Vegn,  En- 
rique Morales,  Juan  B.  Gallarclo. 

FOURTH  BUREAU — TREASURY  ACCOUNTS. 

Chief,  Julio  Jimenez.  Paymaster,  Salvador  Zapata.  Engineer, 
Ignacio  Cevallos.  Bookkeeper,  Matias  Lozano.  Assistants,  Dio- 
doro  Ramirez,  Jose  M.  Madariaga.  Recording  Officer,  Adolfo  de  la 
Portilla.  Clerks,  Mariano  Ruiz  Sardo,  Juan  Bmueco  Ocampo* 
Amado  Banuet,  Enrique  Zerecero. 

FIFTH  BUREAU — CIVIL  AND  MILITARY  PAYMENTS. 

Chief,  Jose  Miguel  Enriquez.  1st  Officer,  Francisco  Campos.  2d 
Officers,  Eraclio  Silva,  Arturo  A.  Mercado.  3d  Officers,  Carlos 
Mayorga,  Pedro  Cortazar,  Luis  Banuet.  Clerks,  Francisco  Valen- 
zuela,  Enrique  L.  Acevedo,  Manuel  Salcedo,  Antonio  Guizar,  Ja- 
coba  Romero.  Assistant  Clerks,  Joaquin  Esteves,  Eduardo  Arosa- 
mena,  Carlos  Diaz.  Recording  Officer,  Ignacio  Bribiesca. 

SIXTH   BUREAU — PUBLIC  CREDIT  AND  MINTS. 

Chief,  Jose  Teofilo  Fonscea.  1st  Officers,  Jose  Manuel  Muiioz, 
Enrique  Pomier.  2d  Officers,  Francisco  Ramirez  Castaneda,  Joa- 
quin G.  Belendez.  Clerks,  Tomaa  Cisnero.s,  Antonio  Merves,  Luis 
Perez  Valiente,  Guillermo  Serrano.  Bookkeeper,  Joaquin  Gomez 
Vergara.  Recording  Officer,  Eduardo  Fernandez. 

SEVENTH  BUREAU — FISCAL  STATISTICS. 

Chief,  Javier  Stavoli.  1st  Officer,  Emilio  Alernan.  2d  Officers. 
Juan  N.  Ceballos,  Guillermo  Thompson.  3d  Officers,  Anselmo  deLi 
Portilla,  Carlos  Arango.  4th  Officers,  Joaquin  Ymas,  Juan  E- 
Ramirez.  Clerks,  Antonio  Lejarazu,  Alfredo  Miranda,  Jose  Salcedo, 
Pedro  Murillo,  Sfcrah'n  Salcido,  Roman  Chiapa,  Enrique  Gomez  Ga- 
llardo. 

EIGHTH  BUREAU — COMMERCE  AND  INSTITUTIONS  OF  CREDIT. 

Chief,  (Vacant).  1st  Officer,  Juan  C.  Barquera.  2d  Officer, 
Ricardo  M.  Campos.  3d  Officer,  Carlos  Herrera.  Clerks,  Javier 
.Stavoli,  Juan  E-icamilla,  Constantino  L.  Mondragon,  Manuel  Blasio. 
Assistant  Clerks,  Arturo  Silva,  Aurelio  Lopez. 

BUREAU  OF  ARCHIVES. 

Keeper  of  Archives,  Eduardo  Guerrero.  Officer,  Ricardo  Molina. 
Clerks,  Rudolfo  Lopez  Matroso,  Constancio  Valdivia.  Assistant 
Clerk,  Cfvsar  Kampfner. 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION.  37  i) 

BUREAU  OF  REGISTRATION. 

Chief,  Demetrio  Mejia  de  Leon.  Officer,  Federico  Hevia.  Clerks, 
Angel  Vivanco  Esteve,  Luis  Gonzales. 

LIBRARY. 

Chief,  Felipe  Buenrostro.  Officers,  Francisco  Alegre,  Emilio 
Lynch  Zaklivar.  Clerks,  Abel  Slivo,  Agustin  Cervantes.  Fiscal 
Prosecutor,  Enrique  Vallejo.  Clerk,  Pedro  V.  Velasco. 

TREASURY  OF  THE  FEDERATION. 

Treasurer  General,  Francisco  Espinosa.  Registry  Officer,  Luis 
G.  Yaldespino.  Clerk,  Federico  Gonzalez. 

CONTROLLER'S  OFFICE. 

Controller,  Evaristo  Asnar.  1st  Bookkeeper,  'Jose  X.  Cortes.  2d 
Bookkeeper;  Celso  Vera.  Clerks,  Juan  M.  Calderon,  Cecilio 
Bringas. 

CASHIER'S  OFFICE. 

Cashier,  Francisco  Garcia  Gonzalez.  Assistant  Cashier,  Ignacio 
Pai-res.  Collectors,  Juan  Escobar,  Manuel  M.  Parra.  Clerk,  Miguel 
Gallegos. 

FIRST    BUREAU TAXATION. 

Chief  Recandacion,  Jesus  G.  Gavino.  1st  Officer,  Antonio  Perez 
de  Leon.  2d  Officers,  Antonio  Gayosso,  Regino  Tovar.  3d  Offi- 
cers, Manuel  Artisti,  Rafael  de  J.  Nieto.  4th  Officers,  Jose  Maria 
Rizo,  Manuel  Yberri.  Bookkeeper,  Manuel  Castaneda.  Assistant 
Bookkeeper,  Pedro  A.  Jsavarelte.  Clerks,  Jgnacio  Silva,  Salva- 
dor Fernandez  Guerra,  Daniel  Romero,  Miguel  Monies  de  Oca, 
Francisco  Guerrero,  Arnulfo  Almazan,  Rodolfo  Marin,  Alejandro 
M.  Quirinday. 

BUREAU  SECOND PAYMENTS  TO  CIVIL  EMPLOYES. 

Chief.  Vicente  Giron.  1st  Officers,  German  Carrasco,  Manuel  C!H 
las  Casas.  2d  Officers,  Antonio  Perez,  Teotilo  Navarrete,  Alberto 
Nuiies,  Tomas  Madariaga,  Mariano  Flores  Alatorre.  3d  Officers, 
Enrique  Sanchez  Noriega,  Ezequiel  Aprais,  Pedro  A.  Robin,  Luis 
G.  Esquerro,  Francisco  Morlet,  Jose  G.  Moreno,  Enrique  Barberi, 
Alberto  Ordaz.  4th  Officers,  Felipe  Ramos  Gutierrez,  Rafael  Gon- 
zalez, Wenceslao  Reyes,  Jesus  Arismendi,  Jesiis  Padilla,  Felipe  de 


380  THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

los  Cobos,  Jose  Maria  del  Valle,  Manuel  Diaz.  Bookkeeper,  T.  An- 
tonio Calvo.  Assistant  Bookkeeper,  Miguel  Echarte.  Clerks,  Jose 
Aguila,  Guadalupe  Maldonado,  Eufemio  Escamilla,  Mariano  Ar- 
teaga,  Rafael  Fonseco,  Enrique  Guerra  Manzanares,  Ignacio  Velasco 
Vara,  Gustavo  Lopes,  Jose  R.  Ahedo,  Luis  Molina,  Fernando  Bar- 
bero,  Manuel  Lopes  Guaro,  Vicente  Romirez,  Felipe  Zepeda,  Manuel 
Espinosa,  Manuel  M.  Panes,  Antonio  Ruiz,  Frederico  Navarro, 
Mariano  S.  Febar,  Eduardo  Goto,  Sabino  Santillan,  Manuel  Zaldi- 
var. 

BUREAU  THIRD — PAYMENT  TO  MILITARY  EMPLOYES. 

Chief,  Luis  Ordonez.  1st  Officers,  Jose  G.  Malda,  Jose  G.  Bar- 
ragan.  2d  Officers,  Romulo  Bustamante,  Agustin  Ybarzabal,  Pedro 
Peniche,  Enrique  Mendes,  Pablo  Vargas,  Benigno  Rico.  3d  Officers, 
Romulo  Dueiias,  Antonio  Zamarripa,  Jesus  Coto,  Manuel  Arana, 
Lviis  G.  Rarigel,  Jesus  del  Rivero,  Moises  Santoyo,  Jesus  M.  Mar. 
gain.  4th  Officers,  Manuel  Garcia  Sedano,  Pedro  Toscano,  Felix 
Carrasco,  Austacio  Villapadierna.  Clerks,  Jesus  Argumosa,  Jose 
T.  Lombardini,  Gonzalo  Barreiro,  Rafael  Rico,  Fiburcio  Vargas, 
Eugenio  Paredes,  Miguel  Lopez  y  Pina,  Federico  Villega«,  Francisco 
Hidalgo,  Vicente  Lopez,  Antonio  Chavelas,  Enrique  Calderon, 
Genaro  Paredes,  Manuel  M.  Salas,  Joaquin  Navarette,  Alberto 
Leger,  Pedro  G.  Plata,  Jose  L.  Morales,  Manuel  Y.  Dominguez, 
Juan  Rueda  y  Anza,  Pastor  Perez.  Bookkeeper,  Enrique  Zaldivar. 
Assistant  Bookkeepers,  Angel  M.  Salgado,  Gabriel  Gracida. 

WAREHOUSES. 

Warehouse  Keeper,  Macario  Llamas.  Officer,  Felipe  Rangel 
Aranjo.  Clerk,  Luis  Pousel. 

BUREAU  FOURTH EXAMINATION  OF  OFFICE  ACCOUNTS. 

Chief,  Luis  N.  Marquez.  1st  Officer,  Angel  Quiroz.  2d  Officers, 
Ignacio.  Sotomayor,  Joaquin  Zerecero,  Adolfo  Jimenez,  Agustin 
Miron,  Pedro  Garcia  de  Leon,  Eugenio  Gutierrez,  Enrique  G.  Ada- 
lid,  Arturo  Suarez  Torrens,  Manuel  Payno.  3d  Officers,  Octaviano 
Gonzalez,  Manuel  Avelleyra,  Ignacio  Ocadiz,  Leonardo  Pietra 
Santa,  Miguel  Natera,  Luis  G.  Arenas,  Ignacio  Ceballos,  Vicente 
Hernandez.  4th  Officers,  Saturnine  Carrasco,  Jose  M.  Pina,  Juan 
G.  Rosas,  Luis  IT.  C.medo,  Jose  Malabehar,  Enrique  J.  Paredes. 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION.  381 

Clerks,  Mariano  Avendano,  Gilberto  Martinez,  Luis  Zerecero, 
Francisco  Soni,  Fernando  Espinosa,  Francisco  Gomez,  Manuel  M. 
Lombardini,  Arturo  Payno,  Francisco  T.  Fonseca,  Alberto  Jaime, 
Manuel  Iglesias,  Rafael  Resales,  Francisco  Camacho,  Adolfo  Ruiz 
Sanchez,  Julio  Yillar,  Vicente  Aveleyra,  Jos6  Diaz,  Luis  A.  Rivera, 
Carlos  Villegas,  Javier  Ezeiza. 

BUREAU  FIFTH PUBLIC  CREDIT. 

Chief,  Luis  G.  Abogado.  1st  Officers,  Antonio  Vidal,  Guatimoc 
Hijar.  2d  Officers,  Joaquin  Moreno,  Juan  J.  Merino,  Gonzalo  Ma- 
nero.  3d  Officer,  Jose  M.  Almaraz.  4th  Officers,  Javier  Bustinzar, 
Esteban  Ocampo.  Bookkeeper,  Angel  M.  Gavidia.  Assistant  Book- 
keeper, Antonio  Casteneda.  Clerks,  Manuel  Cuadros,  Felipe  Mar- 
tel,  Agustin  Alcocer,  Juan  del  Yillar,  Albarto  Garay,  Francisco 
Rodea,  Jesus  Suarez,  Ignacio  Lugo,  Yicente  Urbina. 

BUREAU  SIXTH LIQUIDATION  OF  ACCOUNTS. 

Chief,  Jose  de  la  Yega.  Auditors,  Felipe  N.  Alcalde,  Francisco 
J.  Melina,  Tomas  E.  Ramos.  Officers,  Fernando  Marquez,  Fer- 
nando Orozco  y  Berra,  Victor  M.  Yargas,  Vicente  Gonzalez,  Manuel 
Villanneva  y  Serrano,  Ernesto  Peza.  Clerks,  Alberto  Robles,  Juan 
Catano,  Cutberto  Gallegos,  Jesus  Pereyra,  Ignacio  Rincon,  Jose 
Lozano  y  Obregon.  Bookkeeper,  Rafael  Morelos.  Assistant  Book- 
keeper, Apolinar  Carrariza. 

BUREAU  OF  ARCHIVES. 

Chief,  Victoriano  Alcerreca.  Officer,  Miguel  Abogado.  Clerks, 
Jose  G.  Cardena,  Gabriel  Gavidia. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  JUSTICE  AND   PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Secretary,  Joaquin  Baranda.  Subsecretary,  Juan  N.  Garcia. 
Registry  Officer,  Joaquin  Casasus.  Paymaster,  Pedro  N.  Barrera- 

BUREAU  OF  JUSTICE. 

Chief,  Antonio  N.  de  Medina  y  Ormaechea.  1st  Officer,  Ram6n 
Cardenas.  2d  Officer,  Jesus  P.  Barrera.  1st  Clerk,  Gabriel  E.  de 
los  Rios.  2d  Clerk,  Jos6  R.  Pedroza.  3d  Clerk,  F.  Javier  Flores. 


382  THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

BUREAU  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Chief,  Jesus  E.  Acevedo.  1st  Officer,  Pedro  Gil  y  Rivas.  2d 
Officer,  Miguel  I.  Portillo.  1st  Clerk,  Manuel  F.  de  los  Rios.  2d 
Clerk,  Lazaro  Gonzalez.  3d  Clerk,  Roberto  Inclan. 

BUREAU  OF  ARCHIVES. 

Chief,  Rafael  F.  de  1*  Pena.  Officer,  Antonio  Revilla.  Clerk, 
Enrique  F.  Romero. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  COMMUNICATIONS. 

Secretary,  Manuel  Gonzalez  Cosio.     Subsecretary,  Leandro  Fer- 
nandez.    Private  Secretary,  Miguel  M.  Acosta. 
Postmaster  General,  Francisco  de  P.  Goshicoa. 
Director  General  of  Federal  Telegraph  Lines,  Saturnine  Islas. 

BUREAU  FIRST POST  OFFICES,  STEAMSHIP  LINES,  POSTAL    UNION,  TELE- 
GRAPHS AND  TELEPHONES. 

Chief,  Jose  Jacinto  Jimenez.  1st  Officer,  Rafael  Riveroll.  2d 
Officer.  Geronimo  Aguilar.  Assistant  Officer,  Alberto  Diaz  Ru- 
gama.  Clerks,  Marcos  M.  Marquez,  Jose  del  Moral.  Assistant 
Clerks,  Guillermo  Parra,  Jose  Ulibarri. 

BUREAU     SECOND RAILROADS,     ROADS,      CAUSEWAYS,       PORTS,     RIVERS, 

BRIDGES,    LAKES,    CANALS    AND    WORKS    FOR    THE 
PROTECTION    OF    PORTS. 

Chief,  Estanislao  Velasco.  1st  Officer,  Manuel  Velazquez  de 
Leon.  2d  Officer,  Jose  Peiia.  3d  Officers,  Rafael  L.  Velasco.  4th 
Officers,  Francisco  Lozano  Castro,  Serapio  Echeverria.  5th  Officer, 
Everardo  O.  de  Montellano.  Clerks,  Antonio  F.  Garcia,  Primitive 
H.  Carpio,  Alejandro  Flores  Heras,  Candido  F.  Aguayo,  Francisco 
Gonzalez  Calderon.  Assistant  Clerks,  Esteban  Diaz,  Silviano  L. 
G6mez,  Miguel  Velazquez  de  Leon,  Eugenio  Becerra,  Miguel  Griib. 

BUREAU  THIRD — LIGHTHOUSES,  PUBLIC  MONUMENTS,  WORKS  OF  UTILITY 

AND  ORNAMENTAL  IMPROVEMENTS  IN  NATIONAL  AND  CHAPUL- 

TEPEC  PALACES,  AND  DRAINAGE  OF  VALLEY. 

Chief,  Luis  Salazar.  1st  Officer,  Gilberto  Montiel  Estrada.  2d 
Officer,  Antonio  Gaviflo  Iglesias.  Clerk,  Luis  G.  Ita.  Assistant 
Clerk,  Joaquin  Rivera  y  Ricoe. 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION.  383 

BUREAU  OF  ARCHIVES. 

Chief,  Jose  R.  Caenca.  Clerks,  Arturo  Lazo,  Ignacio  Garcia. 
Assistant  Clerks,  Luis  Monies  de  Oca,  Manuel  Valdes. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC    WORKS. 

Secretary,  Manuel  Fernandez  Leal.  Subsecretary,  Gilberto  Crespo 
y  Martinez. 

BUREAU   FIRST GEOGRAPHY,  STATISTICS,  COLONIZATION,  AND 

PUBLIC    LANDS. 

Chief,  Adolfo  Diaz  Rugama.  2nd  Officer,  Jose  Andapia.  3d 
Officer,  Aiubrosio  Espinosa.  4th  Officer,  Miguel  Camacho.  5th 
Officer,  Manuel  Huidobro  de  Azua.  Auxiliary  Officers,  Fran- 
cisco Portillo,  Romulo  Zamora.  Clerks,  Luis  Barrios,  Pedro 
Vallejo.  Registry  Officer,  Francisco  Carrillo.  Clerks,  Miguel 
Munoz,  Mariano  Rios.  Assistant  Clerks,  Francisco  Gaetan,  Jose 
Maria  Rodriguez,  Joaquin  de  Mier  y  Teran. 

PUBLIC  LANDS  SECTION  BELONGING  TO  BUREAU  FIRST. 

1st  Officer  (Acting  Chief),  Francisco  Masa.  4th  Officer,  Gabriel 
Masa.  Consulting  Engineer,  Jose  Maria  Alva.  Assistant  Clerks, 
Manuel  F.  Luna,  Julio  Contreras. 

BUREAU     SECOND — INDUSTRY,     INDUSTRIAL     PROPERTY,     AGRICULTURE, 
WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

Chief,  Miguel  Tglesias.  1st  Officer,  Jose  Maria  Iglesias.  2cl 
Officers,  Joaquin  Besne,  Andres  Basurto.  3d  Officers,  Manuel  Tolsa 
Albino  Nuncio.  Clerks,  Emigdio  Priego,  Arturo  Diaz  Covarrubias, 
Maximiliano  Chabert,  Enrique  Diaz  Covarrubias,  Gabriel  Pajares. 
Assistants  to  this  Bureau,  Enrique  F.  Miranda,  Manuel  Garcia 
Torres.  Mariano  Silva.  Assistant  Clerks,  Guillermo  Efren  Carmona, 
Luis  Muro. 

BUREAU  OF  ARCHIVES. 

Chief,  Francisco  Sosa.  Officer,  Acting  Paymaster,  Francisco  de 
P.  Montes  de  Oca.  Registry  Officer,  Roberto  Santa  Maria.  Clerk, 
Modesto  Inchaurregui.  Assistant  Clerk,  Gabriel  Vargas.  Assist- 
ant Registry  Clerk,  Juan  Becerra. 


384  THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

BUREAU  THIRD— MINING. 

Chief,  Eduardo  Martinez  Baca.  1st  Officer,  Alberto  Best.  2d 
Officer,  Isidore  Aldasoro.  3d  Officers,  Miguel  Zires,  Cayetano 
Garza  Cortina.  4th  Officers,  Agustin  Alfredo  Nunez,  Angel  Diaz 
Hernandez.  Clerks,  Alberto  I.  Mufioz,  Juan  Martinez  Baca, 
Manuel  de  la  Vega.  Assistant  Clerks,  Francisco  P.  Hoyos,  Pedro 
Mufioz. 

CHART  AND  MAP  DRAWING. 

Director,  Ignacio  Molina.  1st  Draughtsmen,  Mauricio  C.  Cas- 
tro, Ricardo  Tangassi,  Apolonio  Tellez  Giron.  2d  Officers,  Jose 
Ortega  Espinosa,  Alberto  Gomez  Llata.  Assistants,  Jose  Salazar, 
Agustin  Larrea  y  Cordero. 

BUREAU  OF  STATISTICS. 

Director,  Antonio  Penafiel.  1st  Officer,  Guillermo  Herrera.  2d 
Officers,  Lamberto  Asiain,  Jose  C.  Segura,  Ed uardo  Ferrer,  Emigdio 
Garcia  de  Leon.  Registry  Officer,  Pedro  Carbajal.  Clerks,  Alberto 
Castro,  Manuel  del  Castillo,  Constancio  Castellanos,  Luis  del  Rio, 
Eduardo  Carreto,  Emilio  Garza,  Enrique  Garibay,  Luis  Rocha. 
Assistant  Clerks,  Enrique  Consalvi,  Jesus  D.  del  Castillo,  Vicente 
Bringas. 

PHOTO-ENGRAVING    OFFICE. 

Director,  Julio  Pefiatiel.  Photographer,  Porfirio  Penafiel.  Assist 
ant  Photographers,  Porfirio  Salamanca,  Ismael  Cardenas. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  INTERIOR. 

Secretary,  Manuel  Romero  Rubio.  Subsecretary,  Manuel  A. 
Mercado.  Private  Secretary,  Rosendo  Pineda. 

CHIEFS  OF  BUREAUS. 

First  Bureau,  Ramon  Manterola;  Second,  Jose  Sotuyo;  Third, 
General  Francisco  M.  Ramirez;  Fourth,  Juan  de  Dios  Peza. 
Archives,  Joaquin  B.  Romero. 

GOVERNMENT    OF    THE  FEDERAL  DISTRICT. 

Governor  of  the  District,  General  Jose  Ceballos.  Secretary, 
Nicolas  Islas.  Chief  Clerk,  Ignacio  Bejarano.  Inspector- General 
of  Police,  General  Luis  Carballeda.  Secretary  of  Inspector,  Antonio 
Z.  Rojas. 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION.  385 

COMMON  COUNCIL  OF  CITY  OF  MEXICO YEAR  1892. 

1st,  Alderman  and  President  of  Council,  Manuel  M.  Contreras; 
2d,  Eduardo  Rincon  Gallardo;  3d,  Jose  M.  Carballeda;  4th,  M.  San- 
chez Navarro;  5th,  Luis  Lavie;  6th,  Nicolas  Ramirez  Arellano;  7th, 
Alejandro  Escandon;  8th,  Romualdo  Zamora  y  Duque;  9th,  Luis 
Salazar;  10th,  Nicolas  de  Teresa  (hijo);  llth,  Antonio  Alvarez 
Rul;  12th,  Julio  Limantour;  13,  Rafael  Arrillaga;  14th,  Alberto 
Arellano  y  Millan;  15th,  Rafael  M.  de  Arozarena;  16th,  Adolfo 
Diaz  Rngama:  17th,  Javier  Algara;  18th,  Pedro  Ordonez;  19th, 
Tomas  Moran;  20th,  Ignacio  C.  Toro. 

Counselors,  Joaquin  Salazar  y  Murphy,  Fernando  Vega. 

STANDING    COMMITTEES. 

Finance,  Manuel  M.  Contreras,  Eduardo  Rincon  Gallardo,  Jose 
M.  Carballeda,  Luis  La  vie,  Joaquin  Salazar  y  Murphy.  Water 
Supply,  Luis  Salazar.  Public  Lighting  and  Elections,  Julio  Liman- 
tour.  Jails,  Fernando  Vega.  Wagons  and  Carts,  Antonio  Alvarez 
Rul.  Hacks,  Tomas  Moran.  Public  Amusements,  Alejandro  Es- 
candor.  Festivities,  M.  Sanchez  Navarro.  Weights  and  Measures, 
Javier  Algara.  Encouragement  to  Artisans,  Pedro  Ordonez.  Public 
Instruction,  Nicolas  Ramirez  de  Arellano.  Street  Sweeping  and 
Clocks,  Ignacio  Toro.  Markets,  Rafael  M..  de  Arozarena.  Public 
Works,  Adolfo  Diaz  Rugama.  Cemeteries,  Romualdo  Zamora  y 
Duque.  Drives  and  Public  Squares,  Nicolas  de  Teresa.  Police  and 
Publications,  Alberto  Arellano.  Slaughter  Houses,  Rafael  Arrillaga. 

WAR  AND  NAVY  DEPARTMENT. 

Secretary,  General  Pedro  Hinojosa.  Subsecretary ,  General  Ignacio 
Maria  Escudero. 

CHIEFS  OF  BUREAUS. 

First,  Colonel  Rafael  Echenique;  second,  Col.  Juan  Arellano  Zen- 
teno;  third,  Col.  T.  Ramon  Villa vecencio.  Library,  Major  Faustino 
Reynoso.  Archives, Lieut. -Col.  Jesus  Monterde. 

CHIEFS  OF  DEPARTMENTS. 

Special  Staff,  Col.  Rodrigo  Valdes.  Engineers,  General  Gaspar 
Sanchez  Ochoa.  Artillery,  General  Alejandro  Pezo.  Navy,  Cap- 
tain Jose  Maria  de  la  Vega.  Military  Corps,  Epifanio  Cacho.  In- 
fantry, General  Antonio  Gayon.  Cavalry,  Col.  Miguel  Badillo, 


386  THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

COMMANDERS  OP  MILITARY  ZONES. 

Denomi- 
nation.     States  which  they  comprise.  Names.  Headquarters. 

1. — Sonora,  Sinaloa  and  Lower 

California fieri.  Abraham  Bandala Torin  (Sonora) 

2.— Durango  and  Chihuahua. .  Gen.  Jose  Maria  Rangel Chihuahua 

3. — Coahuila  and  Nuevo  Leon.  Col.  Jose  del  Valle Monterey 

4. — Tamaulipas Gen.  Emiliano  Lojero Matamoros 

5. — Jalisco  and  Colima Gen.  Guadalupe  Lopez Guadalajara 

6. — San  Luis  Potosi,  Zacatecas, 

and  Aguascalientes Gen.  Joaquin  Rivero S.  Luis  Potosi 

7. — Luerctaro  and  Guanajuato.  Gen.  Mauuel  0.  Nogueras.. . .  Leon 
8. — Mexico,  Hidalgo,  Morelos, 

and  Guerrero Gen.  Jesus  Altamirano Tlanepantla 

9. — Puebla,  Tlaxcala,  and  Vera- 
cruz   Gen.  Mucio  P.  Martinez Puebla 

10.  — Oaxaca  and  Chiapas Gen.  Julio  M.  Cervantes  . . .  Oaxaca 

11. — Yucatan,    Campeche,  and 

Tabasco Gen.  Luis  C.  Curiel Campeche 


THE  LEGISLATIVE. 
THE  SENATE. 

Alcantara,  T.  Melesio;  Arellano,  Felipe;  Arguinzoniz,  Antonio; 
Arriaga,  Benigno;  Aspe,  Francisco  de  R. 

Baz,  Enrique. 

Calderon,  Esteban;  Cafledo,  Anastasio  T.;  Cafiedo,  Francisco; 
Carrillo,  Hermenegildo;  Castaneda,  Jesus;  Castellanos,  Sanchez  M.; 
Castillo,  Apolinar;  Couttolene,  Jose  Maria;  Cuellar,  Romulo;  Can. 
seco,  Agustin;  Chavez,  Ignacio  T. 

Davila,  Narciso;  Diez  Gutierrez,  Pedro.* 

Enriquez,  Gumesindo. 

Ferrer,  Jose  Trinidad. 

Garcia,  Jesus  Alberto;  Gonzalez,  Agustin  R. 

Herrera,  Julian;   Hornedo,  Francisco  G. 

Ibarra  Ramos,  Francisco;  Islas,  Gabriel  M. 

Lancaster  Jones,  Alfonso;  Landa  y  Escandon,  Guillermo  de;  Leyva, 
Francisco;  Loera,  Jesus;  Lopez  Portillo,  Ignacio. 

Maceyra,  Felix  Francisco;  Martinez  de  Castro,  Ricardo;  Meijuie- 
ro,  Francisco;  Mendizabal,  Fernando  G.;  Montalvo,  Juan;  Mon- 
tesinos,  Jose;  Mora,  Antonio. 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION.  387 

• 

Ortega  Reyes,  Manuel. 
Peon  y  Contreras,  Jose. 
Quaglia,  Carlos. 

Raigosa,  Genaro;  Rio,  Agustin  del;  Rivas,  Carlos;  Rojas,  J.  Luis; 
Rubio,  Enrique  M. 

Sanchez  Castro,  Pedro. 
Tellez,  Jose  C. ;  Teresa  Miranda,  Jose  de. 
Urueta,  Eduardo;  Utrilla,  Miguel. 
Velasco,  Emilio;  Viesca,  Andres  S. 

CHAMBER  OF  DEPUTIES. 

Acevedo,  Jesus;  Acufia,  Pedro:  Alatriste,  Uriel;  Alvarez,  Jose 
Ignacio;  Andrade,  Manuel;  Arancivia,  Julio;  Arce,  Jose  Maria; 
Argaiz,  Carlos;  Arriaga,  Camilo;  Arroyo  de  Anda,  Agustin;  Ayala, 
Carlos  F;  Ayala,  Jesus;  Azcue,  Pedro. 

Balandrano,  Dario;  Barra,  Francisco  L.  de  la;  Barred  a,  Joaqmn  de 
la;  Barreiro,  Eugenio  (padre);  Barroso,  Francisco  D.;  Barroso,  Teles- 
foio  D.;  Baz,  Emilio;  Bejarano,  Ignacio;  Berea,  Diego  de  A.;  Bo- 
lafios,  Benjamin;  Bribiesca,  Juan;  Bueno,  Manuel;  Bulnes,  Fran- 
cisco; Bustamante,  Francisco. 

Canton,  Waldemaro  G.;  Carpio,  Angel;  Carsi,  Manuel;  Casasus 
Joaquin  D.;  Casco,  Rafael;  Castellanos,  Jose  Maria;  Castellanos, 
Juan  N.;  Castello,  Juan  B.;  Ceballos,  Lorenzo;  Cerda,  Jesus  M.;  Cer- 
dan,  Agustin;  Cervantes,  Eutimio;  Cisneros  Camara,  Antonio; 
Corona,  Ramon;  Coronado,  Mariano;  Cosmes,  Francisco  G.;  Cravioto, 
Simon;  Crespo,  Gilberto;  Cuesta  y  Lagos,  Jose  Maria;  Curiel. 
Luis  C. 

Chavero,  Alfredo;  Chazari,  Esteban;  Chazaro  Soler,  Jnian;  Chou- 
sal,  Luis;  Chousal,  Rafael. 

Domingues,  Ricaros;  Darqui,  Manuel;  Dominguez,  Angel  M.; 
Donde,  Salvador;  Doria,  Manuel  Z;  Dublan,  Eduardo;  Dubldn,  Juan; 
Dub  Ian,  Manuel. 

Egea  y  Galindo,  Ricardo;  Elguezabal,  Alejandro;  Escamilla,  Vital; 
Escoto,  Joaquin  M.;  Espafia,  Nicolas;  Esperon,  Antonino  G. ;  Esteva, 
Adalberto  A. 

Fenochio,  Pascual  A.;  Fernandez,  Justino;  Fernandez,  Serapion- 
Flores,  Florencio;  Flores,  Luis;  Flores,  Manuel;  Fortune,  Leonardo 
F.;  Fuentes  y  Muniz,  Jesus. 


388  THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

Garcia,  Francico;  Garoboa,  Jose  Antonio  (hijo);  Gamboa,  Jos6 
Maria;  Garcia,  Arnulfo;  Garcia,  Daniel;  Garcia,  Emilio  E.;  Garcia, 
Jesus;  Garcia,  Trinidad;  Garcia  Heras,  Ignacio;  Garcia  Lopez,  Fran- 
cisco; Garcia  Luna,  Luis;  Garcia  Ramirez,  Manuel;  Garfias,  Luis 
G.;  Gochicoa,  Francisco  de  P.;  Gomez,  Antonio;  Gomez,  Jose  F.; 
Gomez,  Macedonio;  Gomez  Parada,  Manuel;  Gomez y  Villavicencio, 
Ramon;  Gonzalez,  Martin;  Gonzalez  Porras,  Jose;  Guillen,  Manuel: 
Giiinchard,  Miguel;  Gutierrez,  Cirilo  J.;  Gutierrez,  Juan;  Gutierrez 
Najera,  Manuel. 

Herrera,  Mauro  S. ;  Herrera,  Rafael;  Hornedo,  Ricardo. 

Ita,  Carmen  de;  Izabal,  Rtfael. 

Juarez,  Benito. 

Labastida,  Luis  G.;  Laclau,  Pedro;  Landa,  Enrique;  Landazuri, 
Pedro;  Lara,  Donaciano;  Lascurain,  Roman  S.  de;  Lebrija,  Miguel; 
Limantour,  Jos£  Y.;  Le6n,  Manuel  de;  Leon,  Marcelo;  Levi,  Man- 
uel; Lombardo,  Alberto;  Lopez  de  Lara,  Domingo;  Lozano,  Agustin. 
Llaven,  Magin;  Llorente  y  Rocha,  Enrique. 

Mackintosh,  Enrique  G.;  Malo,  Alberto;  Mancera,  Gabriel;  Ma- 
riscul,  Alonso;  Marquez,  Galindo  Manuel;  Martel,  Jesus;  Mar- 
tinez, Modesto  R.;  Mateos,  Juan  Antonio;  Medina,  Manuel;  Mejia^ 
Francisco;  Mendez,  Victor;  Mendez  Rivas,  Federico;  Menocal, 
Francisco  de  S.;  Mercado,  Aristeo;  Michel,  Faustino;  Minis,  Ma- 
nuel; Mont,  Enrique  ;Montiel,  Julian;  Moreno,  .Vicente;  Muro, 
Manuel. 

Nicoli,  Jose  P.;  Nunez,  Eulalio;  Nunez,  Roberto. 

Olivo,  Luis;  OmaHa,  Enrique;  Ortiz  Monasterio,  Angel;  Ortiz  de 
Montellano,  Mariano. 

Padilla,  Angel;  Palacios,  Alberto  L.;  Palencia,  Francico  C.;  Pardo, 
Emilio  (Jr.);  Paz,  Ireneo;  Peniche,  Manuel;  Pefia,  Diego  de  la- 
Perez  Gallardo,  Rafael;  Perez  Ortigoza,  Diego;  Perez  Verdia,  Luis; 
Peza,  Juan  de  Dios;  Pimentel,  Emilio;  Pineda,  Rosendo;  Pino, 
Roman;  Pliego  y  Perez,  Antonio;  Poceros,  Francisco;  Pombo,  Luis; 
Pradillo,  Agustin;  Preciado,  Manuel  V.;  Prieto,  Guillermo;  Prieto 
y  Garza,  Jose  Maria. 

Rabago,  Jesus  M.;  Ramirez  Varela,  Manuel;  Ramos,  Onofre; 
Reyes  Retana,  Tomas;  Reyes  Spindola,  Rafael;  Riba  y  Echeverria, 
Antonio;  Rincdn,  Leopoldo;  Rinc6n,  Manuel  E.;  Rinc6n  Gallardo, 
Francisco;  Rincon  y  Perez,  Francisco;  Ritt-er,  Ernesto;  Rivas  G6mez, 


THE  FEDERAL  ADMINISTRATION.  389 

Francisco;  Rivas  Mercado,  Antonio;  Rivera,  Teodoro;  Riveroll  y 
Cinta,  Ramon;  Rodriguez,  Ismael;  Rodriguez,  Pedro  L  .;  Rodriguez 
Talavera,  Rafael;  Rojas,  Augusto;  Romero,  Francisco;  Romero, 
Jose  Maria;  Rubio,  Fernando  M.;  Rubio.  Wenceslao;  Ruiz,  Emilio. 

Saenz  Meras,  Francisco;  Sagaseta,  Miguel;  Salas,  Ismael;  Salazar, 
Demetrio;  Salcido,  Rafael;  Santa  Fe,  Alberto;  Santibanez,  Manuel; 
Seoane,  Manuel  M.;  Sepulveda,  Francisco;  Serrano,  Manuel;  Serrano, 
Miguel;  Sierra,  Justo;  Silva,  Agapito;  Sort,  Enrique. 

Thomas  Teran,  Manuel;  Tico,  Manuel;  Torre,  Juan  de  la;  Torre 
y  Mier,  Ignacio  de  la;  Tovar,  Antonio. 

TJriarte,  Jesus  F. ;  Utrilla,  Miguel. 

Valenzuela,  Jesus  E  ;  Vazquez,  Francisco;  Vazquez,  Ignacio; 
Velazquez,  Eduardo;  Velez,  Francisco  (hijo);  Vila,  Manuel  S. 

Zarate,  Julio;  Zetina,  Fernando. 


THE  JUDICIARY. 

SUPREME  COURT  OF  JUSTICE  OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 

Presiding  Justice,  Francisco  Martinez  de  Arredondo. 

DEPARTMENT  I. — Presiding  Justice,  Francisco  Martinez  de  Arre- 
dondo. Associate  Justices,  Felix  Romero,  Eligio  Ancona,  Federico 
Sandoval,  Jose  Maria  Vega  Liinon. 

DEPARTMENT  II. — Presiding  Justice,  Francisco  Vaca.  Associate 
Justices,  Eustaquio  Buelna,  Manuel  Castilla  Portugal. 

DEPARTMENT  III. — Presidng  Justice,  Jose  Maria  Aguirre  de  la 
Barrera.  Associate  Justices,  Manuel  Saavedra,  Prudenciano  Do- 
r  antes.  • 


STATE  ADMINISTRATIONS. 


STATE.  NAME  OF  GOVERNOR. 

Aguascalientes Alejandro  V.  del  Mercado 

Campeche Joaquin  Z.  Kerlegand 

Chiapas ^Emilio  Rabasa 

Chihuahua Lauro  Carrillo 

Coahuila Jose  Maria  Garza  Galan 

Coliraa Gildardo  Gomez 

Durango J  nan  Manuel  Fiores 

Guanaj  uato Manuel  Gonzales 

Guerrero .  .  , Francisco  O.  Arce 

Hidalgo Rafael  Cravioto 

Jalisco Pedro  A.  Gal  van 

Mexico.  . Jo-e  Vicente  Villada 

Michoacan Mariano  Jimenez 

Morelos Jesus  H.  Preciado 

Nuevo  Leon Bernardo  Reyes 

Oaxaca Gregorio  Chavez 

Puebla ? Rosendo  Marquez 

Queretaro Francisco  G.  Cosio 

San  Luis  Potosi Carlos  Diez  Gutierrez 

Sinaloa Mariano  Martinez  de  Castro 

Sonora Luis  E.  Torres 

Tlaxcala Piospero  Calmantzi 

Tabasco Simon  Sarlat 

Tamaulipas Alejandro  Prieto 

Veracruz Juan  de  la  Luz  Enriquez 

(390) 


STATE  ADMINISTRATIONS.  391 

Yucatan Daniel  Traconis 

Zacatecas Jesus  Arechiga 

Federal  District Jose  Ceballos 

Territory  of  Tepic Leopoldo  Romano* 

Northern  District  of  the  Territory  of  Lower  )  T    •    T^   T- 

r,  TP      .  J  V Luis  B.  Torres* 

Ualiiorma j 

Central  District  of  the  Territory  of  Lower  )  -D      '     •     rr 

California } Benjamin  Topete* 


*In  the  Territories  the  chief  authority  is  called  "Jefe  Politico"  and  is  ap- 
poiated  by  the  Federal  Executive;  in  the  States,  the  chief  authority  is  the 
Governor,  elected  by  the  people. 


STATISTICAL   INFORMATION. 


ESTIMATED  POPULATION  OF  THE  REPUBLIC  IN  1890. 

Inhabitants. 

State  of  Aguascalientes 121,926 

"  Campeche 91,18* 

"  Coahuila 183,327 

"  Colima 69,547 

"  Chiapas 266,496 

' '  Chihuahua 298,073 

"  Durango * 265,931 

"  Guanajuato 1,007,116 

"  Guerrero 332,887 

"  Hidalgo ....  494,212 

"  Jalisco 1,161,709 

"  Mexico 778,969 

"  Michoacau 830,923 

"  Morelos ' 151,540 

"  Nuevo  Leon 270,852 

"  Oaxaca 806,845 

"  Puebla 839,468 

"  Quer^taro 213,523 

"  San  Luis  Potosi 546,447 

"  Sinaloa 223,684 

"  Sonora 150,391 

"  Tabasco 114,028 

"  Tamaulipas .• 189,139 

"  Tlaxcala 155,151 

"  Veracruz 644,157 

"  Yucatan 282,502 

"  Zacatecas 526,966 

Territory  of  Tepic 130,019 

"  "  Lower  California 34,668 

Federal  District 451,246 


Total  number  of  inhabitants 11,632,924 

(392) 


STATISTICAL  INFORMATION.  393 

POPULATION  OF  LEA  DING  CITIES  OF  THE  REPUBLIC 

IN  1890. 

(Of  10,000  inhabitants  and  over.) 
Cities.  States.  Inhabitants. 

Mexico Federal  District 329,535 

Guadalajara Jalisco 95,000 

Puebla Puebla 78,530 

San  Luis  Postosi San  Luis  Potosf 62,573 

Guanajuato Guanajuato   52,112 

Leon Guanajuato 47,739 

Monterey Nuevo  Leon 41,700 

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 32,355 

Merida Yucatan 32,000 

Oaxaca Oaxaca 28,827 

Colima Colima 25,124 

Pachuca Hidalgo 25,000 

Durango Durango 24,800 

Celaya         Guanajuato • 24,670 

Morelia Michoacan 23,835 

Queretaro Queretaro 23,520 

Ciudad  Guzman Jalisco 23,205 

Saltillo Coahuila : 22,801 

Allende Guanajuato 21,748 

Vera  Cruz Veracruz '20,800 

Zacatecas Zacatecas 20,722 

Orizaba Veracruz 16,225 

Campeche Campeche 19,775 

Timim Yucatan 18,730 

Guadalupe Zacatecas 18,370 

Silao  ...Guanajuato 15,739 

Montezuma San  Luis  Potosi 15,666 

Irapuato Guanajuato 14,778 

San  Bartolome Chiapas   1 4,669 

Xochimilco  (Municipality) Federal  District 14,373 

Sal  vatierra Guanajuato 14,322 

Lagos Jalisco 14,297 

Ciudad  Garcia Zacatecas 14,000 

Tepic Tepic  (Territory  of) 13,510 

Chihuahua  Chihuahua 13,128 

Fresnillo   ...Zacatecas 13,021 

Mazatlan Sinaloa 12,852 

Tacubaya  (Municipality) Federal  District 12,027 

Uruapan Michoacan 12,000 

Ameca Jalisco 12,000 

Autlan Jalisco 12,000 

Jalapa .  .Veracruz 11 ,705 

Toluca   Mexico. li,585 

Teocuitatlan     Jalisco   11 ,286 

San  Cristobal  los  Casas ....    Chiapas 1 1,248 

Piedad  Cibadas     Michoacan 11,142 

Sayula Jalisco 10,655 

San  Angel  (Municipality) Federal  District 10,580 

Angangueo Michoacan 10,473 

Monclova Coahuila 10,000 

San  Juan  del  Rio Queretaro 10,000 


394 


STATISTICAL  INFORMATION. 


ASSESSABLE  VALUE  OF  PROPERTY  IN  THE  REPUBLIC 

IN  1890. 


States. 


City  Property.     Country  Property. 


Aguascalientes $     1,768,435  3,351,258 

Campeche 552,509  691,286 

Colima 1,660,905  1,674,561 

Coahuila 2,682,496  7,037,300 

Chihuahua ,1,846,730    .      3,507,000 

Chiapas.    500,000  2,930,212 

Durango 2,653,331  4,404,548 

Guanajuato 9,665,977  20,405,659 

Guerrero   1,993.712  11,503,400 

Hidalgo 2,559,311  11,825,426 

Jalisco 21,404,529  33,052,342 

Mexico 4,444,651  18,946,445 

Michoacan 8,381,994  15,733,201 

Morelos 1,064,059  4,193,315 

Nuevo  Leon 5,0'29,463  4,555,327 

Oaxaca 6,178,534  5,562,766 

Puebla 15,411,678  14,609,866 

Queretaro 5,686,547  5,760,000 

San  Luis  Potosi   5,625,608  7,928,048 

Sinaloa 3,530,226  2,478,656 

Sonora 2,350,600  4,872,900 

Tabasco 1,622,490  2,968,785 

Tamaulipas 4,264,665  1,950,270 

Tlaxcala 1,957,026  5,088,690 

Veracruz 32,561,926  15,276,652 

Yucatan 2,500,000  2,874,508 

Zacatecas 5,774,416  9,841,235 

Federal  District 101,917,241  7,931,737 

Territory  of  Lower  California 459,326  3,896,200 

"  Tepic 2,354,800  2,817,580 


Total. 

5,119,693 

1,243,795 

*,335,466 

9,719,796 

5,353,730 

3,430,212 

7,057,879 

30,071,636 

13,497,112 

14,384,737 

54,456,871 

23,391,096 

24,115,195 

5,257,374 

9,584,790 

11,7,1,300 

•  30,021,544 

11,446,547 

13,553,656 

6,008,882 

7,223,500 

4,591,275 

6,214,935 

7,045,716 

47,838,578 

5,374,508 

15,615,651 

109,848,978 

4,355,526 

5,172,380 


Totals $258,403,185    $237,669,173     $496,072,358 

The  above  values  are  taken  from  official  sources,  but  greatly  underesti- 
mite  the  property  of  the  Republic,  and,  furthermore,  do  not  include  public 
and  government  buildings,  and  all  other  property  exempt  from  the  payment 
of  taxes. 


CENSUS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  MEXICO  OF  OCTOBER,  1890. 

Number  of  inhabitants,  329,535,  of  whom  149,739  were  males 
and  182,796  females.  As  to  religious  beliefs  there  were  326,180 
Catholics,  1,934  Protestants,  18  of  the  Greek  religion,  400  of  other 
denominations,  and  1,003  belonging  to  no  sect  whatever. 

The  occupations  of  the  inhabitants  were  distributed  as  follows: 
Attorneys-at-law,  505;  agriculturists,  500;  brokers,  66;  tanners, 


STATISTICAL  INFORMATION. 


395 


200;  dentists,  34;  apothecaries,  121;  photographers,  82;  engineers, 
370;  physicians,  320;  contractors,  45;  clergymen,  220;  notaries,  48; 
midwives,  75;  telegraph  operators,  130;  veterinary  surgeons,  34;  ar- 
tisans, 46,594;  merchants,  15,040;  clerks,  13,291;  servants,  50,004; 
mechanics,  1,011;  public  employes,  7,480;  public  school  children, 
48,003;  soldiers,  8,005;  sailors,  76;  capitalists,  1,000;  occupations 
not  stated,  18,536;  without  occupation  (mostly  women  and  children), 
117,676. 

The  nationalities  of  the  inhabitants  were  as  follows:  Born  in  the 
Federal  District,  202,154;  in  the  various  States  of  the  Republic? 
120,509;  United  States  of  America,  790;  Centralfend  South  America, 
153;  Spain,  3,391;  France,  1,266;  Germany,  363;  England,  227; 
Italy,  441;  Russia,  9;  Austria,  45;  Portugal,  6;  Sweden,  Norway, 
and  Denmark,  26;  China  and  Japan,  6;  countries  not  specified,  151- 


PRODUCTION  OF  GOLD  AND  SILVER  IN  MEXICO. 

The  following  statement  shows  the  production  of  the  precious  metals 
in  Mexico  for  fourteen  fiscal  years. 


YEAR. 

GOLD. 

SILVER. 

TOTAL. 

877- 

878  

878- 

879 

879- 

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881- 

882  

882- 

983   

883- 

884  

884- 

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886   ... 

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886- 

887  

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889  

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891  

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43  ooo.o  G 

44,150,000 

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STATISTICS  AS  TO  COINAGE— Continued. 

•        Coinage  of  the  Mints  of  the  Republic  during    the    fiscal    year  of 

1889-90. 


MINTS. 

SILVER. 

GOLD. 

COPPER. 

TOTAL  VALUE. 

$   488,800  oo 

I,O33,O69  '75 

1,033,069  75 

Zacatecas  

4.159,300  oo 

27,657  oo 

4,186,957  oo 

Value  of  the  Gold,  Silver,  Copper  and  Nickel  Coinage  of  the  Mints 
of  the  Republic  from  July  1,  1880,  to  June  30,  1890. 


MINTS. 


FISCAL 

YEARS. 

Alamos. 

Culiacan. 

Chihu  ihua. 

Durango. 

Guadalajara 

Guanajuato. 

1880-  881  

*  QSo^SS  20 

$1,269.404  34 

ti,  178,  534  oo  $1,008,214  °° 

Ji  374,256  30 

-'4,281,430  oo 

1881-  882  .... 

1*096,151  90 

958,793  oo 

I>354'467  OO|  1,026,362  oo    1,329,756  95 

4,404,300  oo 

882-  883  

990,885  45 

802,143  oo 

1,635,201   50       889,778  oo    1,111,514  oo 

4,285,500  oo 

883-  884    

i,33i>530  oo 

601,982  oo 

1,936,436  oo    1.094,345  oo 

1,130,003  85 

4,228,300  oo 

884-  885  

1,066,360  oo 

710,081  oo 

2,020  675  50    1,164,822  20 

871,199  oo 

5,029,860  oo 

885-  886  .... 

826,471   15 

597,125  oo 

2,519.712  50    1,032,175  75 

976,460  30 

4,614,200  oo 

1886-  887  

846,250  35 

746,907   00 

2,653,162  oo      983,330  6oj      994,113  05 

4,129,700  oo 

887-  888  

627,880  oo 

787,632  oo 

2,652,226  oo   1,038,687  50 

1,008,695  °° 

4,5:4,890  oo 

888-  889  

490,470  oo 

966,920  oo 

2,459,005  oo;      981,128  40 

',354,43'  20 

3,984,380  oo 

889-  890  .... 

480,880  oo 

1,052,345  oo 

2,577,057  °9    1,033,069  72 

1,688,004  70 

3,559,186  oo 

Total  coinage 

-during  decade. 

8,687,032  05 

8,493,332  34 

20,986,476  5< 

)  10,251,913  2C 

11,848,43435 

43,271,74600 

FISCAL 

Hermosillo. 

Mexico. 

Oaxaca. 

San  Luis 

Zacatecas. 

TOTALS. 

YEARS. 

Potosi. 

880-  881  .... 

8718,730  oo 

^5,922,95000 

$148,510  oo 

*2.  315,  750  oo 

£6,003,79000 

^25iI5i,72i  84 

881-  882  

492,992  oo 

6,444,000  oo 

127,015  oo 

2,345,215  oo 

6,031,770  oo 

25,610,822  85 

882-  883  

449,460  oo 

7,091,000  oo 

99,650  oo 

3,182,040  oo 

5,210,350  oo 

25,747,521  95 

883-  884  

539,400  oo 

9,015,000  oo 

131,120  oo 

3,227,030  oo 

5,014,930  oo 

28,450,076  85 

884  -  885  

280,000  oo 

6,677,500  oo 

158,840  oo 

3,330,740  oo 

4,953,900  oo 

26,265,977  70 

885-  886    ... 

257,610  oo 

7,779,000  oo 

144,800  oo 

3,484,280  oo 

5,125,960  oo 

27,367,794  70 

886-  887  ... 

195,300  oo 

8,331,696  18 

123,500  oo 

3,181,725  oo 

5,248,290  oo 

27,433,974  '8 

887-  888  ... 
888-  889  

178,300  oo 
593,660  oo 

7,398,240  oo 
7,989  993  89 

114,800  oo 
184,550  oo 

3,744,065  oo 
2,380,800  oo 

5,159,380  oo 
5,110,700  oo 

26,264,795  5° 
26,496,038  49 

889-  890  .  .  . 

495,900  oo 

7,630,622  47 

120,900  oo 

1,881,335  oo 

4,186,957  oo 

24,706,256  92 

Total  coinage 

during  decade. 

4,201,352  oo 

74,280,002  54 

1.353,68s  oo 

28,072,98000 

52,046,027  oo 

263,492,980  98 

398 


STATISTICAL  INFORMATION. 


STATISTICS  AS  TO  IMPORTATIONS. 

FISCAL    YEAR    OF    1888-89- IMPORTATIONS    BY 
COUNTRIES. 

Value-*.  Duties. 

Arabia $             8200  $             2400 

Algiers 13,649  70  15,907  07 

Argentine  Republic 30  00  32  25 

Australia 48500  21627 

Austria 96,43665  74,814  11 

Belgium 242,08389  232,28768 

Bolivia 60000  27794 

Brazil 309  45  230  82 

Chile. 10800  7260 

China 39,35110  26,34699 

Columbia 78,17875  32,63535 

Costa  Rica  .'   22,425  00  6,580  29 

Denmark 1,11200  72975 

Ecuador 89,45162  38,42946. 

England 6,337,980  30  5,083,870  75 

France 4,956,568  41  3,846,252  66 

Germany 2,842,932  35  2,310,015  60 

Greece 1,089  00  462  66 

Guatemala 11,54822  3,63693 

Holland 72,00925  53,01082 

India 69,62940  123,36239 

Italy 269,8-26  70  121,818  78 

Japan 95  00  64  34 

Norway 31,17620  33,35884 

Persia 10200  7389 

Peru 772  00  347  04 

Portugal 9,13200  2,65646 

Russia 833  40  386  65 

Salvador 11,31500  4,66438 

San  Domingo *. 8000  6012 

Spain 1,920,94272  1,177,17730 

Sweden 1,60700  2,29555 

Switzerland 157,44425  89,83054 

Turkey 2,32700  76129 

Uruguay 200  1000 

United  States 22,669,420  71  9,169,787  87 

Venezuela ..% 73,73825  25,43575 

Zanzibar 20  00  37  76 


Totals , ...$40,024,894  32      $22,477,962  95 


STATISTICAL  INFORMATION. 


399 


IMPOETATIONS  BY  CUSTOM  HOUSES  IN  FISCAL 
YEAE  1888-89. 


Values. 

231,07022 


Custom  Houses. 

Acapulco 

Altata 

Ascension 

Bay  of  Magdalena , 

Cape  San  Lucas 

Camargo 

Campeche 

Ciudacl  Juarez  (Paso  del  Norte) 5,793,960  86 

Ciudad  Porfirio  Diaz  (Piedras  Negras) 2,732,367  00 


4,12373 

10,051  00 

50475 

49,071  50 

186,441  89 


81802 
188,738  20 
533,841  77 
84,703  62 
1 12,264  20 
151,666  66 


Duties. 

5      108,690  40 

"2,174*91 

4,974  89 
18093 
30,978  21 
140,576  90 
1,896,77340 
1,313,539  97 
3S70 
151,6-2826 
310,219  75 
47,414  10 
60,14861 
67,71259 
1.599,056  10 
9,993  07 
73,416  80 
761,026  12 
1,046,740  00 
124,388  75 
427,606  88 
17,284  02 
1,467.803  90 
4,879  35 
35,864  99 
183,494  15 
3,990  57 
63,162  85 
5,29627 
78,899  24 
408,385  93 
39,171  31 
79,341  14 
58,666  82 
86,967  28 
11,766,62060 
855  11 

Totals §40,024,894  32        $22,477,962  95 

The  Altata  Custom  House  did  not  send  its  report  in  time  to  be  included 
in  the  above  statement.  The  Ascension  and  Cape  San  Lucas  Custom  Houses 
were  closed  August  31,  1888,  and  in  lieu  thereof  those  of  Las  Palomas  and  San 
Jose  de  Cabo  were  opened  on  the  succeeding  day. 


Coatzacoalcos. 

Frontera 

Guaymas 

Guerrero 

Isla  del  Carmen  (Carmen  Island). 

La  Paz 

Laredo 5,728,029  06 

Las  Palomas 28,045  33 

Manzanillo 156,531  37 

Matamoros 801,412  31 

Mazatlan 1,592,01283 

Mier 142,400  12 

Nogales 739,424  40 

Palominas  55,388  74 

Progreso 2,430,248  40 


Puerto  Angel . 

Salina  Cruz 

San  Bias 

San  Jose  del  Cabo . 

Santa  Ros-alia 

Sasabe  

Soconusco 

Tampico 

Tijuana 

Todos  Santos 

Tonald 

Tuxpam  

Vera  Cruz  16,445,569  00 

Zapaluta 2, 1 13  55 


9,958  82 
55,385  34 
330,794  42 
10,71050 
255,080  63 
8,517  01) 
108,219  90 
513,927  15 
126,688  85 
148,502  1 1 
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1890-91. 


CUSTOM  HOUSES. 

PRECIOUS 
METALS. 

OTHER  ARTICLES. 

TOTAL 
EXPORTATION 

WEIGHT.              |             VALUE. 

$         47,438  5° 
40,770  36 
78,345  oo 

Kilograms. 
2,000,764  ooo 
681,029  ooo 
3,163  ooo 
936  ooo 
122,562  ooo 
5,146,947  ooo 
3,618,416  500 

49,015,729  ooo 
12,158,375  ooo 

7,722,274    OOD 

158,913  500 

2,150  ooo 
43,654,679  ooo 
1,981,086  ooo 
6,565,476  ooo 
1,729,137  ooo 
1,910,947  ooo 

2,045,462  485 

145,566  ooo 
1,800,877  ooo 
5,156  ooo 
57,670,064  ooo 
363,018  ooo 
1,278,135  ooo 
1,178,098  ooo 
660,828  ooo 
6,247,149  ooo 
24,399  ooo 
414,352  ooo 
7,892,222  ooo 
38,913  ooo 
77,641  ooo 
122,853  °°o 
7,788,441  ooo 
28,676,221  ooo 

$       107,476  08 
21,062  oo 
15,036  oo 
263  90 
26,899  61 
173,009  oo 

2,399,239  97 
1,621,649  75 
102,403  79 
185,145  54 
22,738  50 
1,045  oo 
956,732  66 
55.119  06 
1,159,636  ii 
67,907  77 
125,257  72 
78,948  oo 

39,840  50 

86,515  oo 
30,036  oo 
7,159,868  04 
176,684  35 
37.764  25 
53,567  85 
15,798  So 
947,640  50 
2,464  oo 
226,983  35 
822,  28  93 
26,635  oo 
5,919  oo 
92,336  oo 
i>574,635  78 
8,601,435  67 

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61,832  36 
93.381  oo 
263  90 
30,049  61 
178,358  oo 
14,301.855  87 
2,698,218  71 
102,403  79 
'85,375  54 
543,961  51 
1,045  oo 
956,732  66 
808,802  42 
3,332,243  57 
J55,962  77 
371,203  37 
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72,506  50 
895,336  65 
228,762  i  8 
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84,264  25 
275,441  85 
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947,640  50 
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279  783  35 
1,075,121   13 
28,605  oo 
203,415  87 
415,308  9o 
1,579,635  78 
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5,349  0° 
11,902,615  90 
1,076,568  96 

Ciudad  Porfirio  D"az  

230  oo 
521,223  01 

La  Paz       

753,683  36 

2,172,607  46 
88,055  oo 

245,945  65 

4,954,305  oo 
32,666  oo 

808,821  65 

198,726  18 
287,680  20 

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221,874  °° 

Laredo  de  Tamaulipas.  .  . 

Mier  

Puerto  Angel  .    

3,600  oo 
52,800  oo 

252,792    20 

1,970  oo 

197,496  87 

322,972  80 
5,000  oo 
11,932,025  06 

Veracruz  

Total  

¥36,250,372  16 

252,901,979  485 

$27,020,023  18 

$63,276,395  34 

EXPORTATION     TO    FOREIGN     COUNTRIES    DURING 
THE  FISCAL  YEAR  1890-91. 


COUNTRIES. 

PRECIOUS 
METALS. 

OTHER  ARTICLES. 

TOTAL 
EXPORTATION 

WEIGHT. 

VALUE. 

$  1,764,446  75 
53,813  40 

Kilograms. 
7,900,217  485 

57,57!  00° 
94  ooo 
1,430  ooo 
4,133,642  ooo 
'72,553,394  ooo 
7,274,994  ooo 
465,436  ooo 
1,039,904  ooo 
59,218,510  ooo 
9,438  ooo 
1,018  ooo 
243,000  ooo 
3,331  ooo 

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3,602  88 

212    00 

845  oo 
463,089  64 
21,582,253  43 
890,156  oo 
25,020  32 
187,931  65 
2,836,765  44 
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1,296  71 
4,000  oo 
2,502  oo 

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57,416  28 

212    OO 

845  oo 
515,193  74 
44,983,086  37 
3,653>55i  33 
193,711  47 
187,931  65 
10,882,728  33 
920  oo 
6,289  31 
4,000  oo 
4,635  oo 

Spain  

52,104  10 
23,400,832  94 
2,763,395  33 
168,691  15 

United  States  

Holland  

England  

8,045,962  89 

Italy  . 

Nicaragua  

4,992  60 

Salvador  

2,133  oo 

Total  

136,256,372  16 

252,901,979  485 

827,020,023  18 

.$63,276,395  34 

402  STATISTICAL  INFORMATION. 

RAILWAYS  IN  THE  MEXICAN  REPUBLIC. 

The  railways  which  up  to  February  1,  1892,  were  in  operation  in 
.the  Republic,  were  as  follows: — 

THE  MEXICAN   RAILWAY. 

Mexico  to  Vera  Cruz  and  branches,  to  Puebla  and 

Pachuca 613  kilometers. 

THE   MEXICAN   CENTRAL    RAILWAY. 

Mexico  to  El  Paso 1,971  " 

Aguascalientes  to  San  Luis  Potosi 225  " 

Tampico  to  San  Luis  Potosi 444  " 

Irapuato  to  Guadalajara , 2£0  " 

Silao  to  Guanajuato 23  " 


2,923 

THE  MEXICAN  NATIONAL  RAILROAD. 

Mexico  to  Laredo 1,353 

Mexico  to  San  Miguel  Allende 409 

Acambaro  to  Patzcuaro 155 

Laredo  de  Corpus 161 

Matamoros  to  fleinosa  and  San  Miguel 120 

Mexico  to  Salto 68 

2,266 

THE    INTEROCEANIC   RAILWAY. 

Mexico  to  Vera  Cruz 547 

Vireyes  to  San  Juan  de  los  Llanos 11 

Puebla  to  Izucar , 84 

Mexico  to  Jojutla '. . .  194 

San  Marcos  to  Huitzizilapam  66 

Concepcion  to  San  Juan  de  los  Llanos 11 

825 

THE  MONTEREY  AND  MEXICAN  GULF  RAILWAY. 

Monterey  to  Tampico 517 

"          "   Venadito 106 

623 

YUCATAN   RAILWAYS. 

Merida  to  Progreso 37 

"  "  Ticul 65 

"  "  Tecanto 64 

"  "  Trinidad 54 

Conkal  "  Tekax 28 

"  "  Montul 31 

278 


STATISTICAL  INFORMATION.  403 

THE  MEXICAN  INTERNATIONAL  RAILWAY. 
Torreon  to  Piedras  Negras   517  kilometers. 

THE    SONORA    RAILWAY. 

From  Guaymas  to  Nogales ....    567 

HIDALGO  AND  NORTHEASTERN  RAILWAY. 

Mexico  to  Pachuca J 10  " 

Tulanciugo  line 32  " 

Pachuca  to  Irolo 70 

Tizayuca  to  Teoloyucan 26  '' 

228          " 

THE  MEXICAN  SOUTHERN  RAILWAY. 

Puebla  to  Tecomavaca 225 

THE  MEXICAN  NORTHERN  RAILWAY. 

Escalon  to  Sierra  Mojada 125 

THE  NATIONAL   CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY. 

Colima  to  Manzanillo 95 

THE  SINALOA  AND  DURANGO  RAILWAY. 

Altata  to  Culiacan 61 

THE   MICHOACAN   AND  PACIFIC   RAILWAY. 

Maravatio  to  Trojes 52          " 

THE   TEHUACAN   NATIONAL  RAILWAY. 

Esperanza  to  Tehuacan 50          " 

THE   VANEGAS  TO   THE    RIO   VERDE   RAILWAY. 

Vanegas  to  Matehuala 47          " 

THE  AGRICULTURAL  RAILWAY  FROM  CORDOBA   TO   MOTZORONGO    AND  RIO  TONTO. 

Cordoba  to  Motzerongo 42  kilometers. 

THE   SALAMANACA   TO   THE   VALLEY   OF   SANTIAGO   RAILWAY. 

Salamanaca  to  Jaral 36 

THE   TON  ALA   TO    FRONERA   RAILWAY. 

TonaU  to  Puert* 15          " 

THE   TOLUCA   TO   SAN   JUAN    DE    LAS   HUERTAS   RAILWAY. 

Toluca  to  San  Juan 16          " 

THE   SAN   JUAN    BAUTISTA   TO    TUMULTE   AND   CARRIZAL. 

San  Juana  Bautista  to  Carrizal 6          " 

Making,  with  other  short  lines,  a  total  of  10,190  kilometers  or 
about  6,330  miles  in  actual  operation. 


LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  THE  LEADING  CITIES  OF 
MEXICO. 


ATTORNEYS  AND  COUNSELORS-AT-LAW. 

ACAMBARO  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Ceballos,  Jesus;  Laso,  Neme- 
sis; Llarrondo,  Jos6  Maria;  Pallares,  Jose  G.;  Trenado,  Teodoro. 

ACAPULCO  (State  of  Guerrero) — Rodriguez  Castanon,  Antonio; 
Heredia,  Rosendo. 

AGUASCALIENTES  (State  of  Aguascalientes) — Avila,  Cipriano; 
Avila,  Jose  Maria;  Correa,  Salvador  E. ;  Cruz,  Fernando;  Castillo, 
Taide  L.  del;  Davalos,  Alberto  M.;  Diaz  Velez,  Antonio;  Escobar, 
Ventura;  Garibay,  Heraclio  Z.;  Gonzalez,  Cesareo;  Gonzalez,  Jose 
Maria;  Gonzalez,  Manuel;  Juarez,  Arcadio  H.;  Nara,  Alejandro  L.; 
Ramos,  Mariano;  Resendez,  Valentin;  Rios  Ibarrola,  Jgnacio;  Vala- 
dez,  Onofre;  Valdepena,  Hermion;  Villalobos,  Francisco  M. 

ATLIXCO  (State  of  Puebla) — Aguilar,  Ramon;  Martinez,  Carlos  M.; 
Rivadeneyra,  Bernardo;  Rodiles,  Octaviano. 

CAMPECHE  (State  of  Cauapeche) — Araoz,  Pablo  J.;  Aznar  Barba- 
chano,  Tomas;  Aznar,  Luis;  Bersunza,  Pedro  M.;  Caballero,  Lean- 
dro;  Estrada,  Fernando  D.  de;  Estrada  Breton,  Francisco;  Galeano, 
Fernando;  Martinez  Aloiuia,  Santiago;  Martinez  Lopez,  Francisco; 
Ramos  Saury,  Manuel;  Rivas,  Jose  L;  Rosado,  Prudencio  P.;  Sam- 
perio,  Manuel;  Urdapilleta,  Agustin. 

CELAYA  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Borja,  Vicente  M.;  Concha, 
Manuel;  Garcia,  Agustin;  Garcia,  Antonio;  Gutierrez,  Juan;  Mar. 
tinez,  Vicente;  Mendez,  Vicente;  Molina,  Francisco;  Munoz,  Hilario; 
Pardo,  Juan;  Solano,  Francisco;  Zendejas,  M. 

CHALCHICOMULA  (State  of  Puebla) — Arce,  Jose  Jesus;  Pinillos, 
Ignacio  M. 

CHIHUAHUA  (State  of  Chihuahua) — Bustamante,  Silvestre;  Flores 
Ignacio;  Granados,  Manuel  G. ;  Jaurrieta,  Romulo;  Munoz,  Carlos; 
Novoa,    E.;  Ochoa,  Pablo;  Ochoa,  Pedro;  Palacios,  Jesus    Maria; 
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L.EGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  405 

Pimentel,  R.;  Prieto,  Manuel;  Prieto,  P.  R.;  Rojas,  J.  J.;  Rojas 
Yertiz,  Carlos;  Seijas,  A. 

CHILPANCINGO  OR  CIUDAD  BRAVOS  (State  of  Guerrero) — Arrieta, 
Bernardo;  Castro,  Miguel;  Diez  de  Bonilla,  Agustin;  Hurtado,  Filo. 
meno;  Meza,  Nicolas;  Nieto,  Jesus;  Saavedra,  Silvanio;  Vascon- 
celos,  Dario. 

CIUDAD  GUERRERO  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Gonzalez,  Jose  de  la 
M.;  Ramirez,  Manuel;  Villareal,  Francisco  C. 

CIUDAD  JUAREZ,  OR  PASO  DEL  NORTE  (State  of  Chihuahua) — 
Inigo,  Nicolas  G.;  Najera,  Jesus  O.;  Seijas,  Felipe. 

COLIMA  (State  of  Colima) — Amador,  Jose  Maria;  Campero,  Severo; 
Castro,  Miguel  G.;  Madrid,  Enrique  O.;  Mendoza,  Jose  L.;  Otosco, 
Jose  J.;  Padilla,  Trinidad;  Pineda,  Francisco  S.;  Riestra,  Emiliano 
G.;  Riestra,  Mariano;  Rivera,  Manuel. 

CORDOBA  (State  of  Veracruz) — Castro,  Jose  F.  de;  Ceballos, 
Pedro  A.;  Corona,  Fernando  J.;  Gomez,  Manuel  A.;  Mantilla,  Se- 
vero; Maranon,  Hesiquio;  Mena,  Jose  M.;  Menclez,  Bernardo  H.; 
Munoz  Guerra,  Manuel;  Pena,  Victor;  Sariol,  Juan  B;  Talavera, 
Amado;  Torres  Platon,  M. 

CUERNAVACA  (State  of  Morelos) — Abarard,  Apolonio  G. ;  Alba, 
Jose  E. ;  Aragon,  Jose  M. ;  Aranjo,  Francisco;  Arechavala,  Epig- 
menio  de;  Arton  Araoz,  J.  A.;  Castillo,  Clemente;  Gutierrez,  Jose 
M.;  Masse,  Luis  Lopez;  Manjarres,  Ignacio;  Millan,  Florentine; 
Moctezuma,  Francisco  G.;  Noriega,  Luis  G.;  Obregon,  Carlos;  Or- 
vananes,  Francisco;  Pefla  y  Pena,  Ignacio  de  la;  Puebla,  Desiderio- 
Quinones,  Miguel;  Rendon,  Manuel  M.;  Rovelo,  CecilioA.;  Sanchez 
Laurel,  J.;  Segura,  Francijco  S.;  Valverde  Flores,  Jose;  Varela,  J. 
Luciano;  Vega,  Refugio  de  la. 

CULIACAN  (State  of  Sinaloa) — Bonilla,  Jesus;  Castelum,  Ignacio; 
Gaxiola,  Celso;  Gaxiola,  Jose  Maria;  Inzunza,  Manuel;  Malcampo, 
Francisco;  Monson,  Manuel;  Murua,  Antonio;  Paredes,  Evaristo; 
Portillo,  Carlos;  Ramos  Urrea,  Guillermo;  Rivas  Garcia,  Luis;  Sais 
Ignacio  A.;  Tapia,  Francisco;  Uriarte,  Domingo;  Velazquez,  Fran- 
cisco; Zazneta,  Heriblerto. 

DURANGO  (State  of  Durango) — Acosta,  Felipe;  Bermudez,  Julian ; 
Bermudez,  Manuel,  Briones,  Ignacio;  Cadaval,  Eduardo  G.;  Cor- 


406  LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

dero,  Rosendo;  Cincunegui,  Alberto;  Duran,  Rodrigo;  Enriquez, 
Dario;  Escobar  y  Cano,  Pedro;  Fernandez,  Luis;  Fernandez,  Sal- 
vador; Fernandez,  Tomas;  Hernandez,  Geronimo;  Hernandez  y 
Marin,  Juan;  Garza,  Ramiro  de  la;  Gomez,  Jacinto;  Lopez  Negrete, 
Ladislao;  Muguiro,  Antonio;  Muniz,  Saturnine;  Palacio,  Domingo; 
Palacio,  Luis;  Palacio,  Martin  G.;  Perea,  Jesus;  Pescador.  Rafael; 
Quesada,  Herculano;  Reyes,  Ruperto;  Rios  y  Valle,  Jesus;  Santo 
Marina,  Juan;  Saravia,  Erniliano  G.;  Saravia,  Enrique  G.;  Torre, 
Bernardo  de  la;  Torres  Ugarte,  Raul. 

ENSENADA  DE  TODOS  SANTOS  (Territory  of  Lower  California) — 
Caballero,  Maximiano;  Cadena,  Jesus  M.;  Chapital,  Cristobal;  Es- 
pinosa,  Francisco;  Lamadrid,  Grenaro;  Martinez.  Lopez,  P.;  Rojo, 
Jose  Clemente;  Spindola,  Jose  R.;  Uribe,  Juan  B.;  Vazquez,  Diego 
G. 

FRESNILLO  (State  of  Zacatecas) — Aguilar,  Jose  M.;  Hidalgo, 
Carlos  R.;  Martinez  Sotomayor,  Federico. 

GUADALAJARA  (State  of  Jalisco) — Alfaro,  Jose  Maria;  Anaya, 
Trinidad;  Anaya,  Matias;  Acero,  Julio;  Anaya  y  Aranda,  Ventura; 
Arroyo  de  Anda,  A.ndres;  Alatorre,  Esteban;  Arreola,  Enrique; 
Angulo,  Macario;  Aviles,  Aristeo  Rosalio;  Arce,  Rafael;  Apodaca, 
Pablo;  Bonilla,  Antonio;  Brihuega,  Salvador;  Brambila,  Felipe  N. ; 
Camarena,  Amado;  Camarena,  Francisco;  Camarena,  Jose  de  Jesus; 
Camarena,  Juan;  Cafiedo,  Genaro;  Canedo,  Jesus  Odilon;  Cafiedo, 
Salvador;  Casillas,  Canuto;  Castaneda,  Juan  de;  Castanos,  Fer- 
nando; Castro,  Norberto;  Castillo  y  Castillo,  Faustino;  Ceballos, 
Celso  G. ;  Coronado,  Mariano;  Degollado,  Emiliano;  Diaz  Velez, 
Magdaleno;  Echauri,  Bernardino;  Enciso,  Cenobio;  Espinosa,  Mon- 
roy,  Pedro;  Flores  Castillon,  Antonio;  Figueroa,  Ignacio;  Garcia, 
Gabriel;  Garcia,  Marcial;  Garcia,  Sancho  Francisco;  Garciadiego, 
Heraclio;  Garibay,  Jose  Maria;  Goyon,  Primivitivo;  Gomez,  Cruz 
Alberto;  Gomez  Luna,  Luis;  Gomez  Nuno,  Cipriano;  Gomez,  Tomas 
V.;  Gonzalez  Hermosillo,  Aurelio;  Gonzalez,  E.  Ignacio;  Gonzalez 
Palomar,  Francisco;  Gonzalez  Olivares,  Jose  Maria;  Gonzalez  Rubio, 
Rosendo;  Gutierrez,  Cipriano;  Gutierrez  Herraosillo,  Aurelio;  Gu- 
tierrez Hermosillo,  Roque;  Hernandez,  H.  Faustino;  Hita,  B.  Ra- 
fael; Lopez,  Manuel;  Lopez,  Pedro;  Lopez,  Rafael;  Lopez  Portillo, 
Jesus;  Lopez  Portillo  y  Rojas,  Jose;  Loreto,  Pablo  J.;  Larreategui, 


LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  407 

Francisco;  Mancilla,  Manuel;  Marmolejo,  Teodoro;  Martinez  Soto- 
mayor,  Antonio;  Matute,  Ignacio;  Mendez,  Panfilo;  Mijares  Anorga, 
Antonio;  Mirarnontes,  Valentin;  Morelos  Alcedo,  Ignacio;  Morelos, 
Antonio;  Morelos,  Cecilio;  Ocampo  Negrete,  Miguel;  Oliva,  Ramon; 
O'Reilly,  Francisco;  Ordaz,  Ignacio;  Parga,  Esteban;  Pares,  Enrique; 
Paros,  Salvador;  Perez,  Francisco;  Perez,  Martin;  Perez  Rubio,  Juan; 
Perez  Verdia,  Luis;  Ramirez,  B.  Genaro;  Rayon,  Ignacio;  Reyes, 
Luis;  Reyes,  Pablo;  Reyes,  Ventura;  Reyes  Zavala,  Joaquin;  Ries- 
tra,  Emiliano  G.;  Riestra,  Leopoldo  G. ;  Robles,  Emiliano;  Robles, 
Gil  Emeterio;  Romero,  Castulo;  Romero  Gil,  Hilarion;-  Romero 
Gomez,  Gregorio;  Romero,  Santiago;  Sanchez  Aldana,  Trinidad 
Santoscoy,  Jesus  D.;  Silva,  Joaquin;  Teran,  Andres;  Topete,  M. 
Francisco;  Torbolero,  Manuel  M.;  Ulloa,  Ambrosio;  Uribe,  Albino; 
Valencia,  Leopoldo;  Verea,  Jose;  Verea,  Luis;  Verea,  Miguel; 
Verea,  Trinidad;  Villa  Gordoa,  J.  N. ;  Villasenor,  Mauro;  Zavala 
Francisco  J.;  Zermeno,  Miguel. 

GUANAJUATO  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Albarran,  Ignacio;  Alco3er, 
Antonio;  Anaya,  Manuel;  Anchondo,  Juan;  Arizmendi,  Manuel; 
Carcoba,  Luis;  Chico,  Joaquin:  Chico,  Pablo;  Chico  Gonzalez, 
Joaquin;  Diaz  Infante,  Carlos;  Garcia,  Carlos;  Garcia,  Julio;  Guer- 
rero, Zenon;  Hernandez,  Joaquin;  Hernandez,  Pedro  Feliz;  Lazo, 
Agustin  M.;  Leal,  Manuel;  Liceaga,  Luis;  Lizirdi,  Manuel;  Luna, 
Manuel  G.;  Macias,  Natividad;  Obregon,  Agustin,  Obregon  Gon- 
zalez, Joaquin;  Ramirez,  Manuel;  Rincon  Alas,  Antonio  Carlos; 
Robles  Rocha,  Luis;  Rodriguez,  Miguel;  Tovar,  Andres;  Zermeno 
Narciso. 

GUAYMAS  (State  of  Sonora) — -Arteazaran,  Fernanda  M.;  Bernal, 
Eduardo;  Campillo,  M.;  Gaxiola,  Jesus  M.;  Marquez,  Jose  A.; 
Monteverde,  Jose;  Orozco,  Ricardo;  Parada,  Luis  G.;  Parada,  Ma- 
nuel R.;  Pelaez,  Ernesto;  Robinson,  Guillermo  H. 

HERMOSILLO  (State  of  Sonora) — Castafieda,  Luis;  Escobosa, 
David;  Monteverde,  Pedro;  Parada,  Manuel  R.;  Peralta,  Gabriel 
M.;  Rendon  y  Trava,  Nicanor;  Robles,  Serafico  J.;  Rodriguez,  Luis; 
Ulloa,  Jose  Enciso;  Velasco,  FJorencio. 

HIDALGO  DEL  PARRAL  (State  of  Chihuahua) — Anchondo,  Juan; 
Cortazar,  Joaquin;  Gomez  Luna,  Manuel;  Prieto,  Justo;  Quebrado, 
Jose  Maria;  Quevedo,  Jos6  Maria;  Rodriguez,  Miguel;  Valdes, 
Luis. 


408  LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

HUAMANTLA  (State  of  Tlaxcala) — Alvarez,  Juan;  Avila,  Rafael; 
Blanco,  Jose  Maria;  Covarrubias,  Felipe;  Diaz,  Calderon  M.;  En- 
cinas,  Antonio;  Gonzalez,  Mariano;  Mantilla,  Carlos;  Marquez,  J. 
M.  de  J.;  Toneblanca,  Miguel. 

IRAPUATO  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Alcantara,  Joaqnin;  Arroyo, 
Ignacio;  Galvan,  Pedro;  Tejeila,  Miguel;  Vargas,  Carlos;  Villal- 
pando,  Ignacio;  Vieyra,  Luis  G;  Villalobos,  Francisco. 

JALAPA  (State  of  Veracruz) — Aguilar,  Joaquin  G.;  Bermudez, 
jldefonso;  Calderon,  Luis  G. ;  Caraza,  Manuel  M.;  Casas  Souza,  Jose 
Maria;  Castro,  Manuel  Fernandez  de;  Cesar,  Jose  Joaquin;  Gorospe, 
Jose  Maria;  Hernandez,  Tranquilino;  Huidobro  de  Azua,  Miguel; 
Mantilla  Ortiz,  Ramon;  Medina,  Angel;  Morales  y  Suarez,  Miguel; 
Nogueira,  Benigno  D.;  Olmos,  Pedro  de  V.;  Rivadeneyra,  Jose 
Maria;  Rivadeneyra,  Luis;  Rivadeneyra,  Manuel  M. ;  Velazquez 
Domingnez,  Pedro. 

LA  BARCA  (State  of  Jalisco) — Gonzalez  Palomar,  Carlos;  Mora, 
Jesus;  Mora,  Jose  Maria;  Ordaz,  Ignacio;  Perez,  Martin;  Rodriguez, 
Alejo;  Roman,  Fernando;  Sotomayor,  Narciso. 

LAGOS,  SAN  JUAN  DE  LOS  (State  of  Jalisco) — Alba  y  Alba,  Miguel; 
Cam po,  Manuel  M. ;  Mufioz,  Mariano;  Romo  Gallardo,  J.;  Perez, 
Ruperto;  Zermeno,  Miguel. 

LA  PAZ  (Territoiy  of  Lower  Califoi'nia) — Canalizo,  Antonio; 
Espinosa,  Wenceslao;  Galindo  Ocampo,  Clemen te;  Mendoza,  Luis; 
Molina,  Andres:  Rivas,  Eduardo;  Rojas,  Jacobo;  Ruano,  Pedro; 
Toba,  Fernando  de  la;  Velasco,  German. 

LEON  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Aranda  Diaz,  Jose;  Esquivel  Obre- 
gon,  Toribio;  Godinez,  Benigno;  Guerrero,  Aten6jenes;  Herrera, 
Manuel;  Lopez  de  Lara,  Joaquin;  Lopez,  Baudelio;  Mufioz  Ledo, 
Manuel;  Martinez,  Mariano;  Mendoza,  Miguel;  Rocha  Portu,  Joa- 
quin; Torres  Septien,  Juan;  \"aldivia,  Juan  A.;  Valdivia,  Diodoro 
G.;  Villa,  Pablo. 

LINARES  (State  of  Nuevo  Leon) — Benitez  Leal,  Pedro;  Buentello, 
Francisco;  Gonzalez,  Juan  B.;  Suarez,  Santiago  A. 

MATAMOROS  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Alva,  Pedro  R.  de;  Aragon, 
Leon;  Canedo,  Jorge;  Chapa,  Refugio:  Cortazar,  Joaquin;  Davila, 
Hermenegildo;  Emparam,  Miguel;  Guerra,  Francisco;  Mainero,  Jose 


LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  409 

C.;  Martinez  Caceres,  Arturo:  Mendiola,  Manuel;  Peza,  Manuel  de 
la;  Siller  de  las  Fuentes,  Isaac.  • 

MAZATLAN  (State  of:  Sinaloa) — Alcalde,  Francisco  C.;  Gaona,  La- 
dislao;  Galan,  Carlos  F.,  Moreno,  Jose  L.;  Padilla,  Pedro  S. ;  Perez 
Gomez,  Jose  de  la  Luz;  Pulido,  Albino;  Bio,  Jesus  H.;  Lopez  Santoyo, 
D.;  Salcedo,  Francisco  J.;  Urrea,  David  A.;  Valencia,  Leopoldo. 

MERIDA  (State  of  Yucatan) — Ancona,  Eligio;  Baqueiro,  Serapio, 
Boleo,  Rafael;  Canton,  Francisco  Rosado;  Canton,  Rudolfo  G.;  Car- 
rillo,  Fabian;  Castellanos,  Higinio;  Castillo,  Manzanilla  M.;  Castro, 
Jose  Jesus;  Cicerol,  Manuel;  Correa  Cauto,  Jose;  Esquivel,  Juan  A.; 
Garcia,  Pablo;  Gomez,  Ignacio;  Gonzalez,  Genaro;  Gonzalez,  Jose 
Dionisio;  Guerra,  Antonio;  Herrera,  Juan  Jose;  Hijuelos,  Pruden- 
cio;  Irigoyen,  Liborio;  Manzanilla,  Alvino;  Meneses,  Manuel;  Mo- 
lina, J.  Demetrio;  Molina,  Olegario;  Molina  Solis,  Manuel;  Molina 
Sol  is,  Juan  Francisco;  Monareal,  Agustin;  Monforte,  ZeferinoJ 
Patron,  Joaquin;  Ponce  y  Pont,  Bei'nardo;  Rendon,  Serapio;  Ren; 
don  Alcocer,  Julio;  Rivero  Figueroa,  Jose  D.;  Rivero,  Miguel- 
Rivero  Trava,  Miguel;  Rubio  Alpuche,  Nestor;  Rubio,  Sebastian; 
Sales  Zepfda,  Manuel;  Vales,  Dario. 

MEXICO,  CITY  OF  (Federal  District) — Aguilar,  Jesus  Maria; 
Alaman,  Juan  B.;  Alaman,  Sebastian;  Alfaro,  Francisco;  Algara, 
Jose;  Alva,  Ramon  L.;  Alvarado,  Aniceto;  Alvarez  de  la  Cuadra, 
D.;  Alvarez,  Francisco;  Anda  y  Siliceo,  Manuel;  Araoz,  Joaquin  de 
J.;  Arellano,  Alberto;  Arroyo  de  Anda,  Agustin;  Artigas,  Francisco; 
Balandrano,  Antonio  Z.;  Barra,  F.  de  la;  Barra,  Lauro;  Barreda; 
Antonio;  Barrena,  Ffancisco;  Barrena,  Jose  J.;  Batis,  Jose  Maria' 
Bejarano,  Pedro;  Bermejo,  Manuel;  Blasco,  Ramon;  Boija,  Manuel; 
Bribiesca,  Juan;  Buemostro,  Manuel;  Bulman,  Jose  Francisco; 
Burgoa,  Ignacio;  Bustamante,  Pedro;  Cancino,  Salvador:  Canton, 
Bmilio  G.;  Cafias  y  Rodriguez,  Antonio;  Cardenas,  Ramon;  Careaga? 
Alberto;  Casasus,  Joaquin  D. ;  Caso,  Enrique;  Castafieda  y  Najera, 
Vidal;  Castellanos,  Jose  Maria;  Castillo,  Jose  Mariano;  Castillo 
Velasco,  J.  M.;  Castillo,  Victor  Manuel;  Castro,  J.  Agustin  de; 
Castro,  Francisco  de  P.;  Cervantes  Milanes,  J.  M.;  Chavarria,  J. 
J.;  Chavero,  Alfredo;  Cicero,  Ricardo;  Cicero,  Belisario;  Collantes, 
Pedro;  Contreras,  Samuel;  Corchado,  Jose  D.;  Cortazar,  Francisco; 
Cortazar,  Miguel;  Cosio,  Francisco  de  P.;  Cuevas,  Jose  de  Jesus; 


410  LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Davalos,  Manuel  Maria;  Davis,  Andres;  Delgado,  Vicente;  Diaz  Ba- 
rreiro,  J.  M.;  Diaz  Barreiro,  Pedro;  Diaz  Gonzalez,  Prisciliano; 
Donde,  Rafael;  Dublan,  Adolfo;  Dublan,  Juan;  Duran,  Ignacio; 
Duran,  Jose  E.;  Duret,  F.;  Eguia,  Lis  J.;  Elguero,  Luis;  Elizalde, 
Octavio;  Enciso,  Crecensio;  Enriquez,  Gumesindo;  Espana,  Jesus  R.; 
Esparza,  Juan  R.;  Estrada,  Leandro;  Ezquerro,  Eugenic;  Feria,  Ig- 
nacio Maria:  Fernandez,  Justino;  Fortufio,  Leonardo;  Frias,  Marcelino; 
Galindo  y  Pimentel,  Juan;  Gamboa,  Jose  Mai-ia;  Garay,  Jose  Maria; 
GordillOjManuel;  Gomez  Parada,Manuel;  Gomez  Parada,  Vicente;  Go- 
mez, Rafael;  Gonzalez,  Alcantara,  Vicente;  Gonzalez  Urquiza,  Luis; 
Gonzalez  de  la  Vega,  T. ;  Guerrero,  Pablo;  Gutierrez,  Ernesto;  Gutierrez 
Otero,  Luis;  Hernandez,  Juan;  Hernandez,  Telesforo;  Herrera,  R. ; 
Icaza,  Alberto;  Icaza,  Jesus;  Icaza,  Joaquin;  Icaza,  Juan  Rafael;  Ig~ 
lesias,  Eduardo;  Islas, Gabriel  Maria;  Izaguirre,  M.  M.;  Juarez,  Toil- 
bio;  Juarez.  Juan  de  Dios;  Labastida,  Luis;  Lancaster  Jones,  Alfonso; 
Landa,  Jose  Maria;  Lara,  M.;  Lascurain,  Pedro;  Lazo,  Agustin; 
Legarreta,  Jose  L.;  Lelo  de  Larrea,  Enrique;  Limon,  Claudio; 
Linares,  Rafael;  Llerena,  Francisco  de  A.;  Lombardo,  Alberto; 
Lombardo,  Manuel;  Lozano,  Jose  Maria;  Lozano  y  Echevarria,  J.; 
Luna  Lara,  Pascual;  Macedo,  Miguel;  Macedo,  Pablo;  Maldonado, 
Aurelio;  Martel,  Joaquin;  Martinez,  Agustin;  Martinez  del  Rio, 
Pablo;  Martinez  del  Campo,  R. ;  Martinez,  Victor  Jose;  Marquez, 
Benigno;  Mateos,  Juan  A.;  Medina,  Jose  Maria;  Menclez,  Luis; 
Monroy,  Ernilio;  Monterde,  Antonio;  Morales,  Medina  F. ;  Moran, 
Antonio  Agustin;  Moran,  Manuel  S.;  Muriel,  R.  B.;  Nicoli,  Jose 
Patricio;  Nicolin  y  Echanove,  M.;  Noriega  y  Malo,  Agustin;  Nunez, 
Roberto;  Obregon,  Ramon;  Ocampo  y  Arellano,  Ignacio;  Olmedo  y 
Llama,  Jose;  Ortega  y  Fonseca,  Jose,  Otero  Avila,  Francisco; 
Padilla,  Lucio;  Palacios,  Alberto  L. ;  Palacio,  J.  N.  del;  Pallares, 
Jacinto;  Palma,  Luis  G.;  Pardo,  Emilio;  Pardo  Jr.,  Emilio;  Pardo, 
Rafael;  Paz,  Arturo;  Paz,  Ireneo;  Perez  Jardon,  Gregorio;  Perez, 
Luis  G.;  Prida  y  Arteaga,  R.;  Ramirez,  Jose  Hipolito;  Ramos, 
Joaquin  Antonio;  Reyes  Retana,  Tomas;  Rivera  y  Rio,  Agustin; 
Robert,  Cipriano;  Rodriguez,  Agustin;  Rodriguez,  Francisco;  Ro- 
driguez de  S.  Miguel,  Javier;  Rojas,  Rafael;  Romero,  Roman;  Sala- 
zar  y  Murphy,  J.  M.;  Sanchez  Gavito,  I.;  Sanchez  Castro,  Pedro; 
Sanchez  y  Sanchez,  Roman;  San  Roman,  Genaro;  Segura,  Fernando; 
Segura  Francisco,  de  P.;  Seplilveda,  Francisco;  Serralde,  Francisco 


LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  411 

A.;  Sierra  y  Ontiveros,  Julian;  Sierra,  Justo;  Silva,  Jose  Maria; 
Souterville,  A.  de  P.;  Suarez,  Carlos  D.;  Tabera,  Francisco  de  P.; 
Taboada,  Manuel;  Tamborrel,  Carlos;  Tornel,  Luis  G. ;  Valdez, 
Arnado;  Vallarta,  Ignacio  L. ;  Valle,  I.  J. ;  Valleto,  Enrique;  Vasquez 
Tagle,  M. ;  Vega,  Fernando;  Velazquez,  Luis;  Verdugo,  Agustin; 
Vertiz  y  Fagoaga,  Antonio;  Vicario,  Ramon;  Villamar,  Aniceto; 
Villar,  Luis  G.;  Villarelo,  Juan  de  Dios;  Vinas,  Eduardo;  ZaLJivar, 
Jose  Maria;  Zayas,  Pablo. 

MONTEREY  (State  of  Nuevo  Leon) — Alvarado,  Crescencio;  Bena- 
vides,  N.  de;  Chapa,  Cristobal;  Cirlos,  Francisco;  Davila,  H. ;  Floras, 
Isidoro;  Galindo,  Ignacio;  Garza  Flores,  Jesus;  Garza  Trevino,  Jose 
Angel;  Gomez  Valdez,  Francisco;  Guajardo,  Buenaventura;  Lozano, 
Carlos;  Maldonado,  Ismael  P.;  Martinez,  Jose  Angel;  Reyes,  Fran- 
cisco E.;  Roel,  Teodoro;  Trevino,  Ramon;  Trevino,  Vicente  B. 

MORELIA  (State  of  Michoacan) — Aldayturriaga,  Jose  M.;  Arroyo, 
Antonio  M.;  Ban-era,  Joaquin;  Bravo,  Jose  M.;  Brena,  Francisco; 
Caballero,  Luis  G.;  Campuzano,  Jose  M.;  Cano,  Francisco;  Carranza, 
Antonio;  Carredo,  Mariano;  Castro,  Jose  M.;  Dominguez,  Vicente; 
Elguero,  Francisco;  Estrada,  Antonio  de;  Estrada,  Francisco  de; 
Garcia  Seiva,  Vicente;  Garmendia,  Angel;  Gonzalez,  Francisco 
W.;  Gonzalez  Gutierrez,  Luis;  Giiido,  Jose  Trinidad;  Gutierrez 
Antonio;  Herrejon,  Francisco  B.;  Huarte,  Isidro;  Ibarrolar 
Antonio;  Infante,  Juan  M.;  Laris  Contreras,  Mariano;  Laris? 
Mariano  G. ;  Lemus  Olafieta,  Felix;  Leon  Cortez,  Fernando; 
Lopez,  Nestor;  Maciel,  Vicente;  Martinez,  Fernando;  Men- 
dez,  Esteban;  Monge,  Francisco;  Montafto,  Ramiro  Francisco; 
Moral  y  Peredo,  Antonio  del;  Ojeda,  Jose  M.;  Ortega,  Fermin;  Or- 
tiz Domingo;  Ortiz,  Pascual;  Oviedo  Alzua,  Manuel;  Padilla,  Angel; 
Padilla,  Matias;  Paramo,  Zeferino;  Perez  Gil,  Francisco;  Perez 
Morelos,  Francisco;  Pino,  Francisco  de  P.;  Ramirez  Gonzalez,  An- 
tonio; Rarrios,  Manuel;  Reynoso,  Gregorio;  Rodriguez  Gil,  Jose  M.; 
Rubio,  Juan  B.;  Santoyo,  Francisco;  Torres,  Mariano  de  J. ;  Tre- 
vino, Macario;  Valdes,  Luis  B. ;  Valdes,  Luis  R.;  Zavala,  Francisco 
de  P.;  Zavala,  Luis  G. 

NUEVO  LAREDO  (State  of  Tarnaulipas)— Cardenas,  Rafael;  Gon- 
zalez, Amado;  Guerrero,  Rafael;  Morales  Elisondo,  Pedro;  Salnzar, 
Dionisio;  Silva,  Hilario  C.;  Trevino,  Vicente  B.;  Valdez,  Rosendo. 


412  LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

OAXACA  (State  of  Oaxaca) — Artristain,  J. ;  Belmar,  Francisco; 
Castro,  Carlos;  Iturribarria,  Jose;  Mendez,  G. ;  Perez,  Luis;  San- 
doval,  Federico;  Torres,  G. ;  Unda,  Jose  S. 

ORIZABA  (State  of  Veracruz) — Aguilar,  Agustin;  Azcoytia,  Giro; 
Corona,  Fructuoso;  Hernandez  y  Carrasco,  Francisco;  Lara,  Fran- 
cisco V.;  Landero  y  Pasquil,  Jose;  Moreno,  Aniceto;  Moreno, 
Daniel;  Moreno  Cora,  Silvestre;  Rioseco,  Ignacio  A.;  Vallejo, 
Vicente;  Villegas,  Antonio  R. ;  Villegas,  Manuel. 

PACHUCA  (State  of  Hidalgo) — Arciniega, Ignacio;  Arciniega.Fian- 
cisco  de  P.  Anduaga,  Simon;  Andrade,  Adalberto  G. ;  Armino> 
Adolfo;  Barredo,  Enrique;  Blancas,  Ignacio;  Bravo,  Manuel;  Flores, 
Miguel;  Gom  ez,  Buenaventura;  Hernandez,  Francisco;  Mancera, 
Tonias;  Ortega,  Manuel;  Sanchez  Mejorada,  Carlos. 

PATZCUARO  (State  of  Michoacan) — Alcazar,  Eduardo;  Cortes> 
Octaviano;  Medrano,  Martin;  Mier,  Rafael;  Pacheco,  Juan  N.; 
Meredo,  Manuel;  Paramo,  Jose  Maria;  Peredo,  Manuel. 

PROGEESO  (State  of  Yucatan) — Espinosa,  Antonio;  Irigoyen, 
Santiago. 

PUEBLA  (State  of  Puebla) — Aguilar,  Rafael;  Aldave,  Manuel; 
Alvarez,  Emilio;  Armora,  Luis  G. ;  Azcue,  Serafin;  Baez,  Carlos; 
Barrales,  Manuel;  Barrueta,  Fernando;  Barroso,  Samuel;  Beistegui, 
Felix;  Beistegui,  Francisco;  Beristain,  Jesus;  Brito,  Luis;  Carrasco, 
Juan  B.;  Carreto,  Manuel;  Diaz,  Jose  Maria;  Daza,  Luis  G.; 
Espindola,  Carmen;  Escobar,  Eligio;  Fernandez,  Agustin;  Grajales, 
Joaquin;  Herrera,  Juan;  Lozano,  Tomas;  Lopez,  Jos6  de  J.;  Limon, 
Miguel;  Martinez,  A.;  Martinez,  Modesto  R.;  Mercado,  Ignacio; 
Morales,  Eoiilio;  Palacios,  Juan;  Perez  Marin,  Antonio;  Ponton, 
Mariano;  Quintana,  Juan  N. ;  Quintana,  Ignacio;  Quintero,  Angel; 
Rangel,  Esteban;  Rivadeneyra,  Mariano;  Rodriguez,  Joaquin  Julio; 
Sandoval,  Miguel;  Seoane,  Primitive;  Tello,  Antonio;  Toledo, 
Ricardo;  Vital,  Manuel. 

QUERETARO  (State  of  Queretaro) — Agnilar,  Antonio;  Altamirano, 
Rodrigo;  Arcaute,  Norberto  F.;  Arteaga,  Jose  Maria;  Arteaga,  Luis 
G.;  Balvanera,  Juan;  Barbosa,  Jesus;  Barrera,  Florentine;  Basal- 
dua,  Filemon;  Burgos,  Adalberto;  Burgos, Carlos;  Camacho,  Enrique; 
Camacho,  Julian;  Cobo,  M.  Francisco;  Diaz,  Aurelio;  Frias,  Juan  N.; 
Garcia,  Encarnacion; Garcia,  Juan;  Gonzalez,  German;Guerra,  Juven- 


LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO.  413 

tino;  Guevara,  Ramon;  Hernandez,  Antonio;  Hernandez,  Francisco; 
Hernandez,  Guadalupe;  Hernandez,  Mariano;  Yanes,  Juan;  Islas, 
Antonio;  Jauregui,  Ignacio;  Larrondo,  Sebastian;  Lopez,  Eduardo; 
Lugue,  Antonio;  Llata,  Antonio;  Maldonado,  Luis  E. ;  Martinez, 
Juan;  Medina,  Jesus;  Monsalve,  Jesus  E.;  Munecas,  Jose;  Mufioz 
Manuel;  Olivera,  Fausto;  Olivera,  Francisco;  Ortiz,  Monasterio  Jose; 
Pozo,  Agapito;  Pozo,  Jesus;  Pimentel,  Mariano;  Reynoso,  Benito; 
Reynoso,  Manuel;  Rodriguez,  Juan  B.;  Ruiz,  Alfonso;  Septien,  Al- 
fonso; Suirob,  Carlos;  Suirob,  Emiliano;  Tejada,  Manuel  Velasco; 
Trejo,  Eugenio;  Trejo,  Rafael;  Vazquez,  Manuel  Legorreta;  Vazquez, 
"Jose  Marroguin;  Vega,  Juan;  Vega,  Prospero  C.;  Venegas,  Juan; 
Vera,  Eugenio;  Vera,  Manuel;  Veraza,  Francisco  H.;  Villalpando, 
Francisco;  Zenteno,  Gustavo. 

ROSARIO  (State  of  Sinaloa) — Choya,  Manuel  L.;  Perez  Arce, 
Daniel;  Rodriguez,  Salido;  Rodriguez,  Dionisio. 

SALAMANCA  (State  of  Guanajuato)  —  Espinosa,  Jesus;  Ojeda,  In- 
dalecio;  Ortega,  Mai-cos;  Vallejo,  Luis  G. 

SALTILLO  (State  of  Coahuila) — Aguirre,  Ingenio  M.;  Figueroa, 
Hermenegildo;  Flores,  Manuel;  Flores,  Ramon;  Fuente,  Antonio 
de  la;  Garcia,  Arnulfo;  Gomez  Cardenas,  Miguel;  Hermosillo, 
Francisco  G.;  Lopez,  Manuel;  Munoz,  Mauro;  Muzquiz,  Jose  Maria; 
Ramos.  Francisco  de  P.;  Rodriguez,  Bias;  Sada,  Francisco;  Sanchez 
Pena,  Mariano;  San  Miguel,  Eulalio;  Valerio,  Gabriel. 

SALVATIERRA  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Avaiza,  Rafael;  Guzman,  Ri- 
cardo;  Inclan,  Manuel;  Jimenez,  Jose  Maria;  Vera,  Agustin;  Vital, 
Antonio;  Yepes,  Rafael;  Zuriaga,  Clicerio. 

SAN  BLAS  (Territory  of  Tepic) — Arroniz,  Francisco;  Hernandez, 
Nestor. 

SAN  CRISTOBAL  LAS  CASAS  (State  of  Chiapas) — Castillo,  Miguel; 
Castillo,  Pedro;  Castro,  Lauro;  Flores,  Jesus;  Gutierrez,  Rafael; 
Hernandez,  Rosario;  Paniagua,  F.;  Pena,  Joaquin;  Robles,  Clemente; 
Rojas,  Herminio;  Ruiz,  Jose. 

SAN  JUAN  BAUTISTA  (State  of  Tabasco) — Alonsias,  Adolf o  G. ; 
Alvarez  Nieto,  Ramon;  Becerra  Fabre,  Romulo;  Burelo,  Jose  Maria 
Burelo,  Marcelino;  Brito,  Rodolfo;  Camacho,  Higinio;  Capetillo; 
Francisco;  Carrillo,  Serapio;  Castellanos,  Gregorio;  Castro,  Carlos 
Maria;  Garcia  Montero,  Jose;  Gonzalez,  Aurelio;  Hernandez,  An- 


414  LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

tonio;  Lacroix,  Manuel;  Mohens,  Quericlo;  Padron  Reyes,  Antonio; 
Pairo,  Jose  E.;  Parra,  Simon;  Pedrei-o,  Mariano;  Pellicer,  Francisco; 
Presenda  Sanchez,  Luis;  Rojas,  Olivio;  Sanchez  Marmol,  Manuel; 
Santana,  Justo  Cecilio;  Sanz,  M.  A.;  Susarte,  Gustave  A. 

SAN  JUAN  DE  GUADALUPE  (State  of  Durango) — Olvera,  Jose  Maria; 
Perea,  Jesus. 

LAGOS  (State  of  Jalisco) — Cabral,  Manuel;  Galvan,  Basilio;  Ga- 
ll arclo,Filiberto,  MartnolejoT.;  Sanroman,  J.M. ;  Zermefio,  Leonardo. 

SAN  JUAN  DEL  Rio  (State  of  Queretaro) — Ballesteros,  Vicente; 
Basurto,  Nicolas;  Olivos,  Lorenzo;  Trejo,  Anastasio. 

SAN  Luis  POTOSI  (State  of  San  Luis  Potosi) — Adame,  Eduardo 
Rodriguez;  Alba,  Alonso  de;  Alba,  Juan  F.  de;  Aguirre,  Jose  Maria! 
Ayala,  Juan  F.;  Borja,  Antonio  M. ;  Campos,  Edmundo;  Castro, 
Edmundo;  Chavira,  Santiago;  Cosio,  Enrique;  Debora,  Antonio; 
Fernandez,  Jesus  M.;  Gama,  Francisco;  Gauia,  Jesus;  Gutierrez, 
Francisco  L.;  Hernandez,  Manuel;  Hoyo,  Tomas  del;  Ibarra,  Ale- 
jandro; Jimenez,  J.  de  Jesus;  Jimenez,  Serapio;  Margain,  Adolfo; 
Martinez,  Manuel;  Medina,  Manuel;  Mendoza,  Pedro;  Melendez, 
Jesus;  Moctezuma,  Jose  L. ;  Mendoza,  Pedro;  Moreno,  Guillermo; 
Nava,  Fortunate;  Nava,  Jose  H.;  Ordaz,  Eruilio;  Palau,  Mariano; 
Pedroza,  Arnulfo;  Pellegrin,  Carlos  A.;  Portillo,  Silvestre  L. ; 
Ramos,  Ramon;  Rangel,  Santiago;  Reyes,  Florencio;  Rodriguezj 
Intonio  de  P.;  Ruelas,  Juan  N. ;  Sandoval,  Manuel;  Soto,  Conrado 
D.;  Soto,  Jesus  H.;  Sonsa,  Francisco;  Valadez,  Francisco  M.;  Vaz- 
quez, Lamberto;  Vega,  Jose;  Velazquez,  Primo  F.;  Villalobos, 
Jacobo;  Villalobos,  Joaquin;  Zarsoza,  Francisco;  Zepeda,  Zenon. 

SOMBRERETE  (State  of  Zacatecas) — Alvarez,  Adolfo;  Bonilla,  An- 
tonio; Bracho,  Manuel;  Cuevas,  Aurelio. 

TAMPICO  (State of  Tamaulipas) — Aleman,  Ramon;  Arriola,  Ramon; 
Arce,  J.  Nicolas;  Gomez  Gil,  Pantaleon;  Ortiz,  Modesto;  Resales, 
Ramon;  Valle,  Joaquin  del. 

TEHUACAN  (State  of  Puebla) — Carrillo,  F.  de  Jesus;  Diaz,  Nef- 
tali  M.;  Gomez  Leon,  Jose;  Gonzalez,  Daniel;  Isla,  Manuel;  Montiel, 
Trinidad;  Tagle,  Juan;  Uriarte  y  Tamayo,  Jose  Maria. 

TEPIC  (Territory  of  Tepic) — Alarcon,  Juan;  Andrade  (hijo), 
Eduardo;  Andrade,Tomas;  Arias,Eustaquio;  Garcia  Esteves, Antonio; 
Gomez  Monroy,  Aurelio;  Gomez  Virgen,  Manuel;  Ibarra,  Fernando 
S.j  Martinez  Ochoa,  Ignacio;  Meza,  Jose  A.;  Moreno,  Jose  A.; 
Munoz  Ruiz,  Nicolas;  Narvaez,  Alfredo;  Pesquera,  Carlos;  Ponce  de 


LEGAL  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  415 

Leon,  Guillermo  A.;  Susarrey,  Luis  J. ;  Valadez,  Roberto;  Zaragoza, 
Antonio. 

TLAXCALA  (State,  of  Tlaxcala)— Calva,  Manuel;  Ctiellar,  Jose 
Espejel,  Jose  Maria;  Guerra,  Raymundo;  Maldonado,  Agustin; 
Rojas,  Trinidad;  Velasquez,  Basilio. 

TOLUCA  (State  of  Mexico) — Aguado  y  Barron,  M.;  Beltran,  Lino 
M.;  Cobos,  Miguel;  Estrada,  Juan;  Garcia,  Alberto;  Garcia  Luna, 
Joaquin;  Gorostidas,  Melquiades;  Lazcano,  Agustin;  Martinez, 
Jose;  Miranda,  Pascual;  Portillo,  Ruperto;  Pliego  y  Perez,  Miguel; 
Reyes,  Manuel;  Rodriguez,  Vicente  M.;  Sierra,  Feliciano  B.;  So- 
brino,  Luis;  Suarez,  Carlos;  Uribe,  Romualdo;  Valdez,  Luis;  Vicen- 
cio,  Celso;  Villarelo,  Felipe;  Villada,  Eduardo;  Villa vicencio,  Arca- 
dio;  Zamora,  Camilo;  Zuniga,  Teodoro;  Zubieta,  Jose  Maria. 

VERA  CRUZ  (State  of  Veracruz) — Alcolea,  Leandro  M.;  Carazaj 
Jose  Miguel;  Dominguez,  Jose  E. ;  Freysunier,  Eduardo;  Jime- 
enez  XJnda,  Enrique;  Juenero,  Leopoldo;  Garcia  Mendez,  Manuel; 
Gomez,  Jose;  Jauregui,  J.;  Lopez,  Manuel;  Manero,  J.  M. ;  Obre- 
gon,  Guillermo;  Preen,  Jose  Gil;  Pizarro  Suarez,  Nicolas;  Reyes  Tor- 
res, Enrique;  Requena,  Luis;  Rodriguez,  Ricardo;  Valdez,  Miguel. 

VILLA  LERDO  (State  of  Durango) — Arrieta,  Hernandez;  Alva, 
Miguel ;  Fernandez,  Esteban;  Sarinana,  T. 

ZAMORA  (State  of  Michoacan) — Alvarez,  Hilario;  Alejos,  V.; 
Cedeno,  Antonio;  Duenas,  Jose  Maria;  Echeverria,  Gonzalo;  Garcia, 
Francisco  C.;  Mendez,  Demetrio;  Mendez,  Nicolas;  Ortega,  Eu- 
sebio;  Padilla,  Luis  G.;  Perez,  Jose  Maiia;  Rio,  J.  Antonio  del; 
Trujillo,  Manuel;  Verduzco,  Manuel;  Verduzco,  Mariano. 

ZACATECAS  (State  of  Zacatecas) — Aguilar,  Jose  M.;  Aguilar,  Luis; 
Aguilar,  Tranquilino;  Aranda,  Benjamin;  Arteaga,  Cayetano;  Ar- 
teaga,  Herminio;  Carrillo,  Eusebio;  Castelvi,  Rafael  S.;  Castro, 
Ignacio;  Cueyas,  Luciano;  Echevarria,  Jose  Maria;  Enriquez,  Trini- 
dad; Escobedo,  Enrique;  Gutierrez,  Jesus;  Hoyo,  Ramon  del;  Leon, 
Francisco;  Lopez,  Macedonio;  Leal,  Heraclio  R. ;  Macias,  Manuel; 
Medina  Barron,  Francisco;  Moreno,  Fernando;  Navarrete,  Pedro; 
Orozco,  Wistano;  Piedras,  Rafael;  Puente,  Manuel;  Rojas,  Isidro; 
Rojas,  Francisco;  Rueda,  Alberto;  Ruiseco,  Juan;  Sanchez,  Mariano; 
Sandoval,  Bernardo  R.;  Sandoval,  Francisco;  Seniceros,  Rafael; 
Soto,  Jesus;  Soto,  Manuel;  Torres,  Julian ;  Tenorio,  Francisco; 
Valdez,  Jesus;  Velasco,  Luis;  Viramontes,  Luis  G.;  Zezati,  Fran- 
cisco. 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  THE  LEADING  CITIES 
OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 


ACAMBARO  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Groceries  and  provisions — 
Alvarez,  Hermenegildo;  Alcala,  Jesus;  Alvarez  Errejon,  .Rafael;  Ar- 
reola,  Hipolito;  Flores,  Jesus;  Maya,  Saturnine  G. ;  Maya,  Francisco 
G. ;  Munoz.  Eufrasio;  Rivera,  Adolfo;  Tinoeo,  Epitucio;  Troncoso, 
Jesus  M.;  Uiibai-rien,  Jesus.  Drugs — Ochoa,  German;  Samano, 
Francisco.  Dry  goods — Arreola  Hipolito;  Duran,  Refugio;  Her- 
nandes,  Genaro;  Maya,  Francisco  G.  Commission  merchants — 
Maya,  Francisco  G.;  Saavedra,  Rafael.  Hardware — Duenas,  Pris- 
ciliano.  Sewing  machines — Lopez,  Enrique. 

ACAPULCO  (State  of  Guerrero) — Arms  and  ammunition — Alzu- 
yeta  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.  Banks  and  Bankers — 
Banco  cle  Londres  and  Mexico;  Alzuyeta  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Fer- 
nandez y  Ca.,  B. ;  Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Books  and  stationery — 
Alzuyeta  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Fernandez  y  Ca..  B. ;  Pintos,  Antonio;  Ro- 
driguez, Ignacio;  Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Commission  merchants — 
Alzuyeta  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Andraca,  Luis;  Arozemena,  J.;  Bello,  Her- 
nianos;  Caamano,  Eduardo  M. ;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B. :  Kastan,  Pedro; 
Lobato,  Aristeo;  Mendiola,  Jose;  Stoll,  German;  Uruftuela  y  Ca., 
P.  Drugs — Butron,  Antonio;  Link,  Sucr;  Posada,  Roberto  S. 
Dry  goods — Alzuyeta  Hnos.  y  Ca.;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.;  Bello  Her- 
manos;  Caamano,  Eduardo  M.;  Cordova,  Ramon  C. ;  Mendiola, 
Jose;  Rodriguez,  Ignacio;  Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Fancy  goods — Al- 
zuyeta Hnos.  y  Ca.;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.;  Rodriguez,  Ignacio; 
Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Glassware — Alzuyeta  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Fernandez 
y  Ca.,  B.;  Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Groceries — Arozemena,  J. ;  Bello 
Hnos.;  Bustos,  Antonio;  Caamano^ Eduardo  M.;  Celis,  Ernesto  G. ; 
Cordova,  Ramon  C.;  Cuevas,  Joaquin;  Liquidano,  Faustino;  Liqui- 
dano,  Herlindo  O.;  Maresco,  Jose;  Moreno,  Jose  Maria;  Olvera, 
Luis;  Payno,  Isabel  G.  de;  Pintos,  Antonio;  Rodriguez,  Ignacio; 
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MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  417 

Rivera,  Marcial;  Villamar,  Francisco;  Valeriano,  Juan;  Vizcaino, 
Aureliano.  Hardware — Alzuyeta  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Fernandez  y  Ca. 
B.;  Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Importers  of  groceries — Alzuyeta  y  Ca. ; 
Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B. ;  Mendiola,  Jose;  Urufiuela  y  Ca.,  P.  Import- 
ers and  exporters — Alzuyeta  y  Ca.;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.;  Urufiuela 
y  Ca.,  P. '  Ironware,  dealers  and  manufacturers — Fernandez  y  Ga., 
B.;  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company.  Jewelers — Bermudez,  Pablo 
C. ;  Martinez,  Panfilo;  .Ramirez,  Gumesindo;  Tellechea,  Ignacio. 
Manufacturers  and  dealers  in  boots  and  shoes — Arevalo,  Enrique; 
Cardona,  J.  Encarnacion.  Manufacturers,  brick — Canales,  Fran- 
cisco; Martinez,  Francisco;  Villamar,  Francisco.  Manufacturers, 
cotton  goods  —Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.  Manufacturers,  cotton,  linen 
and  woolen  goods — Bello  Hnos.:  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.  Manufac- 
turers, soap — Pinto,  Antonio.  Sewing  machines — Mazzini,  Angel. 
Tailors — Elias  y  Tavares;  Piza,  Victor.  Tobacco  dealers — Alzu- 
yeta Hnos.  y  Ca.;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B.;  Urunuela  y  Ca.,  P.;  Villa- 
mar,  F.  Unclassified  merchants — Loughery,  W.  Robert;  Oetling 
Gericke  y  Ca.  Watchmakers  and  silversmiths — Bermudez,  Eraclio; 
Bermudez,  Pablo  C.;  Garcia,  G.  P.;  Luz,  Daniel  H.;  Martinez,  Pan- 
filo; Mazzini,  Angel;  Ramirez,  Gumesindo. 

AGUASCALIENTES  (State  of  Aguascalientes) — Agricultural  imple- 
ments— Aguilar  Hermanos;  Barkly,  A.;  Berber,  Vicente;  Pilon, 
Martin  I.  Banks  and  bankers — Banco  Nacional;  Guinchard,  J 
Refugio.  Books  and  stationery— Aguilar  Hermanos;  Canrino,  M.- 
Davila,  Cleto.  Boots  and  shoes — Alvarez,  Cruz;  Cornou,  Pedro. 
Duson,  Reyes;  Jimenez,  Simon;  Masson,  Francisco;  Nunez,  Marciano; 
Parga,  Monico;  Trejo,  Manuel.  Carriage  manufacturers  and  dealers 
— Chavez,  Gil;  Escobar,  Ventura;  Navarro,  Antonio;  Santoyo,  Pe- 
dro. China,  glassware,  etc. — Bernal,  Andres;  Castafieda,  Margarita; 
Espino,  Francisco;  Iturbide,  Bonifacio;  Palacio,  Demetrio;  Sagredo, 
Carlos;  Valdes,  Pedro;  Valera,  Elizondo  y  Ca.  Commission  merchants 
— Aguilar  Hermanos;  Berber, Vicente ;  Chavez  e  Hijos,  Viudade;  Go- 
mez, Juana  D.;  Graumont,  Eugenio;  Guinchard,  Refugio;  Palacio 
Demetrio.  Drugs — Davila,  Cleto  M. ;  Gonzalez,  Alubiade;  Marin, 
Francisco;  Marin,  Juan;  Rosa,  Luis  de  la;  Sagredo,  Carlos;  Sando- 
val,  Miguel;  Valera,  Elizondo  y  Cia.  Dry  goods — Aguilar  Her- 
manos; Cazon,  Agustin;  Corpu,  Pedro  (wholesale);  Davila,  Cleto 
Maria;  Diaz,.  Leon;  Duran,  Reyes  (wholesale);  Gilly,  Gonzalez; 

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418  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Gonzalez,  J.;  Gonzalez,  Marin;  Leautaud  y  Barbaroux;  Leautaud, 
Hermanos;  Martinez,  Manuel;  Martinez,  Severino;  Pilon,  Martin; 
Puga,  Antonio;  Puga,  Guillenno;  Romero,  Manuel;  Valera,  Elizondo 
y  Cia;  Vasquez,  Ignacio;  Zuluaga,  Manuel.  Fancy  goods — Aguilar, 
Edmundo;  Chavez,  Rafael;  Chavez,  Trifonio;  Leal,  Alberto;  Sagreda, 
Carlos.  Groceries  and  provisions — Aguilar  Hermanos  (importers); 
Berber,  Vicente;  Castaneda,  Margarita;  Cruz,  Fernando;  Davalos, 
Sue;  Enriquez,  Ciprian;  Enriquez,  Santiago;  Espino,  Francisco; 
Gonzalez,  Espiridion;  Gramont,  Eugenio;  Guinchard,  Refugio  J. 
(importer);  Leal,  Alberto;  Morfin  Vargas  Hermanos;  Ocarnpo,  Epi-. 
fanio;  Ortiz  y  Vallejo;  Pedroza,  Francisco;  Roman,  Antonio;  Torres, 
Florentine ;  Torres,  Leonardo;  valdez,  Pedro.  Hardwwe — Berber, 
Vicente;  Bernal,  Andres;  Castaneda,  Margarita;  Espino,  Francisco ; 
Gonzalez,  Esperidon;  Guinchard,  Refugio;  Herrera,  Florentino; 
Palacio,  Demetrio;  Perez,  Esteban;  Sagredo,  Carlos;  Valdez,  Pedro; 
Ventura,  Nicanor.  Hat  manufacturers  and  dealers — Aleman,  San- 
tos G. ;  Parra,  Felipe;  Parra,  Juan.  Ironware  merchants  and  man- 
ufacturers— Berber,  Vicente;  Guinchard,  Refugio.  Jewelry,  watches 
and  silver — Iturbide,  J.;  Robles,  Victor;  Rotno,  Ricardo;  Sagredo, 
Carlos;  Saucedo,  Juan;  Von  Faber,  Ricardo.  Lithographers — 
Davalos,  Nestor;  Pedrosa,  Trinidad.  Manufacturers  of  brass  and 
iron  bedsteads — Arteaga,  Juan;  Hernandez, Valentin.  Paints,  colors 
and  varnishes — Carrasco  J. ;  Irigoyen,  Adalberto;  Vargas,  Anas- 
tasio;  Vargas,  Jose.  Pianos  and  organs — Inostrosa,  Gregorio; 
Perchez,  Jose.  Saddlery  and  harness — Diaz,  Jnan;  Sandoval, 
Miguel;  Sandoval,  Pascual.  Sewing  machines — Adler,  M. ;  Ketel- 
sen  y  Degetau;  Normann,  Alberto;  Norwald,  Enrique.  Unclassified 
merchants — Aguilar,  Edmundo;  Aguilar,  Luis;  Bernal,  Francisco 
M.;  Chavez,  F.  Ruiz;  Davalos,  Enrique,  Gonzalez,  Martin;  Leal, 
Arturo  N. ;  Lopez,  Fernando;  Morfin,  Antonio  y  Ga;  Ocampo, 
Tomas;  Guinchard  y  Vallejo;  Romero,  Miguel;  Vargas,  Hermanos; 
Zuloaga,  Jose  Maria. 

ALAMOS  (State  of  Sonora) — Commission  merchants — Bours  e 
flijo  T.  Robinson;  Ocharanza  y  Ca.,  Oscar;  Ortiz  y  Hno.,  Jose 
Maria;  Robinson,  Tomas;  Salazar,  Pedro  L.;  Almada  y  Cia.,  Angel; 
Lebrun,  Jose  S. 

ATLIXCO  (State  of  Puebla) — Arms  and  ammunition — Leichtlein, 
Felipe.  Carriage  manufacturers  and  dealers — Fernandez,  Felix; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  419 

-Rojas,  Javier;  Salazar,  Jose  Maria.  China  and  glassware — 
Leichtlein,  Felipe.  Dry  goods — Avalos,  Ignacio;  Cabrera, 
Antonio;  Morales,  Toinas;  Ramirez,  *  Lorenzo.  Fancy  goods 
— Leichtlein,  Felipe.  Groceries  and  provisions — Oarbajal,  An- 
tonio; Carbajal,  Manuel;  Cardoso,  Febronio;  Hernandez,  Luisj 
Mendieta,  Agustin;  Otero,  Pedro;  Rivera,  Ignacio;  Rocha,  Bernardo; 
Rosales,  Pedro;  Ruiz,  Manuel;  Soto,  Angel.  Hardware — Leich- 
tlein, Felipe.  Paints  and  oils — Barcena,  Gabriel;  Leichtlein, 
Felipe. 

CAMARGO  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Exporters  of  hides  and  skins — 
Garcia,  Donaciano  G. ;  Pefia,  Juan  Garcia.  Commission  merchants 
— Garcia,  Donaciano  G.  (general  .merchandise);  Gutierrez,  y  Hno., 
Jose  Angel;  Laflfavge  y  Lacaze;  Madrigal,  Santos  Valle;  Ortega, 
Eduviges;  Pena,  Juan  Garcia;  Tames  y  Hno.,  Donaciano. 

CAMPECHE  (State  of  Campeche) — Agricultural  implements — Ber- 
ron,  Fernando;  Castellot,  Hermanos.  Bankers — Cano  Diego,  Fer- 
nando J. ;  Castellot,  Hermanos.  Boots  and  shoes — Leon,  Gualter; 
Medina,  Jose  J. ;  Ortiz,  Antonio;  Ortiz,  Carlos;  Quijano,  Felipe. 
Carriage  manufacturers  and  dealers — Mendoza,  Pilar;  Perez, 
Lorenzo;  Rodriguez,  Ignacio.  China  and  glassware — Estrada,  A. 
Mendez.  Commission  merchants — Garcia,  Juan  Garcia;  Oliver  y 
Ca.,  A.  Drugs — Del  Rio,  Joaquin;  Espinola,  Manuel;  Gala,  Joa- 
quin  R. ;  Lauz,  Manuel  A.;  Lavalle,  Eduavdo;  Leon,  Agustin;  Oliver 
Manuel  Lopez.  Dry  goods — Castellot,  Hermanos;  Castillo,  Jose 
M.;  Lopez,  Jose  T.;  MacGregor,  Jose  F.  Esfcra;  Oliver  y  Ca.,  A. 
Fancy  goods — Araoz,  Pablo  J. ;  Baeza,  Julio;  Estrada,  A.  Mendez* 
Furniture  dealers — Campos,  Juan  de  la  Cabada.  Groceries  and 
provisions — Berron,  Fernando;  Boldo,  Narciso  (importers);  Cano  y 
Cano,  Francisco;  Cano  y  Diego,  Fernando  J.;  Castellot,  Hermanos; 
Diego,  Ignacio  Cano;  Llovera,  Antonio;  Mena,  Ricardo;  Oliver  y 
Ca.,  A.  Hardware — Berron,  Fernando;  Berron  Hermanos;  Zu- 
loaga,  Jose.  Hats — Rodriguez,  Jose.  Paper — Araos,  Pablo  J. 
Sewing  machines — Oliver  y  Ca.,  A. ;  Ramirez,  Antonio  1. 

CARMEN  ISLAND  (State  of  Campeche) — Dry  goods — Goytia,  Garcia 
y  Ca.;  Pallas,  Francisco.  Drugs — Arcue,  Venancio  S. ;  Ibarra,  A.; 
Lagunera,  Manuel.  General  merchants — Aniza,  Benito;  Burgos, 
Hermanos;  Colarelo  y  Ca.,  B.  F. ;  Domingo,  Perez  y  Field;  Escri- 
bano,  Jose  Poveda;  Ferrer,  Felipe;  Ferrer,  Jose  Otero;  Guliani, 


420  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Numa  (books);  Hernandez,  Quirino;  Martinez,  Antonio;  Manjar- 
rez,  Herraanos;  Nieves  y  Ca. ;  Pallas,  Francisco  (dry  goods);  Paul- 
lada,  Esteban;  Quintana,  Joaquin  (commission  merchant);  Ropeto, 
Juan  Luis  (groceries  and  provisions);  Saeno,  Policarpo;  Slovero, 
Juan;  Williams  y  Ca.  (importers);  Zaldivar,  Antonio. 

CHALCHICOMULA  (State  of  Puebla) — Drugs — Altamirano,  J.  M.; 
Amador,  M. ;  Castillo,  Francisco;  Morales,  S.  L.  Dry  goods  mer- 
chants— Otaola,  Urichi  y  Sobs.;  Reynaud,  Camilo;  Rivera,  G. 
Fancy  goods — Bocanegra,  J.  Maria;  Maldonado.y  Rousset.  Gen- 
eral merchandise — Campos,  M. ;  Couttolene,  Cristobal;  Cordero, 
Viuda  de  R.;  Delgado,  F. ;  Gomez,  Juan  N.;  Martinez,  E.  L. ;  Ro- 
driguez, A.  J.  M.;  Rodriguez,  Jose  de  J.  Hats — .Martinez,  Guada- 
lupe.  Hardware — Meza,  Alejo.  Stationery — Mellado,  Jos6  M. 

CHIHUAHUA  (State  of  Chihuahua) — Agricultural  implements  and 
hardware — Armendariz,  Ramon;  Balderran,  Narciso;  Brittinghaus, 
J.  M.;  Fandoe  Sues.,  Luis;  Fraser&  Chalmers;  Ketelsen  &  Degetau; 
Lerma,  Jose;  Lynch  y  Ca;  Nordwaid,  H.;  Reinhardt,  H.  O.;  Rem- 
bez  &  Bezaury;  Serrago,  Juan;  Taseira,  Felix  F.  Banks  and  Bank- 
ers— Sucursal  del  "Banco  Nacional;"  "Banco  Minero  Chihua- 
huense;"  Banco  de  Santa  Eulalia;  Banco  Mexicano;  Banco  de  Chihua- 
hau;  Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  Maceyra,  Felix  F. ;  Macmanus  4  hijos> 
F. ;  Solas,  Miguel.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Maceyra,  Felix; 
Miramontes,  Donate;  Villar,  Antonio.  Boots  and  shoes — Coriche, 
Dario;  Larrang,  J.  A.:  Martinez,  Jose;  Molina,  J.  J.;  Ortegon, 
Policarpo;  Perchoz,  Jos6;  "Vidal,  Matias;  Williams,  J.;  Zaldivar, 
Mariano.  Carriages — Carroceria  de  Lamm;  Carroceria  de  Lerma; 
Lerma,  Juan;  Lynch  y  Ca.  China  and  glassware — Armendariz, 
R. ;  Creel,  Enrique;  Rutiaga,  Eduardo;  Vidal,  Matias.  Commis- 
sion merchants — Arguelles,  Canute;  Armendariz,  R.;  Castro,  Trini- 
dad; Cuevas,  Santiago;  Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  Madrid,  J. ;  Navarro, 
E. ;  Reinhardt,  H.  O.;  Ruiz,  Francisco;  Sanchez;  Terrazas,  Juan; 
Vega,  Anastasio;  Villa,  Antonio.  Drugs — Ordaz,  Evaristo;  Davila, 
Cleto  M.;  Elizondo,  Valera;  Gonzalez,  Alcibiades;  Lafon,  Emilioj 
Marin,  Juan;  Rosa,  Luis  de  la;  Sagredo,  Carlos;  Sandoval,  Miguel. 
Dry  goods — Corpu,  Pedro;  Duron,  Reyes;  Ketelsen  &  Degetau; 
La  Fabrica  de  Francia;  La  Francia  Maritima;  La  Sorpresa;  Ma- 
ceyra, J.  F.;  Macmanus  e  hijos,  F.;  Nordwald,  H.;  Rubin  y  Ca.,  J.; 
Sanchez,  Jos6  Maria.  Fancy  goods — Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  Nord- 


MERCAIsTILE    DIRECTORY    OP    MEXICO.  421 

wald,  H. ;  Rembez  y  Bezaury.  Furniture  dealers — Anthony, 
George  H.;  Armendariz,  Eamon;  Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  Lamm,  0.  C.; 
Lynch  y  Ca.;  Nordwald,  Enrique;  Rembez  y  Bezaury;  West,  Ch. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Aldana  y  Hnos;  Armendariz,  Ramon; 
Dale  Bros.;  Ketelsen  &  Degetau;  Maceyra,  Felix  F.;  Molinar  y 
Sanchez;  Nordwald,  fl.;  Padilla  y  Ca.,  Albino.  Hat  stores — El 
Sombrero  Rojo;  Sombrerer  a  Mexicana.  Ironware  dealers  and 
manufacturers — Ketelsen  &  Degetau;  Nordwald,  H.;  Reinhardt, 
H.  O.  Jewelers  and  watchmakers — Alguin,  Antonio;  Arellano  y 
Ca.,  Severiano;  Chacon  Hermanos;  Hogland,  Enrique;  Gautier,  N.; 
Zaralza  y  Pina;  Zavalza,  C.;  Zavalza,  Felipe.  Musical  instruments 
— Inostrosa,  Gregorio;  Miramontes,  D. ;  Perchez,  Jose.  Merchants, 
general — Aldana,  R.  S.;  Altamirano,  Manuel  M.;  Armendariz 
Ramon;  Azunzulo,  Antonio;  Azunzolo,  Juan  M. ;  Bessauri,  Felix; 
Chavez,  Genaro  J.;  Creel,  Enrique  C.;  Fandoa,  Luis;  Hooper  y  Ca.- 
Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  LequinSzaval,  Domingo;  Lorenzo,  M.;  Loya, 
Carlos;  Maceyra,  Felix  F.;  Macmanus  y  Hijos,  F.;  Maye,  Gustavo; 
Minagoren,  Pedro;  Mufioz,  Silvino;  Navarro,  Benigno;  Navarro, 
Hermanos;  Norwald  y  Ca.;  Partida,  Hermanos;  Puig  y  Domingo; 
Ruiz,  Francisco;  Salas,  Miguel;  Sanchez,  Jose  Maria;  Schusster,  B.; 
Stalfordt,  J.;  Tejeda,  Refugio;  Terraza,  Juan;  Gonzalez,  Trevino 
Hermanos;  Venmehren,  Guillermo.  Paints,  oils  and  varnishes — 
Carrasco,  J.;  Irigoyen,  Adalberto;  Newton  &  Andrew;  Vargas  Anas- 
tasio;  Vargas,  Jose.  Sewing  machines — Adler,  M.;  Ketelsen  y 
Degetau;  Macmanus,  Franco;  Norwald,  Enrique;  Reinhardt,  H.  O. 

CHILPANCINGO  (State  of  Guerrero) — Bankers — Fuente,  Egidio  de 
la;  de  Celis,  Gabriel  F.  Drugs — Manjarrez,  Juan  Cruz;  Parra, 
Miguel;  Rodriguez,  Alberto.  Merchants — Andraca,  Ramon;  Ca- 
banas, Jose  M.;  Calvo,  Ignacio;  Campos,  Rafael  A.;  de  Celis,  Ga- 
briel F.;  Enriques,  Lucas;  Ferreyro,  Francisco  I.;  Gavito,  Juan; 
Godinez,  Sabas  y  Vicente;  Guevara,  Donaciano;  Morlet,  A.;  Pa- 
tino,  Manuel;  Reyes  y  Hermano,  A.;  Rodriguez,  Agustin;  Ro- 
driguez, Alberto;  Rodriguez,  Tomas. 

CIUDAD  GUERRERO  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Drugs — Fernandez, 
Antonio  M. ;  Gonzalez,  Martin.  Dry  goods — Ruiloba,  Jose;  San- 
chez, Francisco;  Volpe,  M.  Y.  Hermano.  General  merchandise — 
Canales,  G.;  Flores,  Juan  Manuel;  Gutierrez,  Cadena;  Salazar, 


422  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Victor;  Saldana,  I.;  Vela,  Manuel  Ramirez.     Hardware  and  house 
furnishing  goods — Gutierrez,  Juan  de  D.;  Saldana,  I. 

CIUDAD  JEREZ  (State  of  Zacatecas)— Bankers — Castellanos  y  Ca., 
Antonio  R.  Carriage  dealers — Castellanos  y  Ca.,  Antonio  R. 
Drugs — Escobedo,  J.  Villalobos;  Ortiz  y  Ca.,  Jose  Maria;  Roman  j 
Ca.,  Tomasa  C.  de.  Dry  goods — Berumen,  J.  Antonio;  Brilanti, 
Rafael;  Escobedo,  Higinio;  Escobedo,  Juan  P.;  Hoyo,  Eugenio  del; 
Sanchez,  Francisco  de  B.;  Silva,  Francisco  Escobedo.  Fancy  goods 
— Arellano,  Luis.  Furniture — Castellanos  y  Ca.,  Antonio  R. 
General  goods — Carrillo,  Castellanos  y  Damas.  Hardware — Are- 
llano y  Ca.,  Luis;  Cabrera,  Jose  Felix;  Escobedo,  Juan  de  D. — Sew- 
ing machines — Gutierrez,  Manuel  Maria. 

CIUDAD  JUAREZ  (State  of  Chihuahua) — Arms  and  ammunition — 
Ketelsen  y  Degetau.  Banks  and  bankers — Banco  Chihuahuense; 
Banco  Minero;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional  del  Paso,  Texas;  Bron- 
soii,  E.  B. ;  Ochoa,  Inocente.  China  and  glassware — Loeb  Her- 
manos.  Commission  merchants — Alvarez,  Joaquin  A.;  Arguelles, 
Camilo;  Barroso,  Cliserio;  Del  Paso,  Luis;  Ketelsen  y  Degetau; 
Raphael,  J.  J.;  Wells,  Fargo  y  Cia.  Drugs — Cuadra,  Jose  Garcia; 
Hernandez,  H.  Dry  goods — Blumenthal,  I.;  Flores,  Jose  Maria; 
Goodman,  Jose;  Kahn  &  Bros.,  Felix;  Oc'hoa,  Inocente.  Groceries 
and  provisions — Alarcon,  Gildardo;  Barroso,  Cliserio;  Del  Paso, 
Luis;  Dieter  y  Sauer;  Echeverria,  Jose;  Garcia,  Andres;  Gomez  y 
Cia.,  Jose;  Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  Sanchez,  Hermanos;  Trueba,  H. 
I.;  Trueba,  D.  Hardware — Ketelsen  y  Degetau;  Krakauer,  Zork 
Moye.  Jewelers — Goodman,  Jose;  Kahn  Hermanos;  Ketelsen  y 
Degetau.  Music  store — Walz,  W.  G.  Sewing  machines — Ketel- 
sen y  Degetau;  Walz,  W.  G. 

COLIMA  (State  of  Colima) — Agricultural  implements,  arms,  and 
ammunition — Oldenbourg,  Jorge;  Bankers — Alcaraz,  Jose  M.; 
Barreto,  Gregorio;  Flor,  Christian;  Flor  y  Kofani;  Guizar  y  Ca.; 
Medina,  Agustin;  Oetling  y  Ca.,  Alejandro,  Sue;  Vargas.  Agustin. 
Banks — Banco  de  Londres,  y  Mexico;  Banco  Nacional  (agents* 
Arnoldo  Vogel  y  Ca.).  Books  and  stationery — Campero,  Severo; 
Schmidt,  J.  F.  A.;  Urziia,  Juana;  Urzua,  Silvestre  D.  Boots  and 
shoes — Chanona,  Antera;  Ruiz,  Jose.  Cardboard  manufacturer — 
Guerrero,  Luis.  Carriage  dealers — Cosio,  Tiburcio;  Dorantes, 
Eduardo.  Commission  merchants — Flor,  Christian;  Ibarra,  Aurelio; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  423 

Oetling  y  Ca.,  Alejandro,  Sue.;  Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Vega,  Ramon  J. 
de  la.  Drugs — Cuera,  Francisco  0.;  Fuentes,  Ignacio;  Mendoza, 
Jose  L.;  Moni,  Agustin;  Morril  hijo,  Augusto;  Orozco,  Crescencio; 
Suarez,  Cosines.  Dry  goods — Bazan,  Ramon;  Diaz,  Epifanio;  Lan- 
gagorta,  Hermanos;  Oebling  y  Ca.,  Alejandro,  Sue.;  Rodriguez  y  Ca., 
Guzman;  Rosas,  Luisa  Garcia;  Silva,  Roberto;  Silva,  Porfirio; 
Urzua,  Juana  (silks).  Fancy  goods — Oldenbourg,  Jorge  M. ; 
Rendon,  Jos6  Maria.  Furniture  dealers  and  manufacturers— 
Benitez,  Justo;  Bustos,  Othon;  Quinones  Marcelino.  Groceries 
and  provisions — Alvarez,  Gregorio;  Barreto,  Isidore;  Bazan, 
Ramon;  Calleja,  Antonio  de  la;  Diaz,  Epifanio;  Flor,  Chris- 
tian; Flor  y  Kofani;  Garcia,  Esteban;  Gomez,  S.;  Guiz  ir  y  Ca. , 
Dolores;  Gutierrez,  Ignacio  D.;  Oetling  y  Ca.,  Alejandro,  Sue.; 
Oetling  Hermanos  y  Ca. ;  Oldenbourg,  Jorge;  Plaza,  Alberto  de  la; 
Plaza,  Francisco  de  la;  Rodriguez  y  Ca.,  Guzman;  Rodriguez, 
Manuel;  Rosas,  Luis  Garcia;  Vargas,  Francisco;  Vega,  Ramon  J. 
de  la;  Vogel  y  Ca.,  Arnoldo.  Hardware — Ceja,  Jose  Maria;  Olden- 
bourg, Jorge;  Rendon,  Jose  Maria;  Rodriguez,  Manuel;  Schacht, 
Agustin;  Smith  y  Madrid.  Hat  stores  and  manufacturers — Gudino, 
Roque;  Parra,  Aurelio;  Perez,  Jose  Maria.  Importers  and  export- 
ers— Flor,  Christian;  Guisar,  Dolores;  Madrid,  Zenobio;  Oetling  y 
Ca.,  Alejandro,  Sue.;  Oldenbourg,  Jorge;  Plaza,  Enrique  de  la;  Ro- 
driguez, Manuel;  Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Vanderlinden,  Vogel  y  Ca.  Iron- 
ware dealers  and  manufacturers  —  Barreto,  Isidore;  Barreto, 
,  Miguel;  Flor,  Christian.  Jewelers — Oldenbourg,  Jorge;  Rodriguez 
y  Ca.,  Guzman.  Lithographers — Rivera,  Rosendo  R.  Sewing 
machines — Gutierrez,  Ignacio  D.;  Ibarra,  Eleazar  M.;  Morril  e  hijo 
Augusto;  Oldenbourg,  Jorge. 

CORDOBA  (State  of  Veracruz) — Bankers — Diaz,  Jos6  Fernandez; 
Valdez,  Mariano  R  (agent  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico).  Book- 
sellers— Baturoni,  Ana  Ant.  Roy  de;  Leal,  Alvino  A;  Ortega,  An- 
tonio. Commission  merchants — Carbajal,  Luis  M.;  Diaz,  Jose 
Fernandez;  Gomez,  Jose  Diaz;  Gonzalez,  Luis  F;  Hernandez  y 
Hernandez;  Izquierdo,  Victor;  Leal,  Alvino  A.;  Lopez,  Luis; 
Martinez,  Antonio  Loreto;  Mateos,  Manuel;  Mingo,  Cirilo.  Drugs 
— Arenas  Francisco  de  P.;  Limon,  Daniel;  Ruiz,  Carlos;  Vazquez  y 
Ca.,  Severe;  Villegas,  Mariano.  Dry  goods — Aragon,  Rafael 
Benito;  Bonilla,  Lauro;  Carretero,  Ray m undo;  Izaola,  Basilio;  Izaola, 


424  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

y  Hno,  Silvestre;  Jimenez,  Francisco;  Lopez,  Camilo;  Leal,  An- 
tonio; Marquez  y  Ca.,  Torcuato;  Victorero,  Francisco  Sanchez. 
General  merchandise — Aspray,  Noriega;  Bauper  y  Ca.;  Bringas, 
Diego;  Calima,  Tranquilino;  Cordova,  Lucas;  Costafreda,  Pedro; 
Diaz,  Pedro;  Fernandez,  Jos6  Camacho;  Fernandez,  Jose  Diaz; 
Galan,  Enrique;  Garay,  Eamon;  Hernandez,  Rafael;  Herrera  y  Ca.; 
Jimenez,  Francisco;  Junque,  Isidoro;  Lopez,  Anselmo;  Lopez, 
Gregorio;  Louistalot,  Victor;  Meneses,  Manuel;  Moral  y  Portilla; 
Natali,  Francisco;  Quevedo,  Francisco  Cordova;  Rodriguez,  An- 
tonio; Rodriguez,  Ramon;  Tapia,  Moises;  Tavares,  Ramon;  Valdez, 
Mariano  R.  Groceries  and  provisions  —  Andrade,  Santiago; 
Camacho,  J.  Fernandez;  Candaudop,  Pedro;  Diaz  Pedro;  Espinosa, 
J.  de  J.;  Galan,  Enrique;  Garcia,  Ramon;  Hernandez,  Ricardo; 
Huerta,Ricardo;  Izquierdo,  Victor;  Lanza,  Enrique  de  la;  Leal,  Albino 
A.;  Martinez,  Antonio  Loreto;  Natoli,  Francisco;  Posada,  Hermanos- 
Quevedo,  Francisco;  Roman,  Eulalio;  Sains,  Juan;  Torre,  Rufino  de 
la;  Valdez,  Mariano  R.;  Vique,  Angel  Hernandez.  Hardware  and 
house  furnishing — Abascal,  Manuel;  Calleja  yC  a.;  Cortez,  Her- 
manos; Hernandez  Guadalupe;  Salamanca,  Jose  Maria;  Tresgallo, 
Jose;  Vargas,  Rafael.  Hats — Lopez  y  Ca.,  Camilo;  MuHoz,  Al- 
berto; Ruiz,  Francisco. 

COSALA  (State  of  Sinaloa) — Merchants — Aragon,  Manuel;  Beltran 
Jos6  M.;  Cota,  Francisco;  Franco,  Emeterio;  Hernandez,  Juan; 
Padilla,  Cesareo;  Rodriguez,  Facundo;  Symansky,  Bruno. 

CUERNAVACA  (State  of  Morelos) — Agricultural  implements,  hard- 
ware, and  ironware — Diez,  Miguel  M;  Pagaza,  Juan;  Pino,  Luis; 
Rico,  Leandro;  Rios,  Francisco.  Bankers — Portillo  y  Gomez, 
Ramon.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Elias,  Bernab6  L.  de;  Flores, 
Rosendo;  Jimenez,  Hesiquio;  Pagaza,  Juan;  Reyes,  Francisco  de  P. 
Boots  and  shoes — Diaz,  Manuel;  Diaz,  Santiago;  Rodriguez,  Jose  M. . 
Sanchez,  Lorenzo.  China  and  glassware — Rico,  Leandro;  Rios, 
Francisco.  Commission  merchants — Elias,  Francisco  de;  Pagaza, 
Juan;  Rico,  Leandro;  Ruiz,  Rafael  A.  Drugs — Argandar,  Ricardo; 
Escalante,  Jose  M.;  Florez,  Felipe  Garcia;  Gutierrez,  Miguel.  Dry 
goods  and  clothing — Fiz,  Manuel;  Gonzales,  Tomas;  Hernandez, 
Ramon;  Martinez,  Alejo;  Marsan,  Hermanos;  Naudin,  S.; 
Rico,  Leandro;  Tallabas,  Francisco.  Fancy  goods — Mejia,  Ro- 
mualdo;  Rico,  Leandro;  Sanchez,  Romualdo;  Tinoco,  Carailo. 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  425 

Furniture — Manjarrez,  Ignacio;  Pino,  Luis.  Groceries  and  pro- 
visions— Azcarate,  Francisco;  Azcarate,  Viuda  de;  Elguera,  Jose; 
Flores,  Rosendo;  Oihuela,  Agustin;  Pagaza,  Juan;  Rios,  Lino; 
Rios,  Francisco;  Robles,  Ignacio;  Rodriguez,  Jose  M.  Jewelers — 
Ramirez,  Delfino;  Resales,  Manuel.  Lithographer  —  Gobierno, 
Litografia.  Merchants,  general  merchandise — Azcarate,  Viuda 
de  F.;  Barquin,  Jose;  Bustamente,  Luis  Rios;  MuBoz,  Agus- 
tin;  Pagaza,  Juan;  Sol,  Felipe  del.  Sewing  machines — Cas- 
taiieda,  Dionisio;  Diaz,  Miguel  M.;  Ruiz,  Rafael  A.  Sugar  plant- 
ers— Amor,  Escandon  Ignaeio;  Araoz,  Joaquin;  Arena,  Alejan- 
dro; Barren,  Guillermo;  Bautista,  Alaman  Juan;  Carmona,  Jorge; 
de  Celis  Viuda  e  hijos;  de  la  Torre,  Isidore;  Escandon  Herma- 
nos;  Flores,  Jose;  Garcia,  Icazbalzeta  Joaquin;  Goribar,  Faus- 
tino;  Guerra,  Jose  T.;  Monterde  &  Adalid,  Agustin;  Reina, 
Crescencio;  Romero  y  Vargas,  Ignacio;  Rovalo,  Agustin;  Villegas 
de  Pena,  Guadalupe. 

CULIACAN  (State  of  Sinaloa) — Agricultural  implements— Almada 
y  Cia.  P.;  Martinez,  Juan;  Salmon  y  Hermano;  Tarn  ay  o,  Severiano; 
Urrea,  Angel.  Bankers — Martinez  de  Castro  Hermanos;  Salmon 
y  Hermano;  Haas,  Agustin.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Paredes, 
Miguel  R;  Ramos,  Jose;  Retes  y  Diaz;  Tamayo,  Severiano.  Boots 
and  shoes — Almada  y  Cia.,  P.;  Quong  Sam  Lung;  Wing  Chong  y 
Cia.  Carriage  dealer — Robles,  Antonio.  Commission  merchants 
— HaaSjAgustin;  Martinez  de  Castro  Hermanos;  Salmon  y  Hermano; 
Siualoa  &  Durango  R.  R.  Co.  Drugs — Arce  y  Ponce  de  Leon; 
Batez,  Eduardo;  Villareal,  Ignacio.  Dry  goods — Almada,  J. 
Marcelino;  Almada  y  Cia.,  P.;  Amador,  Trinidad;  Asfcorga,  Her- 
manos; Clouthier,  Manuel;  Diez,  Martinez  Hermanos;  Escudero  y 
Cia,  Manuel;  Ituarte,  Lucio  de;  Ezurieta  y  Cia,  Manuel;  Martinez, 
Juan;  Murillo,  Jose  Maria;  Salmon,  Jose  Maria;  Salmon  y  Hermano, 
L.;  Tellaeche,  Jorge;  Vega,  Jose  de  la;  Vega,  Lucano  de  la;  Urrea, 
Angel.  Fancy  goods — Diaz  y  Moreno;  Lung  Sam  Lung;  Martinez, 
Juan;  Ramos,  Jose;  Tamayo,  Severiano;  Wing  Chong  y  Cia. 
Furniture — Almada  y  Cia,  P.;  Salmon  y  Hermano,  L. ;  Tamayo, 
Severiano.  Groceries  and  provisions — Almada  y  Cia,  P.;  Amador, 
Rafael;  Amador,  Trinidad;  Amezcua,  Luis;  Escudero  y  Cia,  M.; 
Martinez,  Juan;  Salmon  y  Hermano,  L.;  Tellaeche,  Jorge;  Vega, 
Jose  de  la;  Zazueta,  Hermanos.  Jewelry — Garcia,  Santos;  Merino, 


426  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO. 

Wenceslao.  Hats — Almada  y  Cia.,  P.;  Salmon  y  Hermano,  L. 
Sewing  machines — Almada  y  Cia.,  P.;  Salmon  y  Hermano,  L. ; 
Tamayo,  Severiano.  Printing — Retes  y  Diaz;  Victales,  Julian. 

DURANGO  (State  of  Durango) — Agricultural  implements — An- 
drade,  Jesus;  Boker  y  Ca.,  R. ;  Borquez,  Luis;  Herrera,  Juan;  Hilde- 
brand,  Julio,  Sue.;  Stahlknecht  y  Ca.  Banks  and  bankers — Banco 
Nacional  de  Mexico  (agents,  Hildttbrand,  Sue.  Julio);  Damm,  Maxi- 
miliano;  Hildebrand,  Julio,  Sue.;  Juambelz,  Hnos.;  Stahlknecht  y 
Ca.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Barrera,  Rafael;  de  la  Torre,  Ig- 
nacio;  Herrera,  Juan;  Herrera,  Luis;  Somellera  y  Cia.  Boots  and 
shoes — Candia,  Tomas  Hernandez;  Gomez,  Arturo;  Olagaray,  Juan 
B. ;  Perez,  Tomas;  Romo,  Manuel;  Torre,  Ignacio  de  la.  Carriage 
dealers — Castro,  Jacinto;  Cohl,  Juan;  Flores,  Epifanio;  Moneda, 
Jose;  Robles,  Antonino.  China  and  glassware — Base,  Luis;  Some- 
llera y  Cia.;  Williams,  Francisco.  Commission  merchants — Al- 
varez, Ramon;  Avalos,  J.  de  D.;  Damm,  Maximiliano;  Dohrman  y 
Ca.,  Julio;  Garza  Hermanos  y  Ca. ;  Herrera,  Juan;  Hildebrand,  Julio, 
Sue.;  Juambelz,  Hermano.s;  Loera,  Hermanos,  Sues.;  Rio  y  Ca., 
Pedro  del;  Prendis,  Santiago;  Reinaldo,  Viuda  6  Hijos;  Rodriguez, 
Cristobal;  Ugarte,  Simon.  Drags  —  Avila,  Manuel;  Cobos,  F. ; 
Ostoloza,  Eusebio  de;  de  la  Pena,  Carlos  Leon;  Herrera,  Justino; 
Pineda,  Rafael;  Sepulveda,  Julian;  Tavizon,  Arcadio;  Torres, 
Viuda  de.  Dry  *goods — Borrelly  y  Crez;  Damm,  Maximiliano; 
Garza  Hnos.  y  Ca.;  Herrera  y  Ca.;  Hildebrand,  Julio,  Sue.; 
Jaquez,  J.;  Juambelz  Hnos.;  Regenstein,  Juan;  Tessier  y  Bouri- 
llou;  Uianga,  Antonio.  Groceries  and  provisions — Alvarez,  Juan. 
Bastera,  Andres;  Bose  y  Schmidt;  Bracho,  Toribio;  Castillo,  J. ; 
Clark,  C.;  Dohrman  y  Ca.;  Hengeler  y  Deras;  Hildebrand,  Julio, 
Sue.;  Juambelz  Hnos.;  Loera,  Hmos.,  Sues.;  Olagaray,  Juan  B.; 
Rodriguez,  C.;  Stahlknecht  y  Ca.  Fancy  goods — Loera,  Hermanos 
Sues.;  Somellera  y  Cia.:  Regenstein,  Juan..  Furniture — Hildebrand, 
Julio,  Sues.;  Moneda,  Jose;  Regenstein,  Juan;  Rios,  Fernando;  Val- 
dez,  Luis;  Vasquez,  Jos6  M.  Hardware — Barrea,  Rafael;  Bose, 
Luis;  Schwartz,  Carlos  E.;  Stierlin  y  Ca.;  Williams.  Francisco. 
Hatters — Cervantes,  Donaciano;  Merino  y  Cia. ;  Si  in  beck,  Ramon; 
Jewelers — Ibargiiengoitia,  Desitlerio;  Ibargiien,  Luciano;  Irbaren,Isi- 
dro;  Rodriguez,  Martin.  Joint  stock  companies — Compafiia  limitada 
de  Tranvias  de  Durango;  Compania  manufacturer  del  Tunal;  Com- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  427 

pania  mannfacturera  de  la  Montana  de  fierro.  Sewing  machines — 
Hildebrand,  Julio,  Sue.;  Somellera  y  Cia.;  Swain,  Carlos. 

ENSENADA  DE  TODOS  SANTOS  (Territory  of  Lower  California) — 
Bankers — Godbee,  Antonio;  Irnison  y  Ca.  Carriage  dealers — 
Bearaer,  P.  W.;Lidy,  S.  B.  Furniture — Clark,  J.  Groceries  and 
provisions — Andonaegai  y  Ormart;  Carrillo  y  Hnos.,  M.;  Ibs  y 
Ca.,  Jorge;  Merkens  y  Compania,  James;  Rivera,  G.,  Sue.  Sewing 
machines — Bello,  Jose  Lugo. 

FRESNILLO  (State  of  Zacatecas) — Merchants — Aguilar,  Alejandro; 
Berrouet,  Juan  B.;  Campuzano,  Antonio;  "  Compafiia  Restauradora 
de  Proafio;"  del  Real,  Ignacio;  "El  Portal;"  "El  Ferrocarril;'' 
"El  Fenix;"  Esnaurrizar,  Ricardo;  Flares  y  Ca.,  Pedro;  Laredo, 
Teodoro;  Ortega  e  hijo,  M.;  Ortega,  Esteban;  Ramirez,  Fiorencioj 
Ramos,  Jose;  Yargas  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  J.;  Zamora,  Refugio. 

GUADALAJARA  (State  of  Jalisco) — Arms  and  ammunition — Ar- 
rington,  W.  B.;  Lacroix,  Heimanos;  Ruiz,  Donaciano.  Banks — 
"  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional;"  "  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico,"  Su- 
cursal,  Manager  Luis  Rosas.  Bankers — Collignon  y  Ca.,  Ed. ; 
Corcuera  e  Hijos,  Viuda;  Fernandez  del  Valle  Hermanos;  Fernan- 
dez, Somellera  Hermanos;  Kunbardt,  Teodoro;  Martinez  Negrete, 
Francisco;  Remus,  Hijas  de;  Somellera,  Hermanos.  Booksellers — 
Ancira  y  Hermano;  Moya,  Carlos;  Pais,  Pedro;  Romei-o,  Carlos  Z. ; 
Sanchez,  y  Ca.,  Eusebio;  Vila  y  Escobedo.  Boots  and  shoes — 
Arias,  Jose  Maria;  Arrieta,  Espiridion;  Castro,  Silvestrej 
Castellanos,  Silvestre;  Cordova  e  Hijo,  Ramon;  Davalos,  Benigno; 
Garcia,  Roman;  Gomez,  J. ;  Guardado,  Modesto;  Gutierrez,  Cle- 
mente  C.;  Gutierrez  y  Compania,  Mateos  B.;  Hernandez,  Felix; 
Hermosillo,  Arnulfo;  Martinez,  Fermin;  Mercado,  Eliodoro  Z.; 
Murillo,  Jose  Mai-ia;  Murillo,  Julian;  Nava,  Alberto;  Nunez, 
Sabas;  Orozco,  Luis;  Ortega,  Pablo;  Otero,  Ricardo;  Pedroza, 
Evaristo;  Ramos,  J.;  Rodriguez,  Sucesores;  Saldana,  Esteban; 
Villavicencio,  Pedro;  Zepeda,  Antonio.  Carriage  dealers  — 
Alvarez,  Leonardo;  Cano,  Jose  Maria;.  Chavez,  Victor;  Lauro  de 
Anda;  Garcia,  Genaro  A.;  Gomez,  Arcadio;  Haro,  Sebastian;  Perez, 
Gabriel;  Suarez,  Lino.  Chemicals  and  acids — Agraz,  Felix;  Esca- 
milla,  Librado.  China  and  glassware — Ambergy  Velad;  Bartholly, 
Agustin,  Sucr.  (Guillermo  Brandt);  Behn,  Carlos;  Castillo  y  Zuniga; 
Garibay,  Ramon;  Gonzalez,  Palomar  y  Ca. ;  Romero,  Antonio; 


428  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Vallarta,  Francisco;  Zavala  y  Ca.,  Juan.  Commission  merchants 
— Aguilar  y  Ortiz;  Agraz,  Salvador  J.;  Agraz,  Bazan  y  Ca. ;  Arce  y 
Arias;  Ascher,  Emilio;  Barroso,  Benito;  Basave,  Carlos;  Benares, 
C. ;  Blume  y  Ca. ;  Camarena,  Julian;  Gastaneda  Palomar,  Ramon; 
Castillo,  J.  Alvarez;  Campo,  Loreto  Martinez  del;  Chavez  y  Guido; 
Cluana  &  Ca. ;  Cordova  e  Hijo,  Ramon;  Cortina,  Jose;  Fernandez, 
Somellera  Hnos. ;  Flores,  Pascual  L.;  Galindez,  Daniel;  Galvan, 
Juan;  Garcia  Sancho,  Carlos;  Garcia,  Paulino;  Gonzalez,  Oltvares  y 
Hermano;  Gravenhorts,  Gustavo;  Guerrero,  Placido;  Heymann 
Sues.,  Alfonso;  Infante,  Francisco;  Infante,  Jose  M.;  Infante,  Luis; 
Iniquez,  Evaristo;  Iturbide,  Eduardo;  Lopez,  Rafael;  Macouzet, 
Salvador;  Martinez,  Pablo;  Mead,  Dionisio;  Mier,  Atanasio;  Mon- 
tano  Manuel;  Mora  6  Hijos,  Ramon  de  la;  Moreno  y  Palomar; 
Navarro  y  Ca.,T.  I.;  Navarrete,  Pablo;  Negrete,  Francisco;  Ornelas, 
Manuel  S. ;  Oseguera,  Epifanio;  Oseguera,  Gabino;  Otero  y  Aguiar: 
Pena,  Enrique  de  la;  Pena  y  Hermano,  Fernando  de  la;  Quevedo, 
Luis  de  Garcia;  Ramirez,  Ramon;  Retana,  Jose  J.;  Romero  de 
Parra  y  Ca.,  E. ;  Romero,  Carlos  Z.;  Salcedo,  Joaquin;  Sancho, 
Carlos;  Silva  y  Michel,  Francisco;  Solorzano,  Ignacio;  Stampa, 
Manuel;  Torres,  Pablo;  Ugarte,  Francisco;  Yallejo,  Hermanos 
Vallejo,  Juan;  Vazquez,  Francisco;  Villalobos,  Emilio;  Villareal, 
Ramon;  Audriffred  Hermanos.  Cordage-—  Alvino,  Martin  del  C.; 
Camacho,  Juan;  Cremieur,  Merced;  Fuentes,  J.;  Garcia,  Tomasa 
Mohico,  Atilano;  Padilla,  Luciano;  Padilla,  Soledad;  Rubio,  J. ; 
Rubio,  Alejandro;  Verber,  Rosario.  Druggists — Acosta,  Pedro; 
Ayala,  Ramon;  Asencio,  J.;  Bernal,  Francisco;  Garcia  Conde,  Alejo; 
Gonzalez,  Tomas;  Gutierrez  Estevez,  Antonio;  Jaacks,  Juan;  Man- 
cilia,  Manuel;  Montano,  Jacinto;  Ocampo,  Cortes;  Ornelas, 
Antonio;  Ornelas,  Lorenzo;  Padilla,  Valazquez  Mariano;  Perez,  La- 
zaro;  Perez,  Carlos;  Puga,  Nicolas;  Romo,  Jose  Maria;  Servin,  Camilo; 
Torres,  Vidal;  Ulloa,  Aurelio;  Villa  Gordoa  y  Guzman;  Zuloaga, 
Carlos.  Dry  goods  imported  and  domestic — Alvarez  Tostado, 
Eusebio;  Arias  Trinidad,  Merced;  Audiffred  y  Garcia;  Brihuega  y 
Ca.,  Manuel;  (Jaire  y  Tiran;  Fortoul  y  Chapuy;  Fortoul,  Bellon  y 
Agorreca,  T. ;  Franco,  Celso;  Gas  y  Cogordan;  Gomez,  Prisciliano; 
Gomez  y  Hno.,  Matias;  Garibi,  Jose;  Gonzalez,  Andres;  Gonzalez, 
Amado;  Gonzalez,  Romero  Vicente;  Kunhardt  y  Rose;  Lebre, 
Barreire  y  Ca. ;  Navarro,  Nestor;  Romero,  Eduardo;  Tangassi, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  429 

Guillermo;  Toro,  Angel;  Zuloaga,  J.  Dry  goods,  silks,  laces,  and 
mittinery  (imported) — Audiffred  y  Gracin;  Caire  y  Tiran;  Fortoul, 
Ohapuy;  Fortoul,  Bellon  y  Agorreca,  T.;  Franck  y  Ca.,  M.,  sucur- 
cal  de  Mexico;  Gas  y  Gogordan;  Kunhardt  y  Rose;  Lebre,  Barriere 
y  Ca.  Flour  dealers — Basave  y  Ca.,  Carlos;  Canedo  y  Valdivieso; 
Cortina,  Jose;  Galindez,  Daniel;  Garcia,  Apolonio;  Garcia,  Paulino; 
Garcia  Sancho,  Carlos;  Gomez,  Matias;  Gonzalez,  Jose;  Llano,  F. 
Simon  del;  Martinez,  Pablo;  Mora  e  Hijos,  Ramon  de  la;  Navarro  y 
Compa,  T.  I.;  Pena  y  Hno.,  Fernando  de  la;  Torres  Morfin;  Jose 
Maria;  Valdovinos,  Maximiano;  Vazquez,  Francisco,  furniture, 
imported  and  domestic — Amberg  y  Velad ;  Arlington,  W.  B. ;  Behn, 
Carlos;  Gonzalez  y  Echeverria;  Hernandez,  Arcadio;  Jimenez,  Trini- 
dad; Navarro  y  Ca.,  T.  I.;  Orozco  Gonzalez,  Antonio;  Ruiz,  Dona- 
ciano;  Vallarta,  Francisco.  Glass  and  glassware — Alvarez  y  Gutier- 
rez; Bartholly,  Sucesor,  Agustin;  Behn,  Carlos;  Castillo  y  Zuniga; 
Escamilla  Librado;  Romero,  Antonio;  Romero,  Felipe.  Groceries 
and  provisions  (imported) — Alvarez  y  Gutierrez;  Alvarez,  Santiago; 
Badial,  Florentino;  Badial,  Juan;  Barren,  Lucas;  Bosque,  Manuel; 
Cardenas  e  hijo,  Jose;  Castillo,  y  Zufiiga;  Cedeno,  Apolonio ;  Co- 
rona, Jose  Maria,  y  Hermano;  Cortes,  Avelino;  Covarrubias,  An- 
tonio; Chavez,  J.  T.;  Davila  y  Matute;  De  Anda,  Anastasio;  Diaz, 
Ambrosio;  Dominguez,  Ignacio;  Fernandez,  Jose  G.;  Flores,  Esquez 
y  Compania;  Garcia,  Margarito;  Garibay,  Ramon;  Garibay,  Fran- 
cisco; Gomez,  Jos6  Maria;  Gonzalez  Arias,  Miguel;  Haro,  Barbaro; 
Hernandez,  H.;  Hernandez,  Prisciliano;  Izquierdo,  Albino;  Marti- 
nez, Pedro;  Martinez  Cuberio,  Salvador;  Mora,  Hilario  de  la; 
Munoz,  Ignacio;  Navarro,  Ignacio;  Navarro,  Eulogio;  Navarro, 
Rafael  T. ;  Nunez,  Valeriano;  Nunez,  Ignacio;  Nufio,  Manuel;  Oce- 
guera,  Abraham;  Oceguera,  Rosendo  y  Hno.;  Ornelas,  Mariano; 
Pais,  Pedro;  Perez,  Dominga  G.  de;  Rico,  Adolfo;  Rios,  Rafael; 
Rodriguez,  Encarnacion;  Rodriguez,  Mauro;  Rodriguez,  Baltazar; 
Romero,  Antonio;  Romero,  Felipe;  Romero,  Francisco;  Romero, 
Jose  Maria  E. ;  Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Ruiz,  Rosalio  D.;  Ruiz,  Natalio; 
Saucedo,  Abundio;  Servin,  Camilo;  Silva  y  Ca:,  Hilario;  Velasco, 
Luis  G.;  Salazar,  Manuel:  Zavala  y  Ca.,  Juan.  Groceries  and  pro- 
visions, imported  and  domestic — Alvarez  y  Gutierrez;  Castillo  y  Zu- 
niga; Garibay,  Ramon;  Gomez,  Jose  Maria;  Romero,  Antonio;  Za- 
vala y  Compania,  Juan.  Hardware  and  machinery — Amberg  y 


430  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Velad;  Bartholly.  Agustin,  Sue.;  Behn,  Carlos.  Hardware,  general 
— Amberg  y  Velad;  Arce,  J. ;  Bartholly,  Sucesor,  Agustin;  Behn, 
Carlos;  Gonzalez,  Palomar  y  Compania,  Benito;  Vallarta,  Francisco; 
Zuloaga,  Juan  M.  Hardware  (iron  and  copper) — Alvarez  del 
Castillo,  Sucesores;  Behn,  Carlos;  Camarena,  Julian;  Corcuera, 
Viuda  e  Hijos;  Gonzalez,  Olivares  y  Hno.;  Martinez,  Pablo.  Hat- 
ters— Alvarez,  Maximino;  Anaya,  Francisco  J. ;  Chavez,  Florencio; 
Gutierrez,  Celerino;  Hernandez,  Praxedes;  Ibarra,  Vicente;  Navarre, 
Francisco;  Norwald,  Luis;  Perez,  Petra;  Placencia,  Lino;  Placencia, 
Anastasio;  Quirarte,  Leonides;  Ramirez,  Pedro;  Reyes,  Herlindo; 
Rufino,  Juan;  Ruiz,  Andres;  Torres,  Longinos;  Zolly,  Hermanos. 
Importers  (direct) — Collignon  y  Ca.,  Ed.;  Navarro  y  Compania,  T. 
J. ;  Somellera,  Hermanos  Fernandez.  Jewelers — Aguilar,  Sabino; 
Diaz,  Carlos;  Salmeron,  Daniel;  Torres,  Heliodoro;  Ulloa,  Eustacio. 
Jewelers  and  watchmakers — Arrington,  W.  B.;  Castaneda,  Jos6  A.; 
Castro,  Antonio;  Martinez,  Ramon;  Ruiz,,  Donaciano;  Torres,  Juan 
B. ;  Torres,  Jacinto;  Vallarta,  Francisco;  Winterhalder,  Antonio. 
Lime  and  brick — Avila,  Trinidad;  Camarena,  Fermin;  Casillas,  Al- 
bino; Hernandez,  Trinidad;  Luna,  Sebastian;  Piedra,  Trinidad; 
Placencia,  Ireneo.  Lithographers — Ancira  y  Hermano;  Dieguez> 
Trinidad;  Iguinez,  Jose  Maria;  Izaguirre,  Jose  A.;  Rodriguez, 
Alberto.  Lumber  dealers — Camarena,  Fermin;  Casilla,  Jose;  Cortes, 
Ramon;  Gonzalez,  Ambrosia;  Iguinez,  Evaristo;  Orozco,  Gonzalez 
Antonio;  Ramirez,  Jose;  Romero,  Bonifacio;  Solis,  Viuda  de;  Var- 
gas, Francisco;  Villegas,  Nicolas;  Villaseiior,  Enrique.  Machinery 
and  agricultural  implements — Behn,  Carlos;  Castaneda,  Palomar; 
Collignon  y  Ca.;  Kipp,  Juan  H.;  Stettner,  Mauricio.  Mineral 
waters — Ascencio,  J. ;  Branca,  Albino;  Ocampo,  Manuel  y  Hermano; 
Ornelas,  Antonio  J  ;  Perez,  Lazaro;  Perez,  Carlos.  Musical  instru- 
ments— Arce,  J.;  Castro, Silvestre;  Collignon  y  Ca.  Eduardo;  Corvera, 
Miguel;  Duran,  Jose  Maria;  Gomez,  Luis;  Gonzalez,  Palomar  y 
Compania,  Benito;  Heymann,  Sucesor,  Alfonso;  Navarro  y  Ca.,  T. 
I.;  Navarrete,  Pablo;  Rojas  Vertiz,  Jose  Maria;  Ruiz,  Donaciano; 
Sanchez  y  Compania,  Eusebio;  Sausa,  Martin;  Torres,  Juan  B.; 
Valenzuela,  Alejandro;  Vila  y  Escobedo.  Notions — Aguilar,  Ze- 
nona;  Andrade,  Margarita;  Carrillo,  Ignacia;  Corona  de  Arevalo, 
Feliciana;  Estrada,  Petra;  Estrada,  Maria;  Fl ores,  J.;  Flores, 
Felipa;  Jimenez,  Ref agio;  Landa,  Francisco;  Larios,  Crescencia; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO.  431 

Macias,  Ricarda;  Parra,  Eusebia;  Parra,  Juana;  Ramirez,  Refngio; 
Valle,  Antonio;  Villalobos  Ruiz,  Amado.  Paints  and  oils — Agraz, 
Felix;  Betancourt,  Roque;  Elizalde,  Familia  de;  Escamilla,  Librado; 
Hidalgo,  Rafael;  Lupercio,  Jose  Maria;  Navarro,  Ignacio.  Paper 
— Blank  books — Ancira,  Hermanos;  Cabrera,  Jose;  Guevara,  Ri- 
cardo;  Iguinez,  Jose  Maria;  Martinez  Suarez,  Margarito;  Perez  Lete, 
Sucesores;  Robles,  Jose  Maria;  Sanchez.  Eusebio.  Cardboard — 
Vazquez,  Pedro;  Villavicencio,  Santos  Printing  paper — Ancira  y 
Hno.,  Modesto;  Castillo  y  Zuniga;  Collignon  y  Ca.,  Eduardo;  Cor- 
cuera  e  Hijos,  Viuda;  Castaneda,  Palouiar;  Zavala  y  Ca.,  Juan. 
Wall  paper — Gonzalez,  Palomar  y  Ca.,  Benito;  Sanchez  y  Ca.; 
Eusebio.  Perfumery — Ascencio.  J. ;  Corona  de  Arevalo,  Feliciano; 
Fortoul,  Bellon  y  Agorreca,  T. ;  Gonzalez,  Palomar  y  Ca.,  Benito; 
Jaacks,  Juan;  La  Croix  Hermanos;  Perez,  Lazaro  e  Hijo.  Petro- 
leum depots — Alvarez  y  Gutierrez;  Castillo  y  Zuniga;  Guerrero, 
Cirilo;  Oltzen,  J.;  Sanchez,  Rafael;  Valencio,  Francisco.  Porcelain 
— Gonzalez,  Francisco;  Saavedra,  Gregorio  (general).  Pottery — 
Cobian,  Juana;  Corona,  Maria;  Lopez,  J. ;  Lopez,  Petra;  Lozano, 
Refugio;Lo\verre,  Manuel;  Navarro  de  Rasura,  Anatasia;  Quirarde> 
Merced;  Quirarde,  Trinidad;  Rodriguez,  Esteban;  Ruiz  Velaseo, 
Salvador;  Ruiz,  Dolores;  Sanchez,  Inocencio;  Verrea,  Luisa. 
Printers'  supplies — Guevara,  L.  Giro;  Kipp,  Juan  H. ;  Ocampo  y 
Cortes  y  Hnos.,  Manuel;  Puga,  Nicolas.  Salt  pork  importers — Diaz, 
Guadalupe;  Espinosa,  Perfecto;  Nunez,  Valeriano;  Oceguera,  Abra- 
ham; Perez,  J.  Merced;  Reynoso,  Martin;  Reynoso,  Pablo;  Sanchez, 
Ignacia;  Silva,  German;  Valadez,  Ignacio.  Sewing  machines — 
Amberg  y  Velad  (White);  Arrington,  W.  B.  (Naumann);  Behn 
Carlos  (New  Home);  Espinosa,  Jose  Maria  (Wheeler  &  Wilson); 
Hermosillo,  Arnulfo  (Singer).  Silk  goods — Corona,  Antonia;  Co- 
rona de  Arevalo,  Feliciana;  Fortoul,  Bellon  y  Agorreca,  T. ;  Gaudi- 
not  y  Banoni;  Muro,  Rafaela  del;  Paez,  Luz  M.  de;  Rendon,  Guada- 
lupe. Sporting  goods — Agraz,  Felix;  Castillo  y  Zuniga;  Chavez, 
Plutarco;  Escamilla,  Librado;  Lacroix  Hnos,;  Luna,  Secundino; 
Navarro,  Ignacio;  Rodriguez,  Feliciano  B. ;  Ruiz,  Donaciano. 
Stationery — Ancira  y  Hermano;  Gonzalez,  Palomar  y  Compania, 
Benito;  Iguinez,  Jose  Maria;  Moya,  Carlos;  Paez,  Pedro;  Ro.mero, 
Carlos  Z.;  Sanchez  y  Ca.,  Eusebio;  Vila  y  Escobedo.  Sugar  mer- 
chants— Blume  y  Compania;  Castaneda,  Palomar;  Corcuera,  Viuda 


432  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

e  Hijos;  Gonzalez,  Olivarez  y  Hno. ;  Mora  e  Hijos,  Ramon  de  la; 
Pefta  y  Hno.,  Fernando  de  la;  Remus,  Hijas  de;  Qgarte,  Francisco. 
Tinware  and  brassware — Alatorre  (viuda  de);  Alvarado,  Encarna- 
cion;  Arzate,  Francisco;  Barcena,  J.;  Camacho  e  Hijo,  Celso;  Ca- 
rnacho,  Canute;  Oamacho,  Florencio;  Gallegos,  Lucio;  Gallegos, 
Severiano;  Gonzalez,  Modesto;  Gutierrez,  Hermanos;  Mendoza, 
Mdximo;  Olea,  Lauro;  Perez,  Anacleto;  Perez,  Quirino;  Suarez, 
Placido.  Toys — Arce,  J. ;  Armeria,  Refugio;  Ahumada,  Petra 
Bartholly,  Sucr,  Agustin;  Bautista,  Agapita;  B«hn,  Carlos;  Car- 
randa,  Pomposa;  Corona  de  Arevalo,  Feliciano;  Enciso,  Soledad; 
Espinosa,  Dolores;  Fortoul,  Bell  on  y  Agoreca,  T.;  Franck  y  Ca., 
M.;  Gonzalez,  Palomar  y  Compania,  Benito;  Luna,  Secundino; 
Manriquez,  Maria  L.;  Mondragon,  Longinos  ;•  Paez,  Luz;  Ramirez, 
J.  R. ;  Ramirez,  Francisco;  Reveles,  Josefa;  Salazar,  Cleofas;  Val- 
divia,  Lucas;  Vallarta,  Francisco;  Villaseftor,  Espiridion ;  Zuloaga, 
Juan.  Varnish  and  axle  grease — Agraz,  Felix;  Escamilla,  Librado. 
Wines,  imported — Castillo  y  Zuniga;  Collignon  y  Compania, 
Eduardo;  Fortoul,  Belon  y  Agorreca;  Garibay,  Ramon;  Galindez, 
Daniel;  Huber,  Victor;  Lions,  Remigio;  Martinez,  Negrete,  Fran- 
cisco; Pais,  Pedro;  Quevedo,  Luis  G. ;  Rolleri  y  Compania,  Jose; 
Romero,  Antonio;  Romero,  Carlos  Z;  Sanchez  y  Compania,  .Euse- 
bio;  Tiran,  Julio;  Vila  y  Escobedo;  Zavala  y  Compania,  Juan. 
Wood  and  coal — Casilla,  Albino;  Garcia,  Isabel;  G6mez,  Sostenes; 
Herandez  Cortes,  Teresa;  Hnerta,  Zenon;  Lara,  Francisco;  Lue- 
valo,  Magdalena;  Lares,  Trinidad;  Padilla,  J.;  Perez,  Feliz;  Prieto, 
Geronimo;  Pulido,  Gregorio;  Reynoso,  Juan;  Rios,  Juan;  Reyes 
Oalixto,  D. ;  Tavares,  Jos6  Maria.  Wool  merchants — Agraz,  Felix; 
Escarnilla,  Libi-ado;  Gonzalez,  Olivarez  y  Hno.;  Morfin,  Marcelino 
GUANAJUATO  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Agricultural  implements — 
Castaneda,  Francisco  de  P;  Ederra,  Francisco  X.;  Palassou,  En- 
rique; Stallforth,  Alcazar  y  Ca.  Arms  and  ammunition — Manri- 
quez, Francisco;  Moya,  Mauro;  Nuiies,  Narciso;  Palassou,  Enrique; 
Villegas,  Castillo.  Bankers — Alcazar,  Ramon;  Arce,  Genaro;  Cas- 
taneda, Francisco  de  P;  Ederra,  Francisco;  Jimenez,  Gregorio; 
Markassousa,  Carlos;  Stallforth,  Alcazar  y  Ca.  Banks — Sucursal 
del  "  Banco  Agricola; "  Sucursal  del  "  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexi- 
co; "  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional  Mexicano.  Booksellers  and 
stationers — Alvarez,  Alejandro;  Bouret,  Carlos;  Castan  y  Camps, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  433 

•Celestino;  Fuente,  Pedro  cle  la;  Gallardo,  Abraham;  Obregon, 
Claudio;  Pallassou,  Enrique;  Vaol,  Einilio  Lopez:  Verdayes  y  Oa., 
F.  Boots  and  shoes — Alvarado,  J.;  Arias,  Margarito;  Bernard,  En- 
rique; Duarte,  Demetrio;  Heredia,  Francisco;  Machuca,  J.  M.; 
Madrid,  Felipe;  Pedroza,  Ceferino;  Rodriguez,  Francisco;  Rodri- 
guez. Catarino;  Soria,  Concepcion ;  Soria,  Jose  E.;  Soria,  N". ;  Villa- 
nueva,  Francisco.  Carriages — Valtierra,  Nabor.  China,  and  glass- 
ware— Abascal,  Diego;  Acosta,  Santos;-  Caloca  y  Ca.;  Cuadra, 
Luis;  Fuentes,  J.;  Gomez,  Felipe;  Obregon  Heimanos;  Obregon, 
'Claudio;  Ortega,  Monico;  Palassou,  Enrique;  Pedrosa,  Francisco 
de  P.  Commission  merchants — Baca  Hno.,  J.  B.;  Oastorena, 
•Gaudel;  Dominguez,  Magdaleno;  Fuentes  y  Romero;  Gutierrez, 
Antonio;  Guzman,  Feliciano;  Hernandez  Hnos.;  Langenscheidt,  En- 
rique; Manrique,  Floi-entino;  Martinez,  Antonio;  Meyerberg,  En- 
rique; Nunez,  Narciso;  Osante  Hnos;  Beinoso.  Manuel ;  Rodriguez 
y  Ca.,  C. ;  Stallforth,  Alcazar  y  Ca.  Copper  goods — -Alvarez,  Ra- 
mon; Bonifacio,  Antonio.  Drugs — Aragon,  Felipe;  Arreguin,  B.; 
•Casillas,  Tomas;  Fonseca,  Tomas;  Gazca,  J.;  Gasca  y  Ca. ;  Leal  y 
Ca. ;  Lopez,  Francisco;  Maicote,  Sirio;  Marquez  y  Ca.;  Obregon  y 
Marquez;  Rueda,  Jose;  Salcedo,  Vicente;  Soto,  Emilio;  Sotura, 
-Carlos:  Vazquez,  Sue.;  Vazquez,  Ignacio;  Villafuerte,  Elias;  Villa- 
•nueva  y  Ca.  Dry  goods — Baca  Hno.,  J.  B;  Barquin  y  Espinosa; 
Beraud  Hnos.;  Bolivar,  y  Puebla;  Brun  y  Jame;  Caguen,  Maximo; 
Caire  y  Audrifttid;  Erquicia,  Sue.,  P.;  Garcia  y  Hno,  Enrique; 
Goerne,  Luis,  Gonzalez  y  Villasenor;  Haran,  Cayetano,  Sue. ;  Her- 
nandez Hnos.;  Langenscheidt,  Enrique;  Lozano  y  Espino&'a;  Osacar, 
Hnos.;  Osante,  Hermanos;  Romaiia,  Mariano;  Rongecillo,  Antonio. 
Fancy  goods — Alferez,  Florencio;  David,  Emilio;  Esperon  y  Ca., 
Victor;  Fuentes  y  Pina,  Wenceslao;  Gallardo,  Abraham;  Obregon, 
Claudie;  Ortega,  Monica;  Palassou,  Enrique.  Furniture — Aguirre, 
J. ;  Bonifacio,  Antonio;  Jouannaud,  Leonardo:  Obregon,  Claudio; 
Porras,  Anastasio;  Segura,  Adrian;  Segura,  Alejandro.  Groceries 
and  provisions — Abascal,  Diego;  Acosta,  Santos;  Arteaga,  Floren- 
cio; Bolanos,  Mateo;  Caloca,  Tomas;  Castro,  Margaiito;  Cervantes 
y  Ca.;  Cuellar,  Antonio;  Erquicia,  Sue.,  P.;  Estrayer  y  Ca.,  AJ 
llarcia,  Felix;  Goerne  Hnos.,  Guillermo;  Mafion,  Ruperto;  Obregon, 
Claudio;  Robles,  Roman;  Sabino,  Iza;  Rojas  y  Hno.,  Eusebio;  To- 
rres, Pedro;  Trueba,  Mateo;  Valadez,  Manuel;  Zarate,  Francisco. 


434  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Hardware — Abascal,  Diego;  Alcazar  y  Ca.;  Bonifacio,  Antonior 
Denne,  Alfonso;  Gallardo,  Abraham;  Goerne,  Luis;  Longenscheidt, 
Enrique;-  Osante  Hermanos;  Palassou,  Enrique;  Rodriguez  y  Ca. 
^a««r«-s-Barriga  y  Ca.,  Francisco;  Bordier,  Isidore;  Solorzano  y 
Ca.,  Antonio.  House  furnishing  goods  and  tinware — Alvarez, 
Bruno;  Damen,  Alfonso;  Delgado,  Tiburcio;  Duran,  Pablo;  Flore.s, 
Hilario;  Flores,  Narciso;  Frias,  Modesto;  Moron,  Antonio;  Reina, 
Ricardo;  Vazquez,  Ignacio.  Importers  and  exporters — Abasca), 
Diego;  Acevedo,  Alejo;  Ajuria,  M.;  Alcazar  y  Ca.;  Alferez,  Floren- 
cio;  Berniga,  F.;  Brune  &  James;  Buand  Hermanos  <fe  Ca.,  Enrique; 
Caire,  Auditlred  &  Co.;  Caloca  &  Co.;  Castro,  Margarito;  Cuellar, 
Antonio;  Delgado,  Amado;  Errecalde,  Guillermo;  Fernandez,  Ig- 
nacio; Flebe,  Joaquin;  Gallardo,  Abraham;  Garcia  de  Leon,  Do- 
mingo; Geiilant,  Federico;  Goerne,  Luis;  Gonzalez  y  VillaseHor; 
Gutierrez,  Lino;  Hernandez  y  Hijo;  Hernandez,  Alejandro;  Hen-era, 
J.;  Infante,  Anastasio;  Issa,  Sabino;  Lara,  Gregorio;  Marmol,  Pas- 
cual;  Obregon,  Claudio;  Ossante,  Hermanos;  Palassou  Hermanos; 
Perez,  Antonio;  Reynoso,  Luis;  Robles,  Roman;  Rojas,  Eu.sebio; 
Soloranzo,  Antonio;  Trueba,  Mateo;  Velazquez,  Jose.  Ironware, 
dealers — Denne,  Alfonso;  Gallardo,  Abraham;  Palassou,  Enrique; 
Stallforth,  Alcazar  y  Ca.  Jewelers — Galacion,  Gabellon;  Gerilant, 
Federico;  Hernandez,  Alejandro;  Hernandez  e  Hijo;  Laux,  Luis; 
Perez,  Antonio;  Villalpando,  Antonio;  Wieland,  Federico.  Litho- 
graphers— Garcia,  Emilio;  Loreto,  Faustino.  Lumber  'merchants — 
Anda,  J.  M.;  Alvarado,  Rafael;  Herrefa,  Sue.,  Benito;  Lopez, 
Tdnidad.  Paints  and  varnishes — Arteaga,  Florencio;  David, 
Emilio;  Hijar,  Geronimo;  Palassou,  Fernando;  Santoyo,  Antonio; 
Valdez,  Manuel;  Zarate,  Francisco.  Perfumery — Obregon  y  Her- 
maiio.  Pianos  and  organs — Langenscheidt,  Enrique;  Meyer  burg, 
Enrique;  Villa pando,  Antonio.  Sewing  machines — Castro,  Mar- 
garito; Herrera,  J.;  Palassou,  Enrique;  Portillo,  Cleofas;  Williams, 
Eduardo;  Wineburgh,  David.  Ship  chandler's  goods — Castro, 
Manuel ;  Cepeda,  Santos;  Morales,  Refugio;  Rodriguez,  Lorenzo. 

GUAYMAS  (State  of  Sonoia) — Agricultural  implements — Aguilar, 
F.  A.  Sue.;  Baston,  Domiciano;  Cosca  Garcia  y  Ca.;  Lund  y  Ca., 
William;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Bankers — Aguayo  Hiios. ;  Wells, 
Fargo  y  Ca;  Aguilar,  F.  A.,  Sues.  Banks — Banco  de  Londres  y 
Mexico;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional.  Booksellers  and  stationers 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  435 

— Baston,  D.;  Markert,  F.  A.  Boots  and  shoes — Quichoy,  Chan- 
.Ramirez,  J.;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel;  Tung  Chung  Lung;  Zenizo, 
Cristobal.  Carriage  dealers — Angulo,  Vicente,  Campillo,  Eligio; 
Hase,  Carlos;  Palma,  J.  P.;  Pahna,  Manuel;  Preciado,  Francisco. 
China  and  glassware — Baston,  D.;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Com- 
mission merchants — Chisam,  P.  B.;  Iberry,  W.;  Kiesselbach,  C. ; 
Quintan  a,  Martin;  Martinez,  Luis  A.;  Camou,  Juan  Pedro;  Williard, 
A.  Drugs  —  Ddvila,  Lois  G. ;  Gayou,  Eugenio;  Wallace,  Alejan- 
dro. Dry  goods — Basazabal,  Juan;  Cosca,  Garcia  y  Ca.;  Moller  y 
Ca.,  G.;  Moller,  J.  R.;  Wolf,  H.;  Zenizo,  Juan.  Groceries  and  pre- 
visions— Baston,  Domiciano;  Camou,  Juan  Pedro;  Cosca  Garcia  y 
Ca. ;  Escobosa  y  Ca.,  Rafael;  Iberry,  Wenceslao;  Ibeiry  y  Huerta; 
Jauregui,  Luis;  Lnnd  y  Ca.,  William;  Seldner  y  von  BorsteJ; 
Zenizo,  Juan;  Zuiiiga,  Adolt'o  de.  Hardware — Baston,  D.;"  Seldner 
y  von  Borstel.  Iron  and  ironware — Aguilar,  F.  A.,  Sue.;  Bastonr 
D.;  Cosca,  Garcia  y  Ca. ;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Jewelers — Briick- 
elneyer,  C.;  Duenas,  Ramon  V.;  Seiner,  J.  Lithographers — Ga- 
xiola  y  Ca.,  Eduardo;  Viuda  de  Taboada.  Sewing  machines — Ca- 
nal, Antonio;  Colin,  Max  W.;  Cosca,  Garcia  y  Ca.;  Seldner  y  von 
Borstel. 

HERMOSILLO  (State  of  Sonora) — Agricultural  implements — 
Calderon,  Antonio;  Camou  Hermanos;  Castro,  Juan  D.;  Torriella, 
Felix.  flankers — Calderon,  A.;  Castro,  Juan  de  Dios;  Ruiz, 
Rafael;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Booksellers  and  stationers — 
Ainslie,  Alejandro;  Calderon,  Antonio;  Castro,  Miguel  F. ;  Possehl 
y  Ca.,  Luis.  Soots  and  shoes — Assun  y  Ca.,  Wong;  Chanchan,. 
Santiago;  Long,  Cong  Jose;  Zenizo,  Cristobal;  Yepiz,  Jose  I.  Car- 
riage  dealers — Grijalva,  Manuel;  Moreno,  Juan;  Ruiz,  Librado. 
China  and  glassware — Castro,  Juan  de  Dios;  Horvilleur,  Leon; 
Ruiz,  R.;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Commission  merchants — Calde- 
ron, Antonio;  Camou  Hermanos;  Dauelsberg,  German;  Rodriguez,. 
A.  A.  Drugs — Avila,  J.  M.;  Davila  y  Ca.,  L.  G.  Dry  goods — 
Calderon,  Antonio;  Camou  Hermanos;  Castro,  Juan  de  Dios;  Es- 
calante,  Diego;  Horvilleur,  Leon;  Rodriguez,  Francisco  E. ;  Rodri- 
guez, Rodolfo;  Ruiz,  Rafael;  Possehl  y  Ca.,  Luis,  fancy  goods — 
Calderon,  Antonio;  Horvilleur  y  Ca.,  Leon;  Possehl  y  Ca.,  Luis; 
Ruiz,  Rafael;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Furniture — Teran,  Arturo; 
Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  General  agents — Castaneda,  Eduardo; 


436  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Encinas,  Jos6  M.;  Enciso,  Leonardo;  Escalante,  Manuel;  Rodri- 
guez, Luis;  Velasco,  Florencio.  Groceries  and  provisions — Arvizu 
y  Ca.,  J.  J.;  Oalderon,  Antonio;  Camon  Hermanos;  Castro,  J.  D. ; 
Echevarria,  Carmelo;  Gonzalez,  Dionisio;  Horvilleur,  Leon;  Ruiz, 
Rafael;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Hardware — Ruiz,  Rafael;  Seldner 
y  von  Borstel.  Hatters — Felix,  Alberto;  Fort,  Rafael;  Horvilleur 
y  Ca.,  Leon.  Ironware  dealers  and  manufacturers — Calderon,  An- 
tonio; Castro,  J.  D.;  Ruiz,  R. ;  Seldner  y  von  Borstel.  Jeweler — 
Kraft,  Samuel  H.  Lithographer — Ramirez,  Aniceto.  Music  store 
— Possehl  y  Ca.,  Luis.  Sewing  machines — Maldonado,  J.  M. 

JRAPUATO  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Agricultural  implements — 
Aguilera,  Jos6  Refugio;  Vargas  y  Hermanos,  Juan.  Booksellers — 
Aguirre.,  Franco;  Hernandez,  Nicolas.  Boots  and  shoes — Barbosa, 
Genaro;  Cervantes,  Pablo;  Juarez,  Agustin.  Carriages — Aguilera, 
Jose  Refugio.  China  and  glassware — Flores  y  Ca.,  Antonio. 
Commission  merchants — Aguilera,  Vicente;  Bocanegra,  Manuel; 
Lopez,  Librado;  Peredo,  J.  M.  Drugs—  Aguirre,  Francisco; 
Canal,  Ignacio;  Cruz,  Luis;  Gal  van,  S. ;  Gonzalez,  Aguirre;  Moral, 
Manuel  M.  del.;  Orozco,  Miguel;  Reyiioso,  Enrique;  Rico,  Ampe- 
lio  F.;  Rivera,  Apolinar.  Dry  goods — Armand,  Napoleon;  Diaz, 
Vicente;  Flores,  Antonio;  Hernandez,  Nicolas;  Vargas,  Nicolas- 
Vallas,  Angel;  Vega,  Gabriel;  Velasco  y  Ca.,  Jose.  Fancy  goods — 
Martinez,  Susano;  Vega,  Gabriel.  Groceries  and  provisions — Var- 
gas, Nicolas;  Velasco  y  Ca.,  Jose.  Hardware — Acosta,  Genaro ; 
Cerda  y  Ca.,  Roman.  Hardware,  and  house  furnishings — Acosta, 
Genaro;  Alvarado,  Guadalupe;  Rangel,  Antonio;  Vega,  Gabriel. 
Hats — Zepeda,  J.  Iron  and  ironware — Acosta,  Genaro;  Vargas, 
Nicolas;  Villasenor,  Trinidad.  Paints  and  varnishes — Acosta, 
Genaro;  Aguilera  y  Ca.,  Guadalupe;  Cerda  y  Ca.,  Roman.  Pianos 
and  musical  instruments — Cosio,  A.;  Gonzalez,  Simon. 

JALAPA  (State  of  Veracruz) — Bankers — Cerdan,  Agustin;  Pas- 
quel,  F.  de  P.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Escribano,  Manuel; 
Luelmo,  Pedro  M.;  Rocha,  Manuel  M.  China  and  glassware — 
Escribano,  Manuel.  Commission  merchants — Casas,  Vicente  R. ;  Ho- 
yos,  Hermanos;  Pastrana,  G.  Drugs — Cambas,  JoseR.;  Casas,  Ro- 
dolfo;  Crespo,  Antonio;  Gutierrez,  Manuel  Lozada;  Martinez, Senori- 
tas;  Pastrana,  Virginia;  Pozo,Juan;  Quiroz,  Manuel;  Redondo,  Juan 
Perez;  Trigos,  Ildefonso.  Dry  goods — Bouchez,  Carlos;  Cordero, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  437 

Angel;  Cordero,  Luis;  Garcia,  Antonio;  Juarez  y  Nietoj  Manuel, 
Bmilio  (viuda  de);  Oncins  y  Ca.;  Rivera,  Antonio  Perez;  Rodri- 
guez, J.  A.;  Sayago,  Mariana;  Sanchez,  Santos;  Teruel,  Carlos 
Garcia.  Fancy  goods — Bouchez,  Carlos;  Cordero,  Luis;  Escribano, 
Manuel;  Loaiza,  Tomas;  Luelmo,  Pedro  M.;  Rodriguez,  Jose  A. 
Furniture — Luelmo,  Pedro  M.  Groceries  and  provisions —  Acosta, 
Carlos;  Aparicio  e  Hijos,  Luis;  Barrientos,  Emilio:  Dominguez, 
Basilio;  Escribano,  Manuel;  Guevara,  Francisco  Javier;  Hernan- 
dez, Manuel;  Herrera,  Joaquin  Gomez;  Jimenez,  Vicente;  Ramirez, 
Juan;  Rodriguez,  Faustino;  Romero,  Mariano;  Sanchez,  Manuel 
Leon;  Teran,  Roman;  Valle,  Micaela  del;  Vela,  Jose  M. ;  Zarate, 
Francisco;  Zarate,  Tomas.  General  stores — Aragon  y  Martinez; 
Cordero,  Angel;  Escribano  y  Ca. ;  Escobar  Hermanos;  Franchechi, 
Viuda  de  J. ;  Guevara,  Francisco;  Juarezy  Nieto;  Pastorisa,  J.;  Ro- 
mero, Mariano;  Sulueta,  Ramon;  Teran,  Jose  Maria;  Zubieta, 
Ramon.  Hardware — Bouchez,  Carlos;  Cordero,  Luis;  Luelmo, 
Pedro;  Loaiza,  Tomas.  Hatter — Malpica,  Luis.  Jeweler — 
Sanger,  Emilio.  Sewing  machines — Bouchez,  Carlos;  Garcia,  An- 
tonio; Martinez,  Antonio;  Oncins  y  Ca. ;  Romero,  Albino. 

LA  BARCA  (State  of  Jalisco) — flankers — Acuna, Inocencio.  Boots 
and  shoes — Aeuna,  Inocencio;  Mora,  Miguel;  Nunez,  Pornposo- 
Carriages — Santiago,  Gregorio.  Commission  merchants — Aceves, 
Pedro;  Villasenor,  J.  Drugs — Mendoza,  Luis  G. ;  Rio,  Maria 
Refugio  del.  Dry  goods — Acuna,  Inocencio;  Castellanos,  Fruc- 
tuoso;  Hernandez,  Francisco;  Jimenez,  Mariano;  Lara,  Ruperto; 
Mora,  Miguel;  Otero,  Alberto  Gil;  Tamayo,  Marino.  Sewing  ma- 
chines— Mora,  Miguel. 

LAGOS  (State  of  Jalisco) — Booksellers — Gonzalez,  Refugio;  Larios, 
Geronimo;  Larios,  Margarito.  Boots  and  shoes — Gal  van,  F. ;  Gon- 
zalez, J.  B. ;  Jordan,  I.  China  and  glassware — Cabrera  y  Ca.,  R.; 
Rodriguez,  D.  Commission'  merchants — Bocanegra  Succ.,  A.; 
Kegel,  Augusto;  Rodriguez,  Felix.  Drugs — Aguirre,  David  Gon- 
zalez; Bocanegra,  J. ;  Lanu/a,  F. ;  Leon,  F.  G.  Dry  goods — Lo- 
zano,  A.;  Valle  y  Ca.,  F.  del;  Vega,  Pedro.  Fancy  goods — La- 
rios, G.;  Larios,  M.;  Lopez,  Pedro,  Sue.;  Rodriguez,  D.  Groceries 
and  provisions — Cabrera  y  Ca.,  R.;  Hernandez  Hnos.;  Larios  y 
Ca.,  H. ;  Manriquez,  F.;  Zuniga  e  Hijo,  J.  M.  Hardware,  iron, 
and  ironware — Cabrera  y  Ca.,  R. ;  Gonzalez,  Refugio;  Rodriguez, 


438  MERCANTILE  DJKECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

D.  J  fatter — Gonzalez,  R.  Lithographer — Reyna,  B.  Paints, 
oils  and  varnishes — Rodriguez,  D. 

LA  PAZ  (Territory  of  Lower  California) — Boots  and  shoes — As- 
cencio,  Cruz;  Chacon,  Carmen;  Quinteros,  Francisco.  Commission 
merchants — Silver,  William;  Viosca,  James.  Drugs — Hidalgo,  M.; 
Santana,  Jose.  Importers — Arriola,  Agustin;  Cabezud  y  Ca.;  Cota 
y  Pelaez;  Gonzalez  y  Kuffo;  Hidalgo  y  Ca. ;  Rivera,  G.,  Sue. 

LEON  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Agricultural  implements — Alvarado, 
Luz;  Davalos  y  Ca. ;  Fisch  y  Ca.;  Gonzalez,  M.;  Heyser,  Jorge; 
Nunez,  Nestor.  Arms  and  ammunition — Beruinan,  Eufemio;  Olmo, 
R.  del,  Sue.;  Rerabez  y  Bezaury.  Bankers — Morales,  Benigno; 
Pohls  y  Guedea,  Sue.;  R3rubez  y  Bezaury;  Sarvin,  Ramon.  Banks 
— Sucursal  del  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Na- 
cional.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Campos,  Juan  N.;  Izquierdo, 
J.;  Olmo,  R.  del,  Sue.;  Portillo  y  Guemes;  Villalobos,  Rafael. 
-Boots  and  shoes — Barbara,  Valente;  Jaqueres,  Agustin;  Maldonado, 
Juan;  Ruiz,  Teodoro;  Segura,  Lauro.  China  and  glassware — 
Bittrolff  y  Niemeyer;  C-tmpos,  Juan  M.;  Munguia,  Serapio;  Mar- 
tinez y  Hermano,  Fernando;  Olmo,  Ramon  del,  Sue.;  Perez,  Jose; 
Perez,  J.  A.;  Rico,  Juan  P.;  Salas,  Fernando  Puente.  Clothing — 
Barbier,  Santiago;  Bessonart  y  Apesteguy;  Bu.stamante,  Angel; 
Echeagaray  y  Ca. ;  Garcia.  A.  de  Leon;  Gonzalez  y  Ca.;  Mena,  Sa- 
bino;  Mimatones,  Jose;  Obregon,  Carlos;  Thomme,  Lorenzo. 
Cloihing,  hats,  etc. — Aldana,  Pablo;  Avila,  Sebastian;  Carpio,  Car- 
los; Chavez,  Jose;  Dc-lgado,  Amado;  Flebe,  Joaquin;  Gonzalez, 
Baltasar;  Hagelstein,  Luis;  Hernandez,  C.;  Lopez  y  Hermano; 
Lopez,  Ildefonso;  Malacara,  Manuel;  Munguia,  Serapio;  Manrique, 
Santiago;  Munoz,  E. ;  Ramirez,  Victoriano;  Salas,  Fernando,Puente; 
Salgado,  Pascual;  Segura,  J. ;  Trueba,  Norberto.  Commission  mer- 
chants— Alatorre  y  Araujo;  Alfai-o,  J.  de  la  Luz;  Alvarado,  Luz; 
Fisch  y  Bischoff;  Fuentes  y  Pifia;  trarza,  Francisco  C. ;  Gonzalez, 
Juan  M. ;  Hernandez  y  Alvarez;  Lopez,  Juan  S. ;  Luna,  Miguel; 
Martinez  y  Hermano,  F. ;  Mena,  Cleto:  Munguia,  S.;  Pohls  y  Gue- 
dea, Sue.;  Segura,  Miguel  F.;  Torres,  Wenceslao;  Ximenez,  Salva- 
dor. Dealers  in  native  produce — Echeagaray  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Fuentes 
y  Piiia;  Madrazo,  Manuel;  Manrique,  Santiago;  Rembez  y  Bezaury; 
Yalazquez,  J.  Drugs — Acosta,  Pedro;  Castro,  Juan  N.;  Espana, 
Antonio;  Espana,  Miguel;  Gonzalez,  Francisco  Aguirre:  Gonzalez, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  439 

Luis;  Leal  y  Ca.;  Ortiz,  Jose;  Ruiz,  Petronilo.  Dry  goods — Bar- 
Itier,  Santiago;  Bessonart;  Brune  y  James;  de  Nava  y  Ca,  Lopez; 
Echegaray  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Fisch  y  Bischoff;  Garcia,  Aparicio;  Jame, 
Mariano;  Martinez  y  Hermano,  Fernando;  Munatoes,  Jose  Maria; 
Obregon,  Carlos;  Pohls  y  Guedea;  Portilla  y  Guemes;  Rico,  Juan 
P.;  Salas,  Fernando  Puente;  Thome,  Lorenzo;  Villalobos,  Rafael. 
Fancy  goods,  laces,  etc. — Bittrolff  y  Niemeyer;  Campos,  Juan  N.; 
De  Nava  y  Ca.,  Lopez;  Echeagaray  y  Ca. ;  Fuentes  y  Pina;  Hermo- 
sillo,  Amada;  Izquierdo,  Zenon;  Oiler,  Antonio;  Olmo,  Ramon  del, 
Sue.;  Perez,  Jose  A.;  Pohls  y  Guedea,  Sue.;  Portillo  y  Hayser; 
Robles,  Felipe.  Flour  merchants — Gonzalez,  J.  M.;  Manrique, 
Santiago;  Raynaud,  Julio;  Sierra,  Manuel;  Torres,  Eulalio.  Fur- 
niture dealers — Bittrolff  y  Niemeyer;  Fuentes  y  Pina;  Olmo,  Ra- 
mon del,  Sue. ;  Pohls  y  Guedea,  Sue.;  Reuibez  y  Bezaury.  Groceries 
and  provisions — Fernandez,  Manuel;  Fisch  y  Ca. ;  Gaona,  Luis; 
Hernandez,  Libi-ado;  Manrique,  Santiago;  Torres,  Wenceslao. 
Hardware — Bittrolff  y  Niemeyer;  Campos,  Juan  N.;  Martinez  y 
Ca.,  Fernando;  Olmo,  Ramon  del,  Sue.;  Perez,  Jose  A.;  Rembez  y 
Bezaury;  Robles,  Felipe.  Hatters — Aldama,  Pablo;  Aldana,  Ma- 
nuel; Flebbe,  Joaquin.  Iron  and  ironware — Gaona,  Luis;  Man- 
rique, Santiago;  Rembez  y  Bezaury.  Lithographers— Gomez  Her- 
raanos.  Pianos  aud  musical  instruments — Bittrolff  y  Niemeyer; 
Cortez,  Estanislao;  Olmo,  Ramon  del,  Sue.;  Pohls  y  Guedea;  Rico, 
Juan  P.  Sewing  machines — Garcia,  Agustin;  Nunez,  Nestor. 
•  Watches  and  jewelry — Arnold,  Carlos;  Barroso,  Pascual;  Gray, 
Francisco;  Long,  Luis;  Rembez  y  Bezaury.  Wool  exporters — 
Garza,  Francisco  Cortina;  Manrique,  Diego;  Muiioz,  E. ;  Munoz, 
Ramon;  Oiler,  Antonio. 

LINARES  (State  of  Nuevo  Leon) — Booksellers — Infante,  Modesto; 
Perez,  Ramon  Garcia.  Commission  merchants — Tamez  y  Tomaseo. 
Dry  goods — Adame,  Mariano;  Ban-era,  Prisciliano;  Fuente,  Fran- 
cisco de  la;  Gaiza,  J.  Garcia;  Garcia,  Mariano;  Lozano,  Donaciano; 
Peqirefio,  Pantaleon;  Sepulveda,  Isaac  Garza;  Sepulveda,  Genaro; 
Tamez  y  Tomaseo;  Vivanco,  Manuel.  Fancy  goods — Melendez, 
Jose  Maria;  Perez,  Ramon  Garcia;  Rodriguez,  Ramon;  Viuda  de 
Vitlales.  Groceries  and  provisions — Garcia,  Mariano;  Pequeno, 
Pantaleon;  Sepulveda,  Genaro;  Sepulveda,'  Isaac  Garza;  Vivanco, 
Manuel.  Hardware — Fouga,  Bernardo;  Tamez  y  Tomaseo.  Hat- 


440  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

tcrs — Arriaga,  Joaquin;  Garza,  J.  Garcia;  Quijano,  Apolinar- 
Sepulveda,  Genaro.  Sewing  machines — Larrumbe,  Ismael. 

MATAMOROS  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Arms  and  ammunition — 
Bielenberg,  Jorge.  Bankers — Iturria  y  Ca.,  N.;  Nielsen,  Enrique- 
Banks — Agencia  del  "Banco  Nacional;"  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico- 
Booksellers  and  stationers — Bennevendo,  Ernilio;  Cardenas,  J.  A.; 
Martinez,  Miguel  Garcia;  Purdie,  Samuel.  Carriage  dealers — 
Chassignet,  E.;  Garcia,  Andres;  Miranda,  Agustin;  Schultz,  Fede- 
rico.  China  and  glassware — Munoz,  Sues.  L.  Commission  mer- 
chants— Cavazos,  Antonio;  Cross,  Meliton;  Iturria,  Francisco; 
Muguerza,  Francisco  G. ;  Passement,  Alfredo.  Drugs — Barragan, 
Miguel;  Brayda,  Victor;  Bremer,  Eduardo;  Calderon.  Jose.  Dry 
goods — Arredondo,  Manuel;  Bernheim,  J.;  Boesch,  J.  P. ;  Burchard 
y  Hermano;  Cardenas,  J.  A.;  Cross,  Meliton  H.;  Fernandez,  Fran- 
cisco; Garibay,  Lorenzo;  Guinea  y  Ca.,  B.;  Laviolette,  Viuda  de; 
Longoria,  Policarpo;  Miller,  Rafael  M. ;  Petitpain,  Luis  JVL;  Urtu- 
sastegui,  B.  Exporters  of  hides,  skins,  and  domestic  produce — Ar- 
mendariz,  F.;  Cross,  J.  S.  &  M.  H.;  Follain,  G.;  Neilsen,  H.;  Itu- 
rria, Bernardo;  Iturria  y  Ca.,  F.  Fancy  goods — Bennevendor 
Emilio;  Boesch,  J.  P.;  Levy,  Jacques,  furniture — Cross,  M.  H.; 
Munoz,  Sues.,  L.  Groceries  and  provisions — Arredondo,  Manuel: 
Bloomberg  y  Raphael;  Cross,  M.  H.;  Davila,  Francisco;  Gonzalez, 
Jose  R. ;  Iturria,  Francisco;  Iturria  y  Ca.,  F. ;  Levy,  Jacques  - 
Muiioz,  Sues.,  L.;  Portillo,  Inocencio;  Rougier  y  Ca.,  Marcelino. 
Hardware — Doulet,  A.;  Madrazo,  Miguel;  Marquez,  Felipe;  Rou- 
gier y  Ca.,  Marcelino;  Sansat,  Juan.  Importers — Barragan,  M.^ 
Bennevendo,  E. ;  Bielenberg,  G. ;  Bloomberg  y  Raphael;  Brayda, 
V.;  Brown,  W.;  Cross,  J.  S.  &  M.  H.;  Darrouze],  J.;  Guinea  & 
Co.,  B. ;  Laviolette,  Viuda;  Levy,  J.;  Madrazo,  M.;  McMillan. 
John;  Miller,  R.  M.;  Munoz,  L.,  Sue.;  Petitpain,  L.  N.;  Rougier  y 
Ca.,M.;  Urtuzastegui,  B.  Jewelers — Bielenberg,  Jorge;  Belemberg 
J  Quast;  Hinojosa,  Jose  A.  Sewing  machines — Bielenberg,  Jorge;. 
Cardenas,  Manuel. 

MAZATLAN  (State  of  Sinaloa) — Agricultural  implements — Cbar- 
pentier,  Reynaud  y  Ca. ;  Leon  Hnos.,  Diaz,  de;  Hecht,  Gr.  Enrique: 
Heymann,  Sue.  Arms  and  ammunition — Alexandre  y  Gaskin,  J. 
J. ;  Leon  Hnos.,  Diaz  de.  Bankers — Bartning,  Hermanos  y  Cia. ; 
Echeguren  Una.  y  Sobrinos,  Francisco;  Melchers,  Sue.;  Hernandez 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  441 

Mendia  y  Ca. ;  Somellera  Hnos.  Banks — Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexi- 
co; Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Char- 
pentier,  Reynaud  y  Ca. ;  Leon  Hnos.,  Diaz  de;  Heymann,  Sue.; 
Retes,  Miguel;  Paez,  Donaciano.  Boots  and  shoes — Coppel,  Isaac: 
Pantoja,  Hijo  y  Ca.,  Jose  C.  Carriage  dealers — Moneda,  Jose: 
Montiel,  J.  China  and  glassware — Charpentier,  Reynaud  y  Ca. : 
Leon  Hnos.,  Diaz  de;  Hernandez  Mendia  y  Oia. ;  Heymann,  Sue. 
Commission  merchants — Acosta,  Bernabe;  Cruz,  Joaquin  Santa: 
Echeguren,  Herniana  y  Sobrinos,  Francisco;  Guzman  y  Varela: 
Haas,  Guillermo;  Hecht,  Enrique;  Hidalgo,  Careaga  y  Cia. ;  Tames, 
Elorza  y  Cia.;  Pantoja,  Hijo  y  Ca.,  Jose  C. ;  Retes  y  Ca.,  Pedro: 
Charpentier,  Reynaud  y  Cia.;  Romero,  Desiderio;  Schmidt,  Oscar  J. ; 
Schober,  Francisco;  Zeiss,  Rodolfo.  Drugs — Canobio,  Hnos.;  Es- 
pinosa,  Luis  C. ;  Kordell,  Federico;  N"uno,  Angel  C.;  Valadez,  J.  J. ; 
Ziiniga  Mariano.  Dry  goods — Bartning,  Hermanos  y  Cia.;  Belti-an, 
Lucas;  Escobar,  Jesus;  Haas  Guillerrno;  Herrerias,  Marcelino: 
Melchers,  Sue.;  Hernandez  Mend  a  y  Cia.;  Paez,  Donaciano: 
Maxemin  Hnos.;  Somellera  Hnos.;  Tapia,  Librado  A.;  Vega  Hnos. 
Fancy  goods — Charpentier,  Reynaud  y  Ca. ;  Davalos,  Abraham: 
Leon  Hnos.,  Diaz  de;  Escobar,  Jesus;  Heymann,  Sue.;  Maxemin, 
Hnos.;  Melchers,  Sue. ;  Hernandez,  Mend iay  Cia.;  Tapia,  Librado 
Andres.  Groceries  and  provisions — Bartning  Hermanos  y  Cia. ; 
Beltran,  Sue.,  M. ;  Campos,  Santiago;  Cardinault,  Edmundo;  Char- 
pentier, Reynaud  y  Ca.;  Diaz,  de  Leon  Hermanos;  Tames,  Elorza 
y  Ca. ;  Goldschmidt  y  Ca. ;  Gutierrez,  Antonio;  Hecht,  G.  Enrique; 
Heymann,  Sue.;  Longaray,  Gregorio;  Magana,  Mateo;  Magayanes, 
Gumesindo;  Maxemin,  Hnos. ;  Melchers,  Sue.;  Hernandez,  Mendia 
y  Ca.;  Pena,  Antonio  de  la.  Hardware,  iron,  and  ironware — 
Ayala,  Catarino;  Charpentier,  Reynaud  "y  Ca. ;  Diaz  de  Leon, 
Hermanos;  Heymann,  Sue.;  Hidalgo,  Careaga  y  Ca. ;  Lou  bet  y  Ca. 
Hatters — Carrion,  Francisco;  Imana,  Francisco  G. ;  Muro,  Hnos.; 
Vega,  Hermanos.  Jewelers — Escudero,  Ignacio;  Marshall,  Juan  L. 
Lithographer  and  printer — Retes,  Miguel.  Paints,  oils,  etc. — Rea, 
Luis.  Sewing  machines — Haas  Guillermo;  Hecht,  G.  Enrique; 
Gaskin,  Alejandro;  Hernandez,  Mendia  y  Ca.  Silk  goods — Her- 
nandez, Mendia  y  Ca. ;  Yuen  y  Ca.,  Kwong  Yue. 

MERIDA  (State   of  Yucatan) — Agricultural  implements,  arms,  etc. 
— Albertos,  Leopoldo;  Alvarez  y  Ca.;  Ayroa,  Gregorio  Diego;  Cra- 


442  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

setnann,  Sue.;  Donde  y  Ca.,  M.;  Escalante,  E. ;  Esenat,  Antonio; 
Gutierrez  y  Ca. ;  Gutierrez,  L.;  Gutierrez,  Ricardo;  Haro  y  Ca  ,  B.; 
Juanes,  Ramon  P.;  Molina  y  Ca.,  O.;  Nicolin,  Hermanos;  P.once  y 
Ca.,  Jose  M.;  Ravonburg,  German.  Bankers — Crasernann,  Succ.; 
Donde  y  Ca.,  M.;  Escalante,  E.;  Haro  y  Ca.;  Molina  y  Ca.;  Perez  y 
Ca.,  Aznar.  Banks — Banco  Mercantil  de  Yucatan;  Banco  Yuca- 
(eco;  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional. 
Booksellers  and  stationers — Baqueiro  flnos.,  Gomez;  Canto,  Gil; 
Canton,  Eraclio  Gr. ;  Diaz,  Gustavo;  Bros,  Luis;  Martin  y  Espinosa, 
Jose;  Solis  y  Ca.,  Aznar.  Boots  and  shoes — Arestequi,  E. ;  Camara, 
Pedro;  Carrillo  y  Ca.,  Basilic;  Carvajal,  Juan  Gonzalez;  Carrillo, 
Benito;  Ciriaco,  Espejo;  Cayoe,  Eulalio;  Hernandez,  Juan  de  D. ; 
Hernandez,  Mateo;  Hernandez,  Molina  J.;  Mendoza,  Guadalupe; 
Mendoza,  Jose  G. ;  Pren,  J.  G. ;  Rubio,  Lucas;  Ruiz,  Castillo;  Ruiz, 
Domingo;  Ruiz,  Viuda  de;  Salazar,  Martin;  Villamil,  P.  China 
and  glassware — Carranza,  Camilo;  Cervera,  V.;  Sosa,  F.  Commis- 
sion merchants — Cervera  y  Ca.,  Venancio;.  Cicero  Hermanos  y  Ca. ; 
Canton,  Rodolfo  G.;  Contreras  y  Ca.,  P.  Peon;  Diego  y  Ca.,  A. 
Cano;  Donde  y  Ca.,  M. :  Escalante,  E.;  Escudero,  Diego  Hernandez; 
Escudero,  Rafael  Hernandez;  Gonzalez  y  Ca.,  Luis  G. ;  Haro  y  Ca. ; 
Laviada,  Miguel;  Lisarraga  y  Ca.,  J.;  Bros,  Luis;  Molina,  Felipe; 
Molina,  O.;  Perez,  B.  Aznar;  Regil  y  Vales;  Torre  e  Hijos.  G. 
Drugs — Aguilar,  Santiago;  Andrade,  Rafael;  Avila,  Cruz;  Ca- 
sares,  Eduardo;  Castillo,  Gerardo;  Font,  Jose;  Garcia,  Francisco 
Lopez;  Negron,  Francisco;  Pacheco,  Lorenzo;  Perez,  Pinto;  Pinto, 
Pablo;  Ponce,  Abelardo;  Ponce,  W.;  Reguera,  Pedro;  Rivera  y  Ca.; 
Rubis,  Francisco;  Troncoso,  Pedro;  Villamil,  Miguel.  Dry  goods — 
Alpuche  y  Ca.,  Tomas;  Alvarez  y  Ca. ;  Cano  y  Ca.,  B.;  Canton, 
F. ;  Capetillo  y  Arce;  Casares  L.,  Isaac;  Castillo,  Rivas  y  Ca.; 
Donde  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Garcia,  Fajardo  A.;  Gonzalez,  Pablo;  Herrera  .Ne- 
mesio;  Hiibbe,  E.;  Padron,  Sergio;  Patron,  Loza  y  Ca.;  Pinel, 
Manuel;  Ponce  y  Ca.,  M.  y  A.;  Toledo  y  Ca.,  Viuda  de;  Vales  y  Ca. 
Fancy  goods — Crasernann,  Sue.;  Laviada  y  Ca.;  Ravensburg  y  Ca., 
German;  Tenorio  y  Ca. ;  Vales  y  Ca.,  C.  Furniture — Castillo  y  Ca., 
G.  A.;  Crasemann,  Sue.;  Leopoldo,  Alberto;  Perez  y  Ca. ,  Delfin; 
Ponce  y  Ca.,  R.;  Tenorio  y  Ca.,  C.;  Zavala,  Lorenzo.  Groceries  and 
provisions — Almeyda,  Manuel;  Alonso  y  Ca.,  E.;  Aragon,  Juan; 
Aragona,  Daniel;  Atocha  y  Ca.,  R. ;  Avila,  Faustino;  Bolio,  Adolfo; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  443 

Bolio,  Heruianos;  Calp,  Jaime;  Camara  e  Hijos,  C.;  Campo,  Joa- 
•quin;  Cano  y  Ca.,  A.  Diego;  Cano  y  Ca.,  B. ;  Canto,  G.;  Canton,  R. 
•Gregorio;  Canton,  Rogerio  G. ;  Carrillo,  Jose  C.;  Carrillo,  Magda- 
leno;  Castillo,  Juan  B. ;  Castillo,  Pedro;  Cervera  y  Ca. ;  Cervera,  Ve- 
nancio;  Cicero,  Hermanos  y  Ca. ;  Concha,  Miguel;  Contreras  y  Ca., 
Peon;  Espinosa  y  Ca.;  Ferraes  y  Ca.,  N.;  Fuentes,  Bartolome; 
Fuentes  y  Ca.;  Fuentes,  Francisco;  Gallareta,  Manuel  J.;  Gonzalez, 
y  Ca.;  Gonzalez,  Francisco;  Haro  y  Ca. ;  Hidalgo,  Jose  de;  Hiibbe> 
Jose  Millet;  Lopez,  E.  Franco;  Lujon,  Gabriel;  Mena,  Melquiades; 
Mendicuto,  Isidro;  Milan  y  Ca.,  Ramon  E.;  Milan,  Gregorio;  Mo- 
lina y  Ca.,  O.;  Mota,  Tibnrcio;  Ortiz  y  Ca. ;  Ortiz,  Viuda  de;  Palma 
Hermanos,  Sue. ;  Ramos,  Domingo  P. ;  Rojas,  Felipe  R. ;  Vales  y 
Ca. ;  Villamil  y  Ca.;  Zapata  y  Ca.,  J.  Hardware,  tools,  etc. — Alva- 
rez y  Ca.;  Ayroa,  Gregorio  Diego;  Crasemann,  Sue.;  Donde,  Manuel; 
Esenat,  A.;  Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  R.;  Gutierrez,  Sue.,  L.;  Juanes,  Ramon 
P.;  Laviada  y  Ca.;  Leopoldo,  Alberto;  Ravensberg  y  Ca.,  G.;  Nico- 
lin  Hermanos;  Villamil  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Hatters — Encalada,  C.; 
Medina,  Pedro;  Sansores,  E.;  Serrano,  L.  House  furnishing  goods — 
Burgos,  Jose  D.;  Rivas,  Benito;  Sanchez,  Jose  Ruiz;  Valencia, 
Domingo.  Importers,  exporters  and  commission  merchants — Alcina> 
Agustin;  Alvarez  y  Ca. ;  Ancona,  Nicanor;  Aznar,  Benito;  Aznar' 
Perez  y  CM.;  Bolio,  Eduardo;  Camara,  Camilo;  Camara  y  Ca.,  P.; 
Camara,  Manuel  Donde;  Cano  y  Ca.,  B.;  Canton,  Amado;  Cicero 
Hernandez  y  Ca.;  Cicero,  Pedro;  Contreras  y  Ca.,  P.  Peon;  Crase- 
mann y  Ca.,  S.;  Diego  y  Ca.,  A.  Cano;  Donde  y  Ca.,  M.;  Escalante, 
y  Bates,  E. ;  Frexas  y  Ca.,  J.  Canton;  Galera,  Dario;  Gardarillas, 
Marcelino;  Gonzalez,  Pablo;  Gonzalez,  Pedro;  Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  L.; 
Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  R.;  Gutierrez,  Eduardo  Gonzalez;  Haro  y  Ca.;  Haro 
y  Concha;  Haro  y  Pena;  Hernandez,  Rafael;  Hoffman  y  Dominguez; 
Hoyo,  Celestino  Ruiz  del;  Hoyo,  Francisco  Ruiz  del;  Ibarra  y  Ca.; 
Laviada,  Miguel;  Laviada  y  Ca.;  Lizarraga  y  Ca.,  F.;  Loza  y  Ca., 
Patron;  Bro;,  Luis;  Milan,  Gregorio;  Molina  y  Ca.,  O.;  Molina, 
Felipe;  Ortiz  y  Ca.,  Tiuda;  Padron,  Sergio;  Palma  Hnos.,  Sue.; 
Peon,  Agusto;  Perez  y  Ca.;  Pinelo,  Manuel;  Ponce  y  Ca.,  J.  M.; 
Ravensburg  y  Ca.,  G.;  Regil,  Viuda  e  Hijo  de;  Rivas  y  Ca.,  Cas- 
tillo; Rodger  y  Ca.,  Pedro;  Rucio,  Manuel;  Seal,  Pedro;  Toledo  y 
Ca.,  Viuda  de;  Vales  y  Ca.;  Zapata  y  Ca.,  J.  Jewelers — A.ragon? 
Paulino;  Barcelo  y  Mateo;  Basurto,  Joaquin;  Basurto,  Juan  E.; 


444  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Cabrera,  Eulalio;  Carranza,  Camilo;  Carrillo,  Loreto;  Claudon,  Luis; 
Dellenberg,  Enrique;  Dominguez,  Carlos;  Flores,  Tiburcio;  Monforter 
Juan  C.;  Quen,  Eligio;  Ramirez,  Jose  D.;  Rodriguez,  Francisco; 
Rodriguez,  Saturnine;  Rosel,  Policarpo;  Sanchez,  Mateo.  Litho- 
graphers— Caballero,  Ricardo  B.;  Cuevas,  J.  D.;  Gamboa,  Jose; 
Quijano,  Santiago  Bolio.  Music  stores — Cuevas,  Juan  de;  Gasque, 
Ramon;  Bros,  Luis;  Ortiz  y  Ca.,  Viuda  de.  Sewing  machines — 
Gutierrez,  Sue.,  L.;  Caballero  y  Ca.,  A.;  Crasemann,  Sue. 

MEXICO  CITY  (Federal  District) — Acids  and  chemicals — Delgador 
Rafael;  Drogueria  Universal;  Eguia  Lis,  Jose  Maria;  Felix  y  Ca.r 
Carlos;  Gardufio,  Gabriel;  Lnigle,  Ernesto;  Marin,  Crescendo. 
Agencies  for  foreign  goods  (sale  by  sample) — Alcantara,  F.  de  P.; 
Alfaro,  Ignacio  F.de;  Argiielles,  Ed.;  Astorqniza  yVivanco;  Bannis- 
ter, Juan;  Benitez,  Landa  y  Ca. ;  Biquard  y  Ca.;  Borel,  Luis;  Bos- 
sier, y  Ca.,  German;  Cavaroc,  L.;  Carrillo,  Ruiz  y  Rivera;  Castell6r 
Gutierrez  y  Ca.;  Commagere  y  Peon;  "Compania  Commercial  Aus- 
triaca  Trasatlantica;"  Dahlhaus,  Edmundo;  Daus,  Federico,  O.; 
Dunbar,  Diego  S.;  During  y  Ca.,  M.;  Echeverria,  Pedro;  Franco  y 
Santaella;  Gaston  y  Ca.,  Jose  M.;  Garcia,  Cuervo  y  Menendez;  Gen- 
droy,  M.;  Goetschel  y  Ca.;  Gonzalez  Hnos.;  Gutierrez,  Miguel  N.; 
Ibarra,  Vicente;  Irigoyen,  Martin  de;  Jacques,  P.  y  J. ;  Jacques  y 
Eyssantier;  Morlet,  Teofilo;  Merino  Hnos.  y  Ca.;  Navarro  y  Ca.,  F.; 
Nieto,  Juan  N.;  Pfeiffer,  Federico;  Perez  y  Ca.,  P.;  Reboulet,  Louis; 
Reppeto,  Juan;  Rico,  Gil;  Ritter  y  Ca.,  Federico;  Ruiz,  Ballesteros 
y  Ca.;  Ruth  y  Ca. ;  Salcido,  Rafael;  Scheibe,  G.;  Samuel,  Hermanos; 
Seeger  Guernsey  y  Ca.;  Schriber,  Carlos;  Stankiewitz,  G.  M.;  Torre, 
Rodolfo  de  la;  Viadero,  J.;  Villarroel,  Jesus  U.,  Woodrow,  Gui- 
llermo  B.;  Zaccarini  y  Ca.,  A.  Agricultural  implements — Adams,  F., 
Sue.;  Arce  y  Cia.,  Jose;  Arozarena,  Rafael  M.  de;  Badoin  y  Ca.,  E.; 
Becerer,  Carlos;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Bowes,  Scott,  Read,  Camp- 
bell &  Co.;  Charreton  Hnos.;  Dorn  y  Ca.,  Guillermo;  Garth,  Ger- 
man; Hoffmann  Hermanos;  Hulvershorn  y  Ca.;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  Guiller- 
mo; Lohse,  S.;  N.  Y.  Plow  Co.;  Malo  y  Ca.,  Alberto;  Rio,  Jose  Maria 
del;  Sommer,  Hermann  y  Ca. ;  Ulrick  y  Ca.,  D.;  Wexel  y  Degress; 
White,  Juan.  Arms  and  ammunitions — Aizpimi,  Patricio;  Alvar 
Ramon;  Alvarado,  Joaquin;  Alvarez,  Modesto;  Andrade,  Antonio; 
Anzoategui,  Jose;  Aranzubia,  Manuel;  Arena,  Joaquin;  Argandar. 
Alejandro;  Boche,  Alfredo;  Carrion,  C.;  Combaluzier,  A.;  Mendiola 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  445 

y  Ca.,  M.;  Morel,  C. ;  Quintana  Hnos.;  Sanchez,  D.;  Urbarrena 
y  Quintana;  Wexel  y  De  Gress.  Army  contractors,  for  arms,  am- 
munition, clothing,  shoes,  etc. — Garcia,  Teruel  L.;  Llamedo,  Juan; 
Pombo.  Ignacio.  Artificial  flowers — Albert  y  Ca.,  J.,  Sue.; 
Deuchler  y  Kiern;  Hulvershorn  y  Ca.,  G.;  Priani,  Antonio  M. 
Banks  and  bankers — "Banco  Nacional  de  Mexico;"  "Banco  de 
Londres  y  Mexico;"  "Banco  Internacional  e  Hipotecario  de  Mex- 
ico;" Barron,  Forbes  y  Ca.;  Benecke,  Est.,  Sue.;  Bermejillo  Hnos. ; 
Cardefla  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Garcia  Teruel,  Luis;  Gargollo,  Jose;  Ibanez, 
Manuel;  Lavie  y  Ca.;  Llamedo,  Juan;  Martin  y  Ca.,  P.;  Martinez 
y  Ca.;  Mijares  y  Ca.,  A.;  Ortiz  de  la  Huerta,  R. ;  Pelaez,  Pedro; 
Rio,  F.  de  P.  del;  Sanchez,  Delfm;  Scherer  y  Ca.,  H. ;  Sommer,  Herr- 
mann y  Ca. ;  Struck  y  Ca.,  Gustavo:  Teresa,  Nicolas  de;  Watson, 
Phillips  y  Ca.  Booksellers  and  stationers  —  Abadiano,  Viuda  e  hijos 
de;  Aguilar  e  hijos;  Aguilar  y  Ortiz;  Andrade  y  Morales,  Sue.;  An- 
drade  y  Soriano;  Arnaldo,  Luis  G.;  Ballesca  y  Ca.,  J.;  Bernard,  A.; 
Bouret,  Carlos;  Budin,  N.,  Sue.;  Buxo  y  Ca.,  J.;  Cambeses,  M.; 
Canols,  Juan;  Cueva,  Ramon;  Chavez,  N.;  Diaz  de  Leon,  Fran- 
cisco; Dorn,  Guillermo;  Dublan  y  Ca.;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,M.;  Fuente 
Parres,  J.  de  la;  Gallegos  Hermanos;  Hamilton,  H.  P.;  Herrera  y 
Benavides;  Herrera,  J. ;  Hoeck,  F.  P.;  Jens,  J.  F. ;  Kauser  y  Mar- 
tin; Lions  y  Ca.,  H.  y  V. ;  Liidert,  Federico  A.;  Martin,  Luis;  Mar- 
tinez, Vicente;  Maza  y  Compania;  Montauriol,  Carlos;  Mur- 
guia,  Eduardo;  Nicolau,  Joaquin;  Ortega,  J. ;  Ortega  y  Vazquez; 
-Parres  y  Compania,  F.,  Sue.;  Portu,  E.;  Remirez  y  Compania, 
J.;  Rivera  y  Rio,  Jose;  Rivera  y  Rico,  Edmundo;  Sainz,  Ri- 
cardo;  Sanchez,  C.;  Spaulding,  D.  S. ;  Tamborrel,  Carlos;  Trueba, 
Hermanos;  Urias,  J.;  CJrrea,  Antonio  R. ;  Valdesy  Cueva;  Vaugier, 
Federico;  Vincourt,  Carlos.  Boots  and  shoes — Abarca,  Auseiicio; 
Aceves,  Juan  A.;  Alegre,  Julian;  Alfaro,  Juan;  Almonte,  Francisco; 
Araujo,  Jorge;  Arellano,  Arcadio;  Arevalo,  Juan;  Arpide  y  Ca.,  U.; 
Ascoitia,  Catalina;  Ataide,  Prisciliano;  Barranco,  Vicente;  Becherel, 
Josefa;  Benitez,  B.  G.;  Bermeo,  Antonio;  Bernal,  Marcelino;  Bernal, 
Ramos,  Angel;  Briseiio,  Juan;  Brisefio,  Manuel;  Bucardo,  Trinidad; 
Buenrostro,  Jose;  Camacho,  Jacinto;  Carmona,  Carlos;  Carmona, 
Esther;  Carrillo.  Pablo;  Casillas,  Rafael;  Castillo,  Fermin  del;  Caza- 
dero,  Angela;  Celada,  Te6filo;  Cervantes,  Enrique;  Chacon  y  Ca., 
Gabriel;  Davalos,  Faustino;  Davalos  y  Hno.,  F. ;  Davo,  Francisco; 


446  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Daza,  Jacinto;  Delgado,  Agustin;  Diaz,  J.;  Diosdado,  F.  C. ;  Domin- 
guez  Hnos.;  Espinoza,  Eulogio;  Espinoza,  lldefonso;  Esteva,  Sabino; 
Fernandez  y  Ca.,  B  ;  Flores,  J.;  Fournier,  Joseph;  Garcia,  Loreto; 
Garcia,  Luis  G. ;  Garcia,  Paulino;  Gomez,  Antonio;  Gomez,  L.  G. ; 
Gonzalez,  Catalina;  Gonzalez,  Juan;  Gonzalez,  J. ;  Gonzalez,  German; 
Gonzalez,  M.;  Gonzalez,  Muiioz,  M.;  Gorostiaga,  J.  M.;  Guadarram;v, 
Salvador;  Gutierrez  y  Hnos.,  Jose  D.;  Guzman,  Marcos;  Halsey, 
Cristina;  Horrnigo,  Manuel;  Hurtado,  Atanasio;  Islas,  Guadalupe; 
Iturriaga,  E.;  Izunza,  Ignacio;  Jaramillo,  Braulio;  Juarez,  Hilario; 
Lara,  Daniel;  Leite,  J.;  Leon,  Diego;  Lopez,  Jose  Maria;  Lopez, 
Juan;  Lopez,  Juan  C. ;  Lopez,  Gregorio;  Martinez,  Adolfo;  Mar- 
tinez, Concepcion;  Martinez,  Evaristo;  Martinez,  Jacinto;  Mayorga. 
Justo;  Mejia,  Luis;  Mena,  Rosa;  Mendez,  Antonio;  Mendoza,  J.  M/;. 
Migoni,  Luis;  Molina,  Hilario;  Monroy,  G.;  Monroy,  Guadalupe; 
Montafio,  Angel;  Monies  de  Oca,  Antonio;  Montes  de  Oca,  Lazaro; 
Morales,  Angel;  Morales,  Lucas:  Moreno,  Ana  Mafia;  Mufioz. 
Abraham;  Mufioz,  Juan;  Mufioz,  Mariano;  Muriel,  Pedro;  Nava, 
Juana;  Nava,  Agustina;  Nogueron,  Apolonio;  Nunez,  S. ;  Nunez, 
Sabino;  Ocampo,  Jacobo;  Ordonez,  Pedro;  tOrtiz,  J.;  Ortiz,  Ramon: 
Ortiz,  Teodoro;  Pascal,  M. ;  Penaflor,  Marcos;  Perea,  Petra  A.  de; 
Perez,  Juan;  Perez,  Petra;  Pichardo  y  Ca.,  R.  A.;  Pietra  Santa,  A.; 
Pietra  Santa,  Eduardo;  Portacarrero,  Agustin;  Portron,  Luis;  Pozo. 
Badillo  Juan;  Ramirez,  Eusebio;  Ramirez  Santillana,  A.;  Reyes^ 
Apolonio;  Rivero,  Paz;  Robles,  Porn'rio;  Rodriguez,  E.;  Rodiiguez, 
Pedro;  Rojas,  Casimiro;  Romano,  Concepcion;  Rosas,  Jose;  Rojas, 
Soledad;  Ruiz,  Manuel;  Saklafia,  Miguel;  Saldana  hijo,  T. ;  Salgado. 
Pedro  Maiia;  Santa  Maria,  Feliciana;  Santa  Maiia  y  Ca.,  L.;  Sar- 
miento,  Marco;  Segura,  G.;  Segura,  M.;  Sevilla  y  Villagran;  Sigales, 
Canuto;  Sobrino,  Ramon;  Solachi,  Romualda;  Soniera,  Albino; 
Soto,  Jos6  Ma.;  Soto,  Maria;  Suarez,  Maria  Refugio;  Tapia. 
Luis  G.;  Tapia,  Francisco;  Telles,  Gumesindo;  Tesorero,  Atanasio; 
Tinico,  Luciano;  Torres,  Antonio;  Torres,  Maria  de  J.;  Trejo,  Fran- 
cisco; Troncoso,  Anselmo;  Trueba,  Enrique;  Urosa,  Angel;  Valen- 
cia, Miguel;  Valle,  J.  A.  del;  Vara,  Mauro;  Yaras  de  Valdez,  J.; 
Vargas,  Pedro;  Vega,  Atanasio;  Victoria,  Jose;  Zarinana  y  Ca  ,  J. 
L. ;  Zetina,  J.;  Zetina  y  Ca.,  C.  B.  Brick,  lime  and  cement — 
Aduna,  Sabina;1  Alva,  Manuel;  Alvarez,  Cipriano;  Alvarez,  J.; 
Alvarez,  Marcos;  Alvarez,  Teodoro;  Arizcorreta  y  Ca.,  Lam'o; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  447 

Cabrera,  Guadalupe;  Cardenas,  A.;  Cardona,  Juan;  Cordova,  Luis 
F.;  Castillo,  Antonio;  Compania  manufacturer  de  cal  hidraulica; 
Fernandez,  Simona;  Flores,  Manuel  M.;  Forey,  Juan;  Galicia,  Caye- 
tano;  Garcia,  Leon;  Garmca,  Jose;  Hahener,  Pablo;  Idrac,  Carlos; 
Lama,  Angel  de  la;  Lopez,  Simon;  Lozano,  Soledad;  Luengas,  Luis 
A.;  Mijares,  R.;  Montes  de  Oca  L.;  Negrete,  Benito;  Nunez,  Juana; 
Olguin,  Silvestre;  Olvera,  Dolores;  Omana,  Fernando;  Omana,  Grego- 
rio;  Omana,  Maria  de  J.;  Pacheco,  C.;  Perez,  Cecilio;  Priani,  A.;  Ran- 
gel,  Francisco;  Rangel  y  Uribe;  Rey,  Jose;  Reyes,  Teodoro;  Rio,  M. 
del;  Rodriguez,  E.;  Romo,  Salvador;  Rosa  y  Rangel  Ma.;  Rosas,  Man- 
uel; Rosellon,  Domingo;  Rubaira,  Francisco;  Sanchez,  Isaac;  Sanchez, 
Joaquin;  Silva,  Jacinto;  Silva,  Jesus;  Talonio,  Lorenzo;  Tapia,  Juan; 
Unda,  Gabriel;  Vargas,  Benigna;  Vargas,  Ladislao;  Vargas,  Luisa; 
Vasquez,  Albino  de;  Vazquez,  Ambrosio;  Velasquez,  Antonio  O.; 
Velazquez,  Manuel;  Vera,  Cirilo;  Violante,  Juan;  Zamora,  Miguel; 
Zuniga,  Francisco.  Carriages  —  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Cesary 
Joaquin;  Ducastaing  y  Ca.,  E.;  Elcoro  y  Ca.,  Valentin;  Maza, 
Jose;  Moricard,  J.;  Nava,  Felipe;  Olaez,  Agustin;  Orozco,  Victor 
E.;  Pascal,  M.;  Ramirez,  Juan;  Risser,  Adolfo;  Sanchez,  F.  G.;  Seres 
y  Ca.,  Bias.;  Suarez,  Gabriel  Martinez;  Vent,  Andres;  Wexel  y 
De  Gress;  Wilson  y  Ca.,  T.  H.,  Sue.;  Wilson  Hijos  y  Ca.,  Hugo. 
Carriageware — Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Combaluzier,  A.;  Rio,  Jose 
Maria  del.  China  and  glassware — Aguirre  y  Hnos,  I.;  Albear, 
Miguel;  Araujo,  Mariano;  Avalos,  Camilo;  Becerril  de  Corneja,  A.; 
Bravo  y  Blumenkron;  Caisseller,  Alberto;  Calvet,  Victor;  Cornejo 
Hno.,  Aurelio;  Doi-n  y  Ca.,  Gruillermo;  Derflinger,  Antonio;  Dupont, 
Juan  M.;  Durruty,  D.;  Espejel,  M.;  Guerrero  y  Tangassi;  Gutierrez, 
Nestor;  Hildebrand  y  Ca.,  E. ;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  G.,  Sue.;  Mendez, 
Francisco;  Ocampo,  Agustin;  Olea,  Mariano;  Pino,  Tomas  del; 
Priani,  Antonio  M.;  Rigal,  Lubety  Ca.;  Rio,  J.  M.  del;  Rufo  y  Ca. ; 
Sarraille,  J. ;  Septien  y  Serrano;  Sommer,  Hermann  y  Ca. ;  Troncoso 
y  Cilveti;  Uriarte,  M.  del  Rio;  Wilson,  Tomas  H.,  Sue.  Commission 
merchants — Arce  y  Ca.,  Jose;  Arozarena,  Rafael  M.  de;  Astorquiza 
y  Vivanco;  Benitez,  Landa  y  Ca.;  Biquard  y  Ca.,  A.;  Boker  y  Ca., 
Roberto;  Bischoff,  Emilio;  Borel,  Luis;  Borrell,  Justiniano;  Bossier 
y  Compania,  German;  Campos,  Manuel  S.;  Castello,  Gutierrez  y 
Compania;  Cosio,  Victorio;  Coussirat  y  Cortes;  Dosal  y  Hno.,  Jose; 
Duran,  Gabriel;  Escurdia  Hermanos;  Esteinon  y  Roumagnere; 


448  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Eyssautier,  Melchor;  Figueroa,  Isauro;  Franco,  Santaella  y  Ca.; 
Garcia,  Hnos.  y  Ca.;  Gaston  y  Ca.,  J.  M.;  Gonzalez  Guerra,  A.; 
Graef,  Federico;  Gutierrez,  Miguel  N.;  Haro,  Agustin;  Heredia, 
Guillermo;  Jacques,  P.  y  J.;  Lohse,  Santiago  0.;  Lopez  y  Teresa; 
Malgor,  Martin;  Manuel,  Clemente;  Mijares  y  Compania,  A.; 
Monroy  y  Morales;  Mora  y  Ca.,  Casto  de  la;  Moyano  y  Bermu- 
dez;  Muniz,  Felix;  Payro,  Leandro;  Ortega,  Paulino;  Puga,  Max; 
Reboulet,  Luis;  Revuelta,  Valentin;  Ritter  y  Ca.,  Federico;  Rojas, 
Luis;  Rovalo,  Agustin;  Ruiz,  Ballesteros  y  Ca.;  Rul,  Manuel  P.; 
Sainz,  Justiniano;  Salcido,  Rafael;  Samuel  Hermanos;  Santiago,  Ag 
de;  Sta.  Marina  e  Hijos. ;  Scheibe,  Gust;  Schultze  y  Ca.,  Sue. ;  Seeger, 
Guernsey  y  Ca.;  Suarez,  M.;  Sobrino  y  Barreneche;  Uhink  y  Ca. ; 
Watson,  Phillips  y  Ca.;  Walker  y  Borda.  Contractors  (mines  and 
railways} — Adam,  F.,  Sue.;  Arce  y  Ca.,  J.;  Arozarena,  Rafael  M. 
de.;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Brinckman  y  Turnbull;  Read  y  Camp- 
bell; Seeger,  Guernsey  y  Compania.  Cordage — Albiso,  Sabino; 
Basurto,  Manuel;  Baez,  Felipa;  Buenrestro,  F. ;  Campos,  J.;  Chavez, 
Albino;  Enciso,  M. ;  Galvan,  Ignacio;  Gonzalez,  B.;  Hernandez,  J. 
S. ;  Hernandez,  J.  M.;  Lozada,  Santos;  Lozano,  Jos6  Ma.;  Lozano, 
J.  G.;  Oviedo,  M.  Dolores;  Pimentel,  Rafael;  Pinto  y  Leon  Miguel; 
Prado,  Andres  del;  Soto,  Jose  M.;  Sotres  y  Carbajal  M.;  Vazquez, 
Mariano.  Coopers — Buzon,  Francisco;  Camiragua,  Jose;  Campos, 
Eduardo;  Enriquez  Cirico;  Fiores,  J.;  Medina,  Francisco;  Osorio  de 
Vazquez,  G. ;  Soriano,  Paulino;  Villegas,  Guadalupe;  Villareal,  Juan 
B.  Drugs  (homeopathic} — Gonzalez  e  Hijo,  J.  Drugs,  retail — 
Aguilera  y  Ca.,  E.;  Artigas  y  Ortega;  Almaraz,  Andres;  Alonso, 
Ed.  M.;  Altamirano,  F.;  Amelio,  Bias;  Arellano,  Manuel;  Arteaga, 
Ramon;  Aveleyra  Hnos.;  Avila,  Miguel;  Barradas,  Francisco; 
Bautista,  Rafael;  Becerril,  Manuel;  Beguerisse,  A.;  Beguerisse 
y  Compania;  Bermejo,  Rafael  B.;  Bermudez,  Antonio;  Bernal, 
Francisco;  Bustillos,  J.  E.;  Canas  de  Iturralde,  Juan;  Carmona  y 
Valle,  J.  M.;  Cervantes,  Silva  A.;  Chabolla,  Francisco;  Chavez,  J.; 
Cienfuegos,  Francisco;  Coronado,  Agustin;  Dominguez,  E.;  Domin- 
guez,  Enrique;  Fiores,  Francisco  A.;  Franco,  Bolanos  A.;  Gaona, 
Juan  B.;  Garay,  Adrian  de;  Garcia,  Colin  N.;  Gonzalez,  Luis;  Gonza- 
lez, Ignacio;  Gonzalez,  J.  D. ;  Gomez  Tagle,  Isidore;  Gordillo,  Fran- 
cisco B.;  Grisi,  Vda.  de;  Guerrero,  Agustin;  Guerrero,  Florentine; 
Hernandez,  Agustin;  Iriarte,  Manuel;  Jauregui,  M.  J.;  Kaska, 


MKHCANTII.E  DIKECTOHY  OF  MEXICO.  449 

Francisco;  Kentzler,  F.  Emil;  Larrea,  F.  L.  de;  Larrea,  Lelo  de: 
Lazo  de  la  Vega,  J.  M.;  Licea,  Vicente;  Liz,  Benjamin;  Lucio,  Vic- 
tor; Luna  y  Drusina;  Lozano  y  Hrio.  M.;  Llamas,  Francisco; 
Marin,  C.;  Marin,  Hidalgo  N.;  Marin  y  Ca.,  N. ;  Marquez,  Miguel 
M. ;  Martinez,  Agustin;  Mena,  A.;  Moncayo,  J.  A.;  Monfano,  Eamon; 
Monies  de  Oca,  F. ;  Morales,  Enrique;  Morales,  Jose  D.;  Navarrete, 
R.  M.;  Onate,  J.;  Orihuela,  de  G.;  Oropeza,  Felipe  S.;  Oropeza, 
Marcial;  Ortega,  Lorenzo  A.;  Patino,  Carlos  M. ;  Patino,  Francisco; 
Patino,  Guadalupe;  Payro,  A.;  Pena,  Manuel;  Perez,  Severiano; 
Portilla,  Guillerrno;  Prado,  R.  N.;  Ratnii'ez,  Juan;  Reyes,  Julio; 
Rio  de  la  Loza,  Francisco;  Rio  de  la  Loza,  Max.;  Rio  de  la  Loza, 
Rafael ;  Salazar,  Manuel  A.;  Sanchez,  M.;  Sanchez,  Manuel;  Schtnitz, 
A.;  Schmitz  y  Ca.,  A.;  Senisson,  G.;  Tajonar,  J.;  Torres,  Manuel; 
Tricio,  Salvador;  Urbina,  Manuel;  Uribe,  Alejandro;  Urueta, 
Bernardo;  Vargas,  J.  H.;  Vazquez,  Miguel;  Vera,  Julio  D.;  Ver- 
dugo,  P.;  Villagran,  S. ;  Villa senor,  LuisR.;  Vidales,  Nestor;  Ziiniga, 
Miguel.  Drugs,  wholesale — Andrea  y  Soriano;  Bennet  y  Ca.,  Sue.; 
Biester,  Enrique;  Bustillos,  Jose  E.;  Carman,  Henry  B.;  Carmona 
y  Aparicio;  Daumy,  Serafina  C.;  Drogueria  Universal;  Falero,  J.; 
Farine  y  Sanders,  Felix  y  Ca.,  Carlos;  Gallardo,  Ignacio;  Gudino, 
Justo  Z. ;  Hinojosa,  Pedro;  Labadie  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  J.;  Leiter,  Miguel 
E.;  Perez,  Z.  M.;  Tejera,  Luis;  Uihlein  Sue.,  Jose;  Vargas  y  Ca. 
Dry  goods:  Clothing  wholesale  (imported  goods'} — Bellon  y  Ca.,  M.: 
Brehm  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Chauvet  y  Ca.,  Max.;  Donnadieu  y  Ca.,  F. :  Eb- 
rard  y  Ca. ;  Lambert,  Reynaud  y  Ca.;  Levy  y  Martin,  A.;  Meyran 
Hermanos;  Ollivier  y  Ca.,  J.;  Reynaud  y  Ca.,  A.;  Richaud,  Aubert 
y  Ca.;  Robert  y  Ca.,  S.;  Roves  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  B.;  Schmidt  y  Bourjau; 
Schultze  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Signoret,  Honorat  y  Ca.;  Struck  y  Ca.,  Gus- 
tavo; Tron  y  Ca.,  J.;  Weil  y  Ca.,  Simon.  Clothing,  retail  (imported 
goods'} — Alvarez,  Tostado  M.;  Barquin  y  Ca.,  Felipe;  Gomez  y  Ca.T 
M.;  Haure,  Miranda  Juan;  Macias,  Gaspar;  Miranda,  Eduardo: 
Migoya,  Manuel;  Rivera  Hermanos;  Santaolalla  y  Ca.,  D.;  Valdes, 
Antonio.  Clothing,  retail  (domestic  and  ynported  goods] — Alvarez  y 
Ca.,V.;  Allemand,  Victoriano;  Andrade,  Luis  G.;  Arroyave,  ^Fran- 
cisco V".;  Blancas,  Juana;  Castillo  Ruperto,  A.  del;  Castro,  Lu/.: 
Cervantes,  Sixto;  Chavez  e  Hijos,  Viuda  de;  Cuellar  y  Ca.,  C.: 
Gomez,  Jacinto;  Hurtado,  Espinosa  y  Ca.,  L.;  Miranda,  E. ;  Mon- 
roy,  Rafael;  Munoz,  Trinidad;  Mondragon.  Benita  A.  de;  Moll,  Juan; 

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450  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Olvera,  Anastasio;  Piedras,  Antonio;  Perez,  Petronilla;  Pen-z,  Rosa; 
Pe>ez,  Sixto;  Preaut,  Pablo;  Rangel,  Margarita;  Rocha,  Placido; 
Rocha,  Tranquilino;  Rubio,  Jos6  Maria;  Sanchez,  Felipe;  Vazquez, 
Antonio;  Zaldivar,  Felipe.  Clothing  for  men  and  boys — Adalid, 
Ceron  e  hijo,  J.;  Carniona,  Ildefonso;  Carmona  y  Velasquez,  J.  M.; 
Garmona  y  Vilchis,  V.;  Franck  y  Ca.,  M.;  Garcia,  Benitez  y  Ca.; 
Montes  de  Oca,  A.;  Quiroga  y  Ca.,  Jose;  Tovar,  Jose  Maiia.  Cloth- 
ing for  women  and  children — Bayonne,  E.;  Chauvet  y  Ca.,  Max. ; 
(Joblentz,  Benito;  Deuchler  y  Kern;  Fourcade  y  Ca.,  A.;  Laborde, 
Wartenweiler  y  Ca.  Cloths,  imported — Brehm  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Gen- 
tlrop,  Th.;  Levy  y  Martin,  A.;  Struck  y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Weil  y  Ca., 
.Simon.  Millinery — Burgaud,  F.;  Carballeda  y  Fougerat;  Carriles  y 
Ca.,  M.;  Coblentz,  Benito;  Coblentz,  Silvano;  Flores,  Gonzalez  y  Ca., 
J.;  Guerin  y  Ca.;  Hoppenstedt  y  Ca.,  T.;  Lagrave,  Pablo;  Larrea  y 
Cordero,  J.;  Levy  y  Ca.,  A.;  Levy  y  Martin,  A.;  Maurel,  F. ;  Mo- 
rales y  Ca.,  E.;  Polack,  Hipolito;  Prado,  Godoy  y  Ca.;  Prado  y  Ca., 
M.  del.;  Rodrigo,  L.;  Rodriguez  y  Ca.,  S.;  Schweitzer,  Vda.  e  hijos 
de;  Vega  y  Ca.,  Enrique  S.  Passementerie  and  lace  goods — Biquard 
y  Ca.;  Deuchler  y  Kern;  Lopez,  Demetrio;  Lopez  de  Barcena,  Mag- 
dalena;  Martinez,  Lucas;  Pujol,  Antonio;  Valdez,  Estanislao;  Velasco, 
Melchora.  Silk  goods,  wholesale — Albert  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  Julio;  Brehm 
y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Horn  y  Ca.,  A.  Silk  goods,  wholesale  and  retail — Al- 
bert y  Ca.,  Sue.,  Julio;  Deuchler  y  Kern;  Hiilvershorn  y  Ca.,  G.; 
Laborde,  Wartenweiler  y  Ca.  Silk  goods,  retail — Aguii  re,  Soledad; 
Albert  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  Julio;  Alvarez,  Severa;  Andrade,  Maria  de  J.; 
Angon,  Dolores;  Anguiano,  Siinona;  Azcarate,  Abraham";  Baez, 
Isabel;  Ballesteros,  Serapia;  Barrera,  Benita;  Barros,  Ignacia; 
Basurto,  Cayetano;  Berthier,  Carmen;  Besserer,  Sofia;  Blanco  y 
Hnos.,  J.;  Blanco,  Ana;  Blanco  y  Ca.,  Luis  G. ;  Bonilla,  Juliana; 
Calderon,  Aclelaida;  Camacho,  Dolores;  Canizo,  Loreto;  Casares, 
Refugio;  Cohen,  F. ;  Contreras  y  Ca., Francisco;  Cerisola,Adela;  Cor- 
nejo,  Maria;  Crespo,  Concepcion;  Cruz,  Efren;  Cuervo,  Juan:  Cueva, 
Ramon;  Diaz,  Felicitas;  Echeverria,  Teresa  L.  de;  Elizaga  de  Huici; 
Escobar,  Refugio;  Escudero,  Luz;  Espana,  Rosa;  Espejel,  Clemen- 
tina; Espinosa,  Romana;  Estrada,  Refugio;  Fernandez,  Merced; 
Garcia,  Dolores;  Godoy,  Concepcion;  Gongora,  Angel;  Gonzalez, 
A.;  Gonzalez,  Juana;  Gonzalez,  Justa;  Guadalajara  y  Ca.,  R.; 
Guerrero,  Teresa;  Gutierrez,  Cecilia;  Hermann,  Matilde;  Izaguirre 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  451 

de  Merino;  Jayme,  Maria  de  J.;  Larrea,  M.  L.  de;  Lascano,  Loreto 
Ch.   de;    Lavillette,  A.;    Lefebvre,  A.;  Legorreta,  Josefina;   Lujo, 
Francisco;  Martel  y  Sauche;  Mendoza.   Concepcion  B.  de;  Merino, 
Soledad;  Migoni,  Carmen;  Morno  y  Miguel;  Morquecho,  Petra  R. ; 
Munoz,  Rosario;  Olnios,  Soledad;  Omafia,  Carlos;   Ornelas,   Elena; 
O'Farrel,   Romulo;    Pacheco,  Romero  M.;  Pampillon,  Piedad;    Pi- 
mentel,  Guadalupe;  Pineda,  J.;    Poza,  Dionisia;    Pruneda,  Matilde; 
Ramirez,  Angela  V.  de;  Reyes,  Luz;  Ricard,  A.  de;  Romero,  Anto- 
nio; Romero,  Cenobio;  Romero,  Maiia;  Resales,  Maiia  A.;  Rosello 
<le  F.eltran,  I.;  Salazar  de  Muicelo,  D. ;  Salazar,  Francisco;  Sandoval, 
Miguel;  Santiesteban,    Maria;   Sencie  de    Morales;    Sequeyro,  'F.; 
Serrano,  Dolores;  Signoret,  Honorat  y;  Solis,  Loreto;  Sotomayor, 
L. ;    Terroba,   Manuel    M.;    Torres,   Guadalupe;    Trejo    de     Vega; 
Valle,  Rafael   G.   del;  Vargas,  Guadalupe;    Varela,   Luis;  Varela, 
Refugio  A.  de;  Vilchis,  Francisca;  Vidaurrazuga,  Mariana;  Zuvizar, 
Maria  Refugio.     Silk,   linen,  and  hosiery  importers— Albert  &  Ca., 
Sue.;  Bellon  &.  Ca. ;  Brehm&Ca.;  Burgaud,   F. ;  Chauvet  &   Ca., 
Max;  Deuchler    (to    Kern;    Donnadieu   &    Ca.,   F.;  Ebrard    &   Ca.; 
Frank,  M.;  Fourcade  &  Ca.,  A.;  Garcin,  Faudon  &   Ca.;  Gtierin  & 
O.;  Horn  &  Ca.,  A.;  Laborde,  Wartenweiler  &  Ca. ;  Levy    &  Mar- 
tin; Meyran   Hermanos;  Olliver  &,  Ca.,  J.;  Reynaucl   &   Ca.,  A  ; 
Richaud,  Aubert  &  Ca.;  Robert  &  Ca.,  S.;  Roves  &  Ca.,  B.  Sue.; 
Schultz  &  Ca.,  Sue.;  Schmidt  &  Bourjeau;  Signoret,  Honorat  &  Ca. ; 
Struck,Gustavo;  TroiiiteCa.;  Weil,  Simon  &  Ca.    Tapestries,  draperies 
and  carpetings — Albert  y  Ca.,  Julio,  Sue.;  Boyseny  Wintermantel; 
Compania  Comercial  Austriaca-Tra.satlautica;  Fontaine, Pedro;  Hoff- 
man y  Urquia,  A.;  Kuhn,  Edo.  M. ;  Nieto,  Vicente;  Urrutia,  Lazaro; 
Velasco,  Carlos  L.    Electrotypers — Munguia  y  Bustamante;  Cordoba, 
Pedro;  Llagostera,  Pedro;  Mata,  Filomeno.     Engravers — Bouligny  y 
Ca.,  Sue.;  Dalmau,  F.  de  P.;  Diener  Hermanos;  Galaviz,  Anto.  H.; 
Gutierrez,  Lucio;  Mosser,  Luis;  Pagaza,  V. ;  Pastrana,  G.  R.;  Pena, 
Tomasde  la.   Fancy  goods  (ivliolesale  and  retail) — Billonneau,Cassou  y 
Ca.;  Bravo  y  Blumenkron;  Delarue,Eugenio;  Diehl  y  Ca.,M.;  During 
y  Ca.;  Elcoro,  Lopez    y  Ca. ;    Gahrtz,    German;  Gutierrez,    Miguel; 
Hulvershorn   y    Ca. ;  Lefebvre,    Alfredo;    Lohse  y    Ca.,    Sue.,  G.; 
Pezana,   Marcial;  Philipp   y    Ca.,  Max  A.;    Rio,  Jose  Maiia   del; 
Sommev,  Herrmann  y  Ca.;  Uriarte  y  del  Rio,  M.;  Zivy  y  Ca.,  D. 
Fancy  goods  (retail] — Albert  y  Ca.,  J.,  Sue.;  Argudin,  Juan  S. ;  Ar- 


452  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

naldo,  Luis  G.;  Barrora,  Josefa;  Bayonne,  E.;  Billonneau,  Cassou  y 
Oa. ;  Biorklund  y  Joransson,  0.  A.;  Bonnerue  y  Ca.;  Calvet,  Vic- 
tor; Candil,  Gonzalo;  Coblentz,  Benito;  Deuchler  y  Kern;  Duver- 
dun,  C.;  Escalante,  Zeferino;  Garcia,  Cuervo  y  Menendez;  Gari- 
bay,  Agustin;  Gonzalez,  Bonifacio;  Granados,  Julio;  Guerrero  y 
Tangassi;  Gutierrez,  Miguel;  Hillebrand  y  Ca.,  E.;  Iglesias,  Mi- 
guel; Laborde,  Wartenweiler  y  Ca.;  Lefebvre  A.,  Refugio;  Lohse  y 
Ca.,  Sue.,  G. ;  Morel,  Camilo;  Pastor,  Santos;  Pivardiere,  Adolfo; 
Quintana  Hnos. ;  Raynaud,  Eugenio;  Rigal,  Lubet  y  Ca. ;  So  turner 
Herrmann  y  Ca.;  Spaulding,  D.  S.;  Tellez  y  Ca.,  T.;  Troncoso  y 
Silveto.  Fireworks  dealers — Guardiola,  Valentin;  Mata,  E. ;  Pe- 
reira,  Maximo;  Torres,  Dario.  Flour  and  feed — Alvarez,  M.; 
Barren,  Jose  J. ;  Bracho,  Alberto  A.;  Casso,  Manuel;  Castro, 
Vicente  de  P.;  Ceballos,  J.;  Cejudo.  Abel;  Charreton  Herma- 
nos;  Diffonty,  Enrique;  Galnares,  G.;  Llamedo,  Juan;  Monaste- 
rio,  Bernardo;  Pacbeco,  Miguel;  Pifia,  Pedro.  Foundries — Ban- 
doin  y  Ca.;  Brandi,  J. ;  Bustamante,  Jos6  E.;  Charreton  Hnos.; 
Dantau,  Luis;  Duchateau,  C.;  Finamore  y  Ca.;  Fusco,  Antonio; 
Tglesias  y  Valezzi;  Malo  y  Ca.,  Alberto;  Marshall  y  Ca. ;  Munguia  c 
Hijos,  P.;  Neveu  Hermanos;  Pascuali,  J.  M.  Furniture^  imported 
— Benac,  B. ;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Boysen  y  Wintermantel;  Bravo 
y  Blumenkron;  Combaluzier,  A.;  Compania  Comercial  Austriaca- 
'Trasatlantica;  Fortune,  Manuel;  Hillebrand  y  Ca.,  E. ;  Hoffman  y 
Urquia,  A.;  Kuhn,  E.  M. ;  Laborde,  Wartenweiler  y  Ca. ;  Lohs4  y 
Ca.,  Sues.,  G.;  Rio,  Jose  Maria  del;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.; 
Urrutia,  Lazaro;  Velasco,  Carlos  L.  Furniture,  imported  and  do- 
mestic— Aldana,  Victor;  Arteaga,  Francisco;  Ayllon,  Fernando; 
Barrera  y  Compania,  Jose;  Barezynski  Hnos.;  Benac,  B.;  Boy- 
sen  y  Wintermantel;  Calderon,  Manuel;  Carrillo,  Cornelio;  Cha- 
varri,  Juan  J.  de.;  Chavarria,  Juan  B.;  Fontaine,  Pedro;  Gar- 
nica,  Maria  L.  de;  Grarnica,  Jose  M. j.Garrido,  J.  M. ;  Gutierrez, 
Manuela;  Herrera,  Gabriel;  Herrera,  Juan;  Hoffman  y  Urquia 
A.;  Kuhn,  E.  M.;  Lara,  Adrian;  Martinez,  Gouzalo;  Martinez, 
Miguel;  Mondragon,  Porfiria;  Olvera,  Antonio;  Padilla,  Epifanio; 
Palacio,  Mariano;  Quintana  .Hermanos;  Rico,  Lorenzo;  Rodri- 
guez, Bias  C. ;  Ruiz  de  Garrido;  Sanchez,  Enrique;  Urrutia,  La- 
zaro; Velasco,  Carlos  L. ;  Villaverde,  Ines;  Zendejas,  Placido. 
Gas  fixtures,  lamps,  etc. — Aguirre  y  Hnos.,  I.;  Bennet,  Juan  A.;. 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  453 

Sue.;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Cejudo,  Felipe;  Cornpafua  Commercial 
Austriaca-Trasatlantica;  Dorn,  Guillermo;  Finlay  y  Ca.;  J.  J.;  For- 
tuno,  Manuel;  Gahrtz,  German;  Hillebrand  y  Ca.,  E.;  Izquierdo  y 
Garibay;  Leff'man  6  Hijos,  Martin;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  G. ;  Elcoro, 
Lopez  y  Ca. ;  Philip  Max,  A.;  Rio,  J.  M.  del;  Roa,  Eduardo;  Som- 
mer,  Hermann  y  Ca. ;  Valdes  y  Rufo.  General  merchandise — 
Aburto,  Isidore;  Aldama,  Victor;  Alfaro  y  Pina,  Manuel;  Altuna 
Hnos.;  Alonso,  Ramon;  Alvarez  y  Garcia;  Alvarez,  Salvador;  Arena!, 
Luis;  Ballesteros,  Antonia;  Barcena,  Manuel;  Becerril,  Angela; 
Becerril,  Esteban  A.;  Berruecos,  Jose  Ma.;  Bustilloi,  Santos;  Bu- 
tr6n,  R. ;  Calderon,  M.  Manuel;  Calderon,  M.  Francisco;  Cumpillo, 
Rafael;  Contreras,  Angela  S.  de;  Cortez,  Fidencio;  Diaz  de  Thomp- 
son G. ;  Dozal,  S.;  Elzaurdia,  Domingo  V.;  Espinosa,  Vicente;  Es- 
pinosa,  Francisco;  Fernandez,  Gregorio;  Franco,  Ricardo;  Garcia 
Diego;  Garcia,  Jose;  Garrido,  Dionisio;  Gonzalez  y  Ca.,  A.;  Goni 
Vicente;  Gutierrez,  Juan;  Gutierrez,  Julian;  Guzman,  Jose,  Her- 
mosa  Hnos.;  Irastorza  Hnos.;  Junco,  Angel;  Lopez  y  Ca.,  A.; 
Llamas,  Porn'ria;  Llop,  Francisco;  Manilla,  Vicente;  Mejia,  Matea; 
Milla,  G.;  Milla,  Mariano;  Molleda  y  Ca.,  Manuel;  Ocharan,  Felix; 
Orea,  Constanzo;  Ortiz,  Juan  R. ;  Pedregal,  Manuel;  Perez,  Gomez 
Manuel;  Perez,  Jose;  Puron,  Francisco;  Ramirez,  Gumesindo; 
Rivera,  Antonio;  Rivera,  Maria;  Rodrigo,  IS".;  Rodriguez  y  Ca. ; 
Saenz,  Rafael;  Sanchez,  Angel;  Sastrias,  Juan;  Sordo,  Vicente;  Soto 
Juan  Pablo;  Torno,  Jose  del;  Uribe,  Jose;  Urrutia,  Juan;  Varela, 
Amado;  Via  y  Sobrado, ;  Pedro;  Villar,  Alejo;  Zapata.  Jose  B. ;  Zal- 
divar,  Sostenes;  Zavdlburo,  Jose.  Glass  plate  and  mirrors — Aguirre, 
Tgnacio;  Araujo,  Mariano;  Arnaldo,  Luis  G.;  Azcona,  Jose,  Castro 
Bern;  Derflingher  y  Ca.,  A.;  Dorn  y  Ca.,  G.;  Jimenez,  Miguel; 
Hildebrand  y  Compania;  Martinez,  Agustin;  Martinez  y  Compania; 
Maya,  Flor  M.;  Sarraille,  Juan:  Septien  y  Serrano;  Wissel,  N. 
Groceries  and  provisions  (imported'] — Abascal  y  Perez;  Alonso, 
Vicente;  Baranda  Hnos.;  Barreneche  y  Ca.,  S. ;  Basagoiti  y  Posada; 
Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  Quintin;  Lavie  y  Ca.;  Martinez  del  Cerro  y  Ca. ; 
Noriega,  Ignacio  de;  Noriega,  A.,  Sue.;  Ortiz  Hnos.,  Antonio;  Pon- 
ton Hnos.;  Ponton,  Ram6n;  Rico,  Gil.;  Rolla  y  Ca.,  A.;  Rovalo, 
Agustin;  Sanchez,  Ambrosio;  Solano,  Claudio;  Sauto,  Munuzuri  y 
Ca.;  Toriello,  Guerra  Josej  Torre  Hnos.;  Trueba  Hnos.;  Uhink 
Hnos.  y  Zahn;  Uhink  y  Ca.;  Zepeda,  Francisco.  Preserved  food 


454  MERCANTILE;  DIRECTORY  OK  MEXICO. 

(imported) — Bazax,  Justino;  Coqui  y  Ca.,  F. ;  Genin,  Viuda  de  A.: 
Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  Quintin;  Mason  y  Fernandez;  Sanchez,  Ambrosio; 
Silvani  y  Ca.,  Enrique;  Uliink  Hnos.  y  Zahn;  Zepeda,  Francisco. 
Groceries  and  provisions,  stores — Aceves,  Jose  Maria;  Aceves,  Gauda- 
lupe;  Acha,  Saturnine  de;  Aguirre,  Antonio;  Aja,  Rosendo;  Alanin, 
Manuel;  Alexandre  y  Cisneros;  Alfaro,  Rafael;  Alonso,  Romano; 
Alonso,  Jose  Simon;  Alonso  y  Salvador;  Alvarado,  Santiago;  Al- 
varez, Antonio;  Alvarez  y  Gonzalez^  Alvarez,  Santiago;  Amaro, 
Santos  C.;  Amaya,  Luis  G. ;  Amezcua,  Pedro;  Aparicio,  Enrique: 
Aparicio  y  Hermano;  Arce  y  Ca.,  M.;  Arce,  Maximino;  Areno  Her- 
manos,  F.;  Arena,  Venancio  Z.;  Arroyo,  Manuel;  Badillo,  Eulalia; 
Bahena,  Irenea;  Barcena,  Manuel;  Barcena,  Victor;  Barragan, 
Gregorio;  Barreda,  Manuel;  Barro,  Juan;  Benet,  Jose;  Beuet  y  Ca.; 
Bobadilla,  Arcadio:  Borel,  Urbano  G.  de;  Bravo,  Jose  Maria;  Bus- 
tamante,  Robustiano;  Cabrera,  Maximino;  Camacho,  Ricardo ; 
Campo,  Jose;  Campos,  Francisco;  Camus,  Ramon;  Cardenas,  An- 
tonio; Carrandi,  Pedro;  Carrera,  Lizardo;  Caso,  Juan;  Castellanob, 
Cristina;  Castillo  y  Acevedo  Hno.;  Castro,  Jose  Maria;  Castro, 
Juan  M. ;  Canas,  Cayetano;  Cafias,  Juan;  Celada,  Hermano;  Ce- 
lorio,  Benito;  Celorio,  Rufino;  Celorio  y  Diaz;  Cobian,  Jose;  Co- 
fino,  Lucas;  Crespo,  Francisco;  Crespo,  Manuel;  Crespo,  Nicanor; 
Cue,  Fernando;  Cue  y  Cornpafiia,  Tomas;  Diaz,  Catarina;  Diaz, 
Epifanio;  Diaz,  Manuel  S. ;  Diego  y  Suarez;  Donesteve,  Ja- 
cinto;  Espinosa  y  Compafiia,  F. ;  Fernandez,  D.;  Fernandezr 
(Jampillo;  Fernandez,  Santingo;  Fernandez,  Sei-atin;  FJores,  Leo- 
poldo;  Flores,  Tehjsforo;  Ferrer  y  Ca.,  Angel;  Fuente  y  Gu- 
tierrez; Gainza,  Ronmaldo;  Galarza,  Maximo;  Galvan,  Ignacio  L. ; 
Gallegos,  Antonia;  Gamedo,  Francisco;  Gamez,  Hesiquio;  Garces  y 
Hno.;  Garay  Hermano;  Garcia,  Alejandro;  Garcia,  Alonso  Jose: 
Garcia,  Ang^l;  Garcia,,  Antonio;  Garcia,  y  Hno.,  Francisco;  Garcia, 
Leopoldo;  Garcia,  Manuel;  Garcia  y  Cue;  Garcia,  H.;  Garcia,  Soi'do 
M.;  Garrido,  Dionisio;  Gavito  y  Ca.,  Victor;  Giles,  Francisco; 
Gomez,  Alfredo;  Gomez,  Hermano;  Gomez,  Tomas;  Gonzalez  y  Ca., 
M.;  Gonzalez,  Atilano;  Gonzalez,  Costales  y  Solaris;  Gonzalez, 
Felix;  Gonzalez,  Fernando;  Gonzalez,  Jose;  Gonzalez,  Lo|>e;  Gon- 
zales,  Mariano;  Gonzalez,  Maximo;  Gonzalez,  Sanchez  B.;  Gonzalez, 
Timoteo;  Gonzalez,  Portillo  Jose;  Gorostiaga  Hnos.;  Granada,  Ma- 
nuel; Granada,  Pedro  de;  Gutierrez,  Antonio;  Gutierrez.  Diego;  Guti- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  455 

errez,  Jacinto;  Gutierrez  Pelaez,  Juan;  Gutierrez,  Severiano;  Gutie- 
rrez y  Sierra;  Gutierrez,  Severino;  Helguera,  Jose  Ma.;  Hermosilla, 
Eduardo;  Hernandez,  Antonio;  Hernandez,  Juana;  Hernandez  y 
Rodriguez;  Herrera,  Cristobal;  Herrera,  Juan;  Herrera,  Rogelio: 
Herrei-o,  Manuel;  Hevia,  Juan;  Hnerta,  Emilio;  Huerta,  Rafael; 
Huerta  y  Prieto;  IbaYra,  Juan;  Iturriaga,  Enrique;  Jimenez,  Miguel: 
Junco  y  Sobrino;  Lamadrid,  Gabriel;  Lechuga,  Miguel;  Llano,  Pedro 
del;  Loidi,  Gabino;  Lopez,  Arturo;  Lopez,  Froilan;  Lopez,  Satur- 
nino;  Lopez,  Telesforo;  Lopez  y  Sanchez;  Lozano,  Donato  M. ; 
Machin,  Santiago;  Madariaga  y  Peralez;  Marquez,  Francisco;  Mar- 
quez,  Juan;  Martinez,  Enrique;  Martinez,  Felipe;  Martinez,  Fran- 
cisco de  P.;  Martinez,  Jsidra;  Martinez,  Manuel;  Martinez,  Pon- 
ciano;  Martinez  y  Ca. ;  Mazon  y  Fernandez;  Melgosa,  Angel;  Men- 
doza, Francisco  H.;  Mendoza,  Sobrino,  Jose;  Mijares,  Juan;  Mijares, 
Vicente;  Mondragon,  Jacinto  Jose;  Montiel,  Antonio;  Morales 
Ignacio;  Morales,  Lorenzo;  Nareda,  Antonio;  Navarro,  T. ;  Noceda 
y  Hermano;  Noriega,  Joaquin;  Noriega,  Pablo;  Noriega  y  Alonso: 
Noriega  y  Barria) ;  Novoa,  Domingo;  Novoa  Hermanos;  Olnaos, 
Tiburcio;  Oropeza,  Demetrio;  Oropeza  y  Garcia;  Orraca,  Jose:  Ortiz, 
Alberto;  Ortiz,  Faustiuo;  Orue  y  Hermano,  Angel;  Pagaza,  Angel; 
Palau,  Ramon;  Pacheco,  Tomas;  Pedregal,  Gumesindo  N.;  Pedregal, 
Noriega  M. ;  Pedregal,  Sanchez  Pedro;  Perales,  Juan;  Perez  y  Her- 
mano, Ed?;  Perez,  Fernandez  A.;  Perez,  Facundo;  Perez,  Fernan- 
do; Perez,  Jose;  Perez  y  Echenique;  Perez  y  Martinez;  Pesqueira, 
Ramon;  Portilla,  Ramon;  Posada  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Posada,  Juan; 
Posada  y  Osorio;  Posada  y  Pardo;  Posada  y  Ca.,  Jose;  Prado,  Isaac; 
Prieto,  Juan;  Prieto,  Ramon;  Puertas,  Joaquin;  Puertas,  Pedro; 
Puertas  y  Hermano,  Pedro;  Quintana,  Benigno;  Ramirez,  Aristeo; 
Ramirez,  Maximiano;  Rendon,  Eligio:  Reyes,  Anselmo;  Reyes, 
Perez  F. ;  Reyes,  Simon;  Riancho,  Francisco;  Riego  y  Espana: 
Riego  y  Sainz;  Rio,  Ramon  y  Manuel  del;  Rivera,  Gaspar;  Rivero, 
Jose  Maria;  Rivero  y  Perez;  Robina  y  Ca.,  J. ;  Rodriguez,  Dionisio: 
Rodriguez,  Francisco;  Rodriguez,  Rafael;  Rqjo,  Andres;  Romano  y 
Ca.,  M.;  Rosado,  M. :  Rosado,  Pedro;  Resales,  Javier;  Resales. 
Ausencio;  Rosales  y  Ramos,  A.;  Rozado,  Pedro;  Robina  y  Arenas: 
Ruenes,  Basilio;  Ruiz,  Hernandez;  Ruiz.  Ignacio;  Ruiz,  Luis  G. ; 
Ruiz,  Romana,  R.  de;  Ruiz,  Rafael;  Ruiz  y  Oa. ;  Sainz,  Julian; 
Sainz,M. ;  Sainz  y  Hnos. ;  Sanchez,  J. ;  Sanchez  y  Ca. ;  Sanchez,  .1  uli.-n > ; 


456  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OK  MEXICO. 

•Sanchez  y  Fernandez;  Sanchez  Hnos.  y  Ca. ;  Sanchez  y  del  Villar; 
.Sanchez  y  Ortega;  Sanchez,  Leopoldo;  Sanchez,  Valentin;  Serrano, 
Antonio;  Sicilia,  J. ;  Silva,  Gerardo;  Silva,  J.  Maria;  Sisniega,  Fer- 
nando; Sobrino,  S.;  Sordo,  Isidro;  Sordo,  Jose;  Sordo,  Juan;  Sordo, 
Juan  S.;  Sordo,  Noriega  Isidro;  Sordo,  Hnos.;  Sordo  y  Ca.,  H.; 
Sordo,  Ramon  H. ;  Sordo,  Tomas;  Sosa,  Leonardo;  Sosa,  Santiago; 
Sotomayor,  Jose  G.;  Soto,  Vicente  G. ;  Sotres  y  Hnos.  Cosme.; 
Sotres,  Jose;  San  Cristobal,  Lucas;  San  Martin,  Francisco;  TameX 
Miguel;  Tapia,  Mariano;  Tapia,  Vicente  G. ;  Torno,  Francisco  del; 
Torno,  Guillermo  del;  Torres,  J.;  Trueba,  Andres;  Trueba  y  Calleja; 
Ugalde  y  Ca.,  F.  R.;  Urquijo  y  Ruiz;  Drriza  y  Berraonda;  Valdez, 
Trinidad;  Valle  y  Ca.,  F.;  Valle  y  Velar;  Vazquez  y  Ca.,  M.  M. ; 
Vazquez,  Urbana;  Vega  y  Gutierrez;  Vega  y  Fuentes;  Vega,  Hal- 
vino  de  la;  Vegas,  Juan  Gutierrez;  Vela  y  Ruisanchez;  Verdeja, 
linos.;  Vergara,  Galdo  M. ;  Vidal  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Villar,  Ignacio; 
Villecla,  A.;  Villar,  Emilio;  Yai  to,  Isidro;  Zayas  de  Velasco  M.; 
Zepeda,  Francisco;  Zorrilla,  J.  Fausto.  Sugar,  wholesale — Compafiia 
en  participacion  de  frutos  nacionales;  Isidore  de  la  Torre  Hnos. 
Xugar  and  liquors — Rovalo  A.  Gunpowder— Boche,  Alfredo; 
Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  During  y  Ca.,  M.;  Philip  y  Ca.,  Max  A. 
Hardware:  Brass  bedsteads — Bernal,  Angel;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto; 
Filardi,  Nicolas;  Fortune,  Manuel;  Iiiestrillas,  F.;  Linet,  Luis; 
Lopez  Mata,  Antonio;  Mestas  y  Garro;  Rio,  Jose  Ma.  del;  Salazar, 
Bernardino;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.  Brassware — Boker  y  Ca., 
Roberto;  Fortuno,  Manuel;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  Sue.  G.;  Philipp  y  Ca., 
Max  A. ;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.  Hardware,  wholesale  and  retail 
— Aguirre  Hnos.,  Ignacio;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Castaneda,  Teles- 
foro;  Combaluzier,  A.;  Delarue,  Eugenio;  During  y  Ca.,  M.;  Elcoro, 
Lopez  y  Ca. ;  Gahrtz,  German;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  Sue.,  G.;  Rio  Jos6  M. 
del;  Sommer,  Hermann  y  Ca.  Hardware,  retail — Agis,  Alfredo; 
Alvarez,  Jose;  Aniador,  C.  J.:  Angulo,  Luis;  Aranda,  Trinidad; 
Bernal,  Antonio;  Coria  de  Cerezo,  R. ;  Diaz,  Gonzalez;  Fernandez, 
Birtola;  Gamper,  Guillermo;  Garza,  Manuel;  Garcia,  Pedro;  Garcia, 
R. ;  Gonzalez,  Eduardo;  Gonzalez,  Paulina;  Gonzalez,  Rosa  L.; 
Granados,  Rodrigo;  Herrera,  Catalina;  Hijar,  Francisco;  Jimenez, 
Felipe;  Jimenez,  Sebastian;  Leite,  J.  Guadalupe;  Lopez,  Manuel; 
Marmplejo,  Ruperto;  Navarro,  Agustin;  Olivera,  J.;  Ortinez,  F. ; 
Paredes,  J. ;  Patifio,  Cecilio;  Pezana,  Marcial;  Posadas,  Luis;  Ra- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  457 

mos,  Luisa;  Rangel,  Lucio;  Reyes.,  Nicolasa;  Rodriguez,  J.  M.; 
Rojas,  Lauro;  Resales,  Pedro;  Sandoval,  GuLllermo;  Soriano,  J.  R.; 
Vazquez,  Carmen;  Vergara,  Anastasio;  Zamora,  Enriqueta.  Iron 
and  ironware — Elcoro  y  Ca..  Valentin;  Charreton,  Hermanos; 
Honey,  Ricardo;  Rio,  Jose  Maria  del.  Hats,  wholesale — Albert 
y  Compania,  Julio,  Sue.;  Borel,  Luis;  Compania  Comercial  Aus- 
triaca-Transatlantica;  Horn  y  .  Compania,  A.;  Zolly  Hermanos. 
Hats,  wholesale  and  retail — Dallet  y  Compania.;  Landwehr  y  Me- 
dina, Sue.;  Marquez,  Modesto;  Pellotier  y  Ca.,  Tho.;  Warnholtz 
y  Ca.,  Sue. ;  Zolly  Hermanos.  Hats  (for  ladies) — Anciaux,  Teresa; 
Bayonne,  E.;  Chesneau,  Ana;  Delafontaine,  Paulina;  Deuchler  y 
Kern;  Fourcade  y  Ca.,  A.;  Laborde,  Wartenweiler  y  Ca.;  Landwehr 
y  Medina  Sue.;  Martel  y  Sanchez;  Warnholtz  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Zolly 
Hnos.  Hats,  retail — Alanfs,  Francisco;  Alfaro,  Ausencio;  Alfavo, 
Pantaleon;  Aparicio,  Francisco  S.;  Beltran,  Josefa;  Bermudez,  J. 
C.;  Blanco  y  Ca., Manuel  B.;  Buendia,  Trinidad;  Cacho,Camilo;  Calo, 
Donaciano;  Castillo,  Joaquin;  Castillo,  Luis  F.;  Davalos,  J.  L.; 
Davalos,  Agustin;  Garduno,  Felipe;  Gomez  y  Ca.,  Antonio;  Gomez, 
Gabriel;  Gonzalez,  Agapito;  Gonzalez,  Victor;  Hernandez,  Zeferino; 
Herrera  y  Ca.,  A.;  Idrac  y  Ca.,  T.  F.;  Jollinez,  H.  Enrique;  Lobato, 
Enrique;  Lopez,  Amado;  Mateos,  Ignacio;  Molino,  Pablo;  Perez, 
Francisco;  Perez,  Trinidad;  Portocarrero,  Aguftin;  Rangel,  Abra- 
ham: Rangel,  Jose  Asuncion;  Rodriguez,  Isaac;  Romero,  Jose; 
Sanchez  y  Ca.,  V.;  Serrano,  Crispin;  Talavera,  Tomas;  Talavera, 
Francisco;  Torres,  Anastasio;  Torres,  Valeriano;  Trejo  y  Nava; 
Trujillo,  Francisco;  Urbina,  Manuel;  Yuren,  Luis;  Zaldivar,  Fran- 
cisco; Zufiiga,  Severo.  House  furnishing  goods  and  tinware — 
Aburto,  H. ;  Aschart,  N.;  Ballesteros,  J.;  Bonilla,  Gil;  Escandou, 
Antonio;  Torre,  M.  de  la;  Garcia,  J.;  Martinez,  Juan;  Pinto,  Ma- 
nuel; Sanchez,  V.;  Vazquez,  Victoriano.  Iron  merchants — Bizet, 
Hermanos;  Bourlou,  Alfredo;  Charreton  Hnos. ;  Lohse,  S.;  Lohse  y 
Ca.,  G.;  Elcoi-o,  Lopez  y  Ca.;  Petherie,  Juan;  Rio,  J.  M  del;  Spauld- 
ing,  D.  S.;  Togno  y  Ca.  Jewelry,  watches  and  silverware:  Dealers  in 
jewelry — Arana,  Manuel;  Bittrolff,  Hugo;  Diener  Hermanos;  Jacot, 
Alejandro;  Klein,  Ricardo;  Lagarrigue,  Luis  Sue.;  Lagarrigue,  Luix; 
Laue,  German;  Landa,  Miguel  R.;  Llop,  J. ;  Muiron  y  Ca  ;  Perret, 
Enrique;  Rodriguez,  E. ;  Schafer,  Martin;  Schreiber  y  Ca.;  Sommer, 
E.;  Van  Rooten  y  Debroe,  Sue.;  White,  A.;  Zivy  y  Hauser,  Sue. 


458  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Dealers  in  watches  and  dock's — Duhart,  Vicente  H.;  Prolongo, 
Federico;  Vazquez,  Francisco;  Villareal,  Bernardo.  Manufacturing 
jewelers — Diener  Hermanos;  Klein,  Ricardo;  Montiel,  Luis;  Mui- 
ron  y  Ca.;  Schafer,  Martin;  Sommer,  E. ;  Van  Rooten  y  De- 
broe,  Sue.;  Zivy  y  Hauser,  Sue.  Silversmiths — Diener  Hermanos; 
Muiron  y  Ca.;  Sommer,  E.;  Zivy  y  Hauser,  Sue.  Silverware — 
Acosta,  Felix;  Alvarez,  Andres;  Arteaga,  Ciril  >;  Arteaga,  Juan; 
Avila,  Silviano;  Cacho,  Benigno;  Camacho,  Albino;  C  irrillo,  An- 
tonio; Carrillo,  J.;  Carrillo,  Guadalupe;  Collado,  Enrique;  Cosio, 
Alejandro;  Cosio,  Anselmo;  Diener  Hernnnos;  Esparza.  J. ;  Gaitan, 
Juan;  Gonzalez,  Paulino;  Guevara,  Rafael;  Hernandez,  Felipa;  Iliza- 
liturri,  Josafa;  Lopez,  Jose;  Llop,  Fr.mcisco;  Marchena,  Jose  F. ; 
Martinez,  Francisco;  Martinez,  Vicente;  Montiel,  Luis;  Morales,  J. 
Jose;  Neyra,  Victor;  OrJuna,  Baltazar;  Ponton,  Antonio;  Rocha, 
Luis;  Romano,  Estanislao;  Rodriguez,  J.;  Rodriguez,  E-stanislao; 
Rodriguez,  Mateo;  Rosellon,  Ni-olas;  Sanchez,  Juan;  Soto,  J.  P.; 
Tagliabure,  Pedro;  Torre,  Amado  D.  de  la;  Tovar,  Nicanor;  Vega, 
Severo;  Velasco,  Jose;  Villavicencio,  Joaquin;  Zambrano,  Rosalio. 
Watch  and  clock  makers — Arredondo,  Florencio;  Camargo,  Alberto; 
Cardenas,  J. ;  Celis,  Mauricio  R.  de;  Corchada,  Luis;  Davalos,  Juan 
M.;  Delgado,  Evaristo;  Diaz,  Agustin  C.;  Diener  Hermanos; 
Duhart,  Vicente  H.;  Esquivel,  Carlos;  Farell,  Enrique;  Gonzalez, 
Patricio;  Klein,  Ricardo;  Laue,  German;  L5pez,  Daniel;  Marin, 
Vicente;  Martin,  Juan;  Martinez,  Francisco;  Medina,  Manuel; 
Montana,  Angel;  Moreno,  Juan;  Muiron  y  Ca.  ;  Pagaza,  Vicente; 
Pena  y  Ca.,  F.  de  la;  Plata,  Pedro  G.;  Ramirez  e  Hijos,  Jose;  Rios, 
Manuel;  Rodriguez,  Estanislao;  Romero,  Florencio;  Romero,  Fran- 
cisco de  P.;  Sandoval,  Francisco;  Smdoval,  Jose;  Schafer,  Martin; 
Silva,  Marcial;  Sommer,  E.;  Soto,  Rafael;  Valverde,  J. ;  Van  Rooten 
y  De  Broe,  Sue. :  Vecino,  Manuel;  Villanueva,  Juan  B.;  Walkei^ 
Jose.  Lithographers — Fernandez,  Carlos;  FJores,  Juan;  Gomez,  Me- 
rino y  Ca.;  Guerra  y  Valle,  J.;  Iriarte,  Hesiquio;  Montauriol,  Carlos; 
Moreau  y  Hno.,  Emilio:  Murguia,  Eduardo;  Revuelta,  Jose  L. ; 
Sainz,  Ricardo;  Salazar,  Hipolito.  Lumber  dealers — Baez,  Anas- 
tHsio;  Cantero,  M.;  Cobo,  Manuel;  Cobo  y  Ca.,  C. ;  Espinosa  y  Ca., 
L.;  Fabre,  Mauricio;  Franco,  Jose;  Galindez,  D. ;  Gonzalez,  Manuel; 
Guerrero,  Ger6nimo;  Hidalgo,  Trinidad;  Huertadel  Valle,  Antonio; 
Jimenez,  Adolfo  J.;  Meca,  Nicolas  de;  Monterde,  Luis;  Ondarza  y 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  459 

de  la  Torre;  Orozco,  Toribio;  Pdlacios  y  Ca.,  Ignacio;  Final,  Julio; 
Ponce  de  Leon,  Gil;  Romero,  Francisco;  Sancha,  Juan  de  la;  San- 
chez, Btrquera  E. ;  Trejo,  Martiniana;  Velazquez,  Gayol  y  Ca.; 
Villar,  Mariano;  Zetina  y  Ca.,  R.  Machinery:  Machinery  import- 
ers— Adam,  Sue.,  F. ;  Arce  y  Ca.,  J.;  Arozarena,  Rafael1  M.  de;  Bes- 
serer,  Carlos;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Charreton  Hnos.;  Combaluzier, 
A.;  Lohse,  Santiago  C.;  Lohse  y  Ca.  G.,  Sue.;  Malo  y  Ca.,  Alberto; 
Marshall  y  Ca. ;  Phillipp  y  Ca.,  Max.  A.;  Read  y  Campbell;  Rio, 
Jose  Maria  del;  Seeger,  Guernsey  y  Ca. ;  Sommer,  Hermann  y  Ca. ; 
Stankiewicz,  G.  M.;  White,  Juan.  Sewing  machines — Alarcon, 
Francisco;  Bactneister,  Julio;  Boker  y  Ca.,  Roberto;  Bush  y  Ca., 
C.  M.;  Compania  Manufacturer  de  "Singer;"  Hulvershorn  y  Ca.  G: 
Jacot,  A.;  Rio,  Jose  Maria  del;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  G.  Sue.;  Pattoii,  C.  F.; 
Sommer,  Hermann  y  Ca. ;  Uhink  y  Ca.  Sugar  Machinery — Arce  y  Ca. 
J.;  Gahrtz, German.  Meats,  salted  and  smoked — Aceves,  J.A.jAgui- 
lar,  T.;  Acala,  G. ;  Aldrete,  Angel;  Arceo,  P.;  Arcinas,  J. ;  Arco, 
R. ;  Becerril,  G. ;  Bobadilla,  A.;  Botilla,  P.;  Carmona,  T.;  Castelan, 
Enrique;  Castelan,  Ignacio;  Castellanos,  A.;  Castellanos,  D. ;  Castillo, 
C.;  Castillo,  J.;  Castillo,  N.;  Coronado,  R.;  Escamilla,  J. ;  Exiga, 
Luis;  Galvan  y  Cardenas,  Ignacio;  Gomez,  R.;  Gonzalez,  F.;  Go- 
mar,  F.;  Granados,  D.  de  flerrera;  Haro,  C.;  Hernandez,  Dolores 
G.;  Hernandez,  F.;  Hernandez,  J.;  Hernandez  y  Zepeda;  Higa- 
reiia,  A.;  Jaime,  Josefa;  Lopez,  M. ;  Marmolejo,  T.;  Martinez,  A.; 
Mejia,  A.;  Mejia,  Luis;  Mejia,  V.;  Merino,  R. ;  Moncayo,  M.;  Moii- 
tes  de  Oca  J. ;  Navarro,  M.;  Ocampo,  J.;  Omaya,  C. ;  Perez,  J.;  Pe- 
rez, P.;  Pineda,  J. ;  Pineda,  R.;  Quintanilla,  G.;  Quiroz,  F.;  Ramirez, 
Procopio;  Ramirez,  P.;  Reyes,  J.;  Rivero,V. ;  Rodriguez,  A.;  Robin, 
M.;  Rojas,  S. ;  Sanchez,  S. ;  Serrano  y  Castillo;  Serrano,  Pedro;  To- 
rres, Enrique;  Urbina,  J. ;  Valadez,  S.;  Valdez,  S.;  Velis,  J.;  Victor, 
R.;  Villa vicencio,  N. ;  Zepeda,  F.;  Zepeda,  J.  Merchant  tailors — Ada- 
lid,  Ceron  e  hijos;  Argumosa  Hermanos;  Bertezenne  y  Ca.,  E.;  Best 
y  Compania;  Carmona,  Ildefonso;  Carmona  y  Velazquez,  J.  M. ; 
Carmona  y  Vilchis,  V.;  Cerezo  y  Ca.;  Chauveau,  Juan;  Cnellar, 
Lnmberto;  Davalos,  Ramon;  Delbouis,  J.  P.;  Drienhofer,  J.  F. . 
Dubernard,  Eugenic;  Dufour  y  Cassasus;  Echeverria,  F.;  Franck, 
Amando;  Franck  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Gai-cia  Benitez,  Felix;  Garcia  Benitez, 
B. ;  Garcia  Benitez,  Tiburcio;  Garibay  y  Ca.,  Ignacio;  Gasco,  Maxi- 
miliano;  Gonzalez,  Enrique;  Hernandez,  Fernando;  Hernandez. 


460  MERCANTILE  DIRECTOR v  OF  MEXICO. 

Norberto  J.;  Jarain,  Alberto;  Jimenez,  Pablo;  Kips,  Alexis  F. ; 
La  f  age,  Fernando;  Macin,  J.  R.;  Maire,  E. ;  Mariaca,  Santos;  Mau- 
rel,  F. ;  Merino  y  Ca. ;  Mivielle,  E.;  Montes  cle  Oca,  A.;  Morales,  Hi- 
ginio;  Navarro,  Juan  de  M.;  Peralta,  Antonio;  Polack,  Hipolito; 
Ramirez,  C.;  Salin,  Rafael;  Sarre,  Luis;  Sevilla,  Ignacio;  Tovar, 
Jose  Maria;  Urreiztieza,  Arturo.  Mexican  Curiosities — Spaulding, 
D.  S. ;  St.  Hill,  C.  M. ;  Walz,  W.  G.  Mi/Is:  Corn  mills— Aguilar,  For- 
tino;  Aguilar,  Miguel;  Arroyo,  Sixto;  Astiz, Antonio;  Bracho,  Alberto 
A.;  Caballero,  J.M.;  Clotas,  Gervasio;  Dettmer,  Carlos;  Garibay,  Jose 
Maria;  Martinez,  Serafin;  villa  de  Moros  y  Ca.  Oil  mills — Brun, 
Desiderio;  Cortez  y  Herigaray;  Frank,  Guillermo;  Garibay  y  Gay; 
Gomez,  Agustin;  Gonzalez  y  Ca.,  Angel;  Vazquez,  Braulio;  Ziehl  y 
Tellitu.  Wheat  mills — Albaitero  y  Ai'rache;  Castro,  Francisco  de 
P.;  Charreton  Hnos.;  Echenique,  Jose  Ma.  Mineral  waters — Ba- 
zax,  Justino;  Bourlon,  Alfredo;  Lastinere,  B. ;  Gourgues,  Desormesy 
Ca.  Mining  articles — Gahrtz,  German;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  G.,  Sue.; 
Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max.  A.  Musical  instruments — Bush  y  Ca.,  G.  M. ; 
Espinosa,  Jose  Ines;  Fernandez,  Mariano;  Hidalgo,  Manuel; 
Nagel,  H.,  Sue.;  Onate,  Jesus;  Sanchez,  Barquera  e  Hijo. 
J.;  Solano,  Romulo;  Wagner  y  Levien,  A.  Objects  of  Art — 
Hillebrand  y  Ca.,  E. ;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  G.,  Sue.;  Pellandini,  Claudio; 
Pliilipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.;  Zivy  y  Hauler,  Sue.  Opticians — Calpini, 
•Sue.; White,  A.  Paints,  oils,  etc. — Anaya,  Felix;  Arevalo,  Francisco: 
Barrera,  Arcadio;  Barroso,  Francisco;  Barroso,  Ismael;  Boufefc, 
Javier;  Candil,  Gonzalo;  Canseco,  Hilario;  Cruz,  Jose;  Doizelet,  Leo- 
poldo;  Espinola,  Antonio;  Estarrona,  Juana;  Garcia,  Gonzalo;  Gomez, 
Lamadrid,  J.;  Guzman,  Angel;  Hernandez,  Esteban  M.;  Martorano  y 
Ca.,  Antonio;  Morales,  Ismael;  Montes  de  Oca,  D.;  Navarro,  J.; 
Pasten,  Ignacio;-  Pezana,  Marcial;  Piedra  y  Hnos.,  Marcos  E.; 
Rangel,  Maximino;  Hio  de  la  Loza  y  Miranda;  Rivas,  Jacinto;  Ro- 
jas,  R.;  Rosa,  Manuela  de  la;  Rosell,  Antonio;  Rosell,  Joaquin; 
Fluiz,  Francisco  E. ;  Ruiz,  Agustin;  Serna,  Juana;  Urrutia  y  Leon; 
Urrutia,  Miguel;  Vallejo,  P.;  Velez,  Bibiario;  Vigueras,  Agustin; 
Vilchis,  Francisco;  Yanez,  Refugio;  Zetina,  Rafael  R.  Paper:  Blank 
books — Arquero,  Ricardo;  Fuente,  Parres,  Sue.;  Lions  y  Ca.,  H.  y 
V.;  Liiclert,  Federico;  Martin,  Luis;  Maza  y  Ca.;  Quintero  y  Ca., 
A.;  Sainz,  Ricardo.  Cardboard — Alvarez,  Rul  y  Ca.;  Valdes  y 
<  'ueva  J.;  Villa  e  hijos,  G.;  Villa  y  Villanueva.  Importers  of 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  461 

paper — Seeger,  Guernsey  y  Ca. ;  Trueba,  Fernando  tie;  Trueba 
Hermanos.  Paper  boxes — Baez,  Rafael;  Barroso,  Amado;  Orellana 
y  Esteva.  Paper  manufacturers — Benfield,  Juan  M.;  Orozco, 
Marcelino;  Remirez  y  Ca.,  1.;  Sanchez  Navarro,  Carlos.  Wall 
paper — Arnaldo,  Luis  G.;  Brillanti  y  Ca.;  Delarue,  E.;  Drogueria 
Universal;  Huguenin,  C.;  Rio,  Jose  Maiia  del;  Trueba  Hermanos. . 
Perfumery  and  toilet  articles — Beltran  y  Hermano;  Claverie,  P.; 
Faiiiie  y  Sanders;  Labadie,  J.,  Sue.  y  Ca. ;  Malavear,  Inocencio; 
Saint  Marc,  P.;  Tellez  y  Ca.,  F.  Petroleum — Aguirre  Hermanos. 
Ignacio;  Anzurez,  Esteban  R.;  Avila,  Maiia;  Brun,  Desiderio;  Can- 
das,  Manuel;  Cejudo,  Felipe;  Cervantes,  Ponciano;  Diaz,  Guadalupe; 
Diaz  de  Parra,  Guadalupe;  Duran,  Angela  J.  V.  de  la;  Frank. 
Guillermo;  Gomez,  Agustin;  Gonzalez,  C. ;  La  Compania  de  Petro- 
leo;  Lopez,  Manuela;  Martinez,  Guadalupe;  Perez,  Cecilio  M. ;  Ra- 
mirez, Ricardo;  Riva,  Rafael;  Rovelo,  Maria;  Rubaira,  Pedro;  San- 
chez de  Suarez,  Ines;  Sol  is,  Loreto;  Urquieta,  Josefina;  Waters 
Pierce  Oil  Co.  Photographers — Alvarez,  J.;  Calderon  y  Ca.,  An- 
tonio; Carriedo,  J.;  Cruces,  Antonio;  Figueroa,  Agustin  Campa; 
Gomez  y  Flores,  J.;  Gonzalez,  Macario;  Gove  y  North;  Guerra  y 
Ca. ;  Guzman,  J. ;  Iglesias,  Francisco;  Maner.o,  Luis;  Martinez,  An- 
dres; Maya,  Jose  JVL. ;  Mora,  O. ;  Nieto  y  Ca.,  North  Sac.;  Sanchez, 
Concepcion;  Suarez,  Guadalupe;  Valleto  y  Ca.;  Veraza,  Luis;  Wolfen- 
stein,  Sue.  Playing  cards — Munguia  e  Hijos,  P.  Printing  offices 
and  printing  materials:  Printing  offices — Abadiano,  Viuda  e  Hijos 
de;  Aguilar  e  Hijos;  Agueros,  Victoriano;  Barbedillo,  Jose  J.; 
Bouligny  y  Ca.  Sue.;  Butler,  Juan  W.;  Cabrera,  Daniel;  Casas  y  Ca. ; 
Castillo,  J.  V.;  Corona,  M.;  Correa,  Jos6;  Cortina,  V.  M.;  Cum. 
plido,  I.,  Sue.;  Diaz  de  Leon,  Francisco;  Dublan  y  Ca.,  E.;  Dufez, 
E.;  Escalante,  Ignacio;  Esteva,  Gonzalo  A. ;  Fusco,  Federico  M.; 
Garcia,  Torres  Y.;  Gonzalez  Murua,  P.;  Guerra  y  Valle,  Joaquin; 
Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  S.;  Haegeli,  Eaiilo;  Hargrove,  R.  K.;  Hoeck,  E.  P.; 
Imprenta  del  Gobierno  Federal;  Imprenta  de  "El  Combate;" 
Imprenta  del  "Circulo  Catolico;"  Imprenta  de  "La  Escuela  Corre- 
cional  de  Artes  y  Oficios;"  Imprenta  del  "  Trait  d'  Union;"  Imprenta 
de  "El  Partido  Liberal;"  Jens,  J.  F  ;  Lagarza,  Juan;  Lara,  Mariano; 
L6pez  y  Ca.,  A.;  Lopez  y  Ca.,  Alfonso  E.;  L6pez,  Jose;  Lugo, 
Francisco;  Mata,  Filomeno;  Murguia,  E. ;  MurguTa,  L.;  Nava, 
L. ;  Oficina  tipografica  de  la  Sectaria  de  Fomento;  Orozco,  Epi- 


462  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

fanio  D. ;  Ortiz,  Monasterio  Angel;  Parres  y  Ca.,  F.  Sue.;  Paz,  Car- 
los; Paz,  Ireneo;  Salazar,  Daniel  R. ;  Smith,  David  C.;  Soni,  F. 
A.;  Soto,  Gabriel;  Steelraan,  A.  J.;  Terra zas,  Jose  J. ;  Trigueros, 
C.;  Vanegas  y  Arroyo,  Antonio;  Veraza,  Guillermo;  Villagran, 
FYancisco;  Villanueva,  Atanasio;  Velasco,  J.;  Reyes;  Zuniga, 
Petra.  Printing  and  lithographing  inks — Diaz  de  Leon,  Fran- 
cisco; Seeger,  Guernsey  y  Ca. ;  Trueba  Hermanos;  Zaccarini  y 
Ca.,  A.  Type,  presses,  etc. — Bustamente,  Jos6  E. ;  Lohse  y  Ca., 
G.,  Sue.;  Munguia  e  Hijos,  P.;  Seeger,  Guernsey  y  Ca.;  Som- 
raer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.  Rubber  stamps — Dael,  Federico;  Fouard, 
Juan;  Galariz,  Antonio  H.;  Mosser,  Luis;  Pastrana,  Guillermo  R.; 
Robertson,  F.  E.  Saddlers — Aguilar,  Mariano;  Alvarado,  Santiago; 
Alvarez,  Mariano;  Avila,  Jose;  Ballesteros,  Juan;  Castro,  Antonio; 
Dominguez,  Marciano;  Garay,  Vicente;  Gonzalez,  J.  T. ;  Gros, 
Emile;  Guerrero,  Ramon;  Jimenez,  Esteban;  Lessaiice,  A.;  Lozano, 
David;  Ortiz,  Clemente;  Ortiz,  Juan  R.;  Perez,  Casimiro;  Reyes, 
Pedro;  Ruiz,  Manuel;  Vasquez,  Luis.  Scientific  and  surgical  in- 
struments— Andrade  y  Soriano;  Biorklund  y  Jorranson,  A.;  Busti- 
llos,  Evaristo;  Calpini,  Sue.;  Felix,  Carlos;  Henning,  Jorge;  Joran- 
sson,  Carlos;  Leiter,  C.,  Sue.;  Lohse  y  Ca.,  G.,  Sue.;  Philip,  Max.; 
Taussaint  y  Ca.  Ship  chandlers — Enriquez,  J. ;  Lozano,  Vicente; 
Villagra,  Teodosio.  Shoemakers'  supplies — Brebm  y  Ca. ,  Sue.; 
"  Compania  Comercial  Austriaca-Transatlantica;"  Horn  y  Ca.,  A. 
Schmidt  y  Bourjau;  Schultze  y  Ca.,  Sue.  Tinware — Aburto,  Felix; 
Alvarez,  J.;  Anaya,  Trinidad;  Ayala,  Juan;  Badillo,  D.;  Barros, 
Lauio;  Belmont,  Ignacio;  Bernal,  Angel;  Blancas,  Manuel;  Caba- 
llero,  Manuel;  Castillo,  Jose;  Chavez,  Antonio;  Cherlin,  Luis; 
Olavel,  Leandro;  Cordoba,  Margarito;  Diaz,  Mariano;  Dominguez, 
N.;  Espinosa,  E. ;  Espinosa,  Ponciano;  Flores,  Agustin, 
Flores,  Pedro;  Fuentes,  Pedro;  Garcia,  Abraham;  Garcia,  Ma- 
eario;  Garduno,  J.  M.;  Garduno,  Manuel;  Gomez,  Pablo;  Gomez, 
Tomas;  Hidalgo,  Faustino;  Iglesias,  Manuel;  Iglesias,  Miguel;  Jime- 
nez, Lucas;  Jimenez,  Felipe;  Legorreta,  Bias;  Lozano,  Andres;  Ma- 
garino,  Manuel;  Marquez,  Mariano;  Morales,  Sixto;  Muro,  Domingo; 
Novao,  Micaela;  NufSez,  Vicente;  Olarte,  Pedro;  Ortiz,  Francisco; 
Parra,  Eduardo;  Quesadas,  Antonio;  Quesadas,  Juan;  Revilla,  Ar- 
cadio;  Ruiz,  Bartolo;  Rujano,  J.  A.;  Salgado,  Silverio;  Sanchez, 
Vidal;  Santa  Maria,  Manuel;  Silva;  Julian;  Sotelo,  Trinidad;  Torre, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  463 

Roman  de  la;  Torre,  Jose  R.  de  la;  Torres,  Juan;  Valdez,  Francisco; 
Vazquez,  Adalberto;  Velasco,  Florencio.  Tombstones — Backus, 
Brisbin  y  Ca.;  Cherubini,  Angel;  Marcili,  C.  S. ;  Masselin,  A.;  Tan- 
gassi,  Francisco;  (Jrrutia,  L.  Toys — Calvet,  Victor;  Cordova, 
Agustin;  Cosio,  Juan;  Cotera,  Merced;  Cuellar,  Antonia;  Duverdun, 
C.;  Entiquez,  Guadalupe;  Gomez,  Isabel;  Jurado  de  Acala,  Elena; 
Larre,  Pedro;  Pivardiere,  Adolfo;  Reynaud,  E. ;  Rivero,  Luis;  San- 
doval,  Miguel;  Velazquez  de  Leon,  Margarita.  Travelers'  out/its 
— Boker  y  Com  pan  fa,  Roberto;  Combaluzier,  A.;  Franck  y  Com- 
pania,  M.;  Lohse  y  Coinpafua,  G.,  Sue.;  Philipp  y  Compania, 
Max  A.  Umbrellas — Bouras,  Pablo;  Gambu,  Adolfo;  Guerin  y  Ca. ; 
Hoppenstedt  y  -Ca.,  T.;  Lagrave,  P.;  Lefebvre,  A.;  Logero,  G. 
Undertakers — Ascorbe  y  Ca. ;  Carmona  y  Ca.,  J.;  Gayosso  y  Ca.; 
Mocte.zuma,  G. ;  Trevifio,  M.  Wine  merchants,  importers — Castello, 
Gutierrez  y  Ca.;  Consonno,  Julio;  Genin,  Viuda  de  A.;  Gutierrez  y 
Ca.,  Quintin;  Mancina  Hnos. ;  Morales  Manso,  Alberto;  Repetto, 
Juan;  Rigal,  Lubet  y  Ca. ;  Rolla  y  Ca.,  A.;  Sanchez,  Ambrosio; 
Sauto,  Munuzuri  y  Ca.;  Uhink  y  Ca.;  Uhink  Hnos.  y  Zahn;  Zepeda, 
Francisco.  Wine  and  liquor  distillers — Alegre,  Julian;  Boeuf, 
Francisco;  Durant,  Joaquin;  Fonts,  Martin;  Garcia,  Alejo;  Garduno, 
Miguel;  Gavino,  Salvador;  Gutierrez  y  Ca.,  Prudencio;  Laville  J. 
P.;  Leriche,  Carlos;  Rafols,  Fernando;  Tardos  y  Ca.,  Julio;  Vidal  y 
Ca.,  Pablo;  Xicluna,  Jorge.  Wood  and  coal — Ayala,  Perez,  Viuda 
4  Hijos  de;  Carnpillo,  Mdrcos;  Espinosa,  Eustaquio;  Guerra,  Anto- 
nio; Guerra  y  Arechavala;  Lomas,  Domingo;  Mora  de  Arroyo,  Ig- 
nacia;  Noriega,  R. ;  Ortiz,  Diego;  Rodriguez,  Jose;  Roldan,  i.  Jose; 
Silva  y  Ca.,  Jose.  Woods  (hard  woods  and  mahogany) — Baez,  Anas- 
tasio;  Cantero,  M.;  Cobo,  Cesareo  y  Ca.;  Cobos,  Manuel;  Fabre,  M.; 
Franco,  Jose;  Galindez,  Diego;  Gonzalez,  Manuel;  Guerrero, 
Geronimo;  Hidalgo,  Trinidad;  Huerta.  Antonio;  Jimenez,  Adolfo 
J. ;  Meca,  Nicolas;  Monterde,  Luis;  Ondarza  y  de  la  Torre;  Orozco^ 
Toribio;  Palacios  y  Ca.,  Jgnacio;  Pinal,  Julio;  Ponce  de  Leon,  Gil; 
Romero,  Francisco;  Sancha,  Juan  de  la;  Sanchez,  Barquera  E. J 
Trejo,  Martiniana;  V(|llar,  Mariano;  Zetina,  R.  Wood  dealers — 
Dehesa,  Esteban;  Fuentes,  Guillermo;  Lopez,  Isidro;  Picaza, 
Petronilo. 

MONTEREY  (State  of  Nuevo  Leon) — Agents   for  imported  good  a 
— Garcia,   David;  Garcia,  Ignacio  de;  Palacio,   Federico;  Piazzini, 


464  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MKXICO. 

Carlos.  Agricultural  implements — Dressel,  Rodolfo;  Langstroh 
Sucesores;  Piazzini,  Carlos.  Arms  and  ammunitions — Dressel, 
Rodolfo;  Freese,  Luis  K.;  Langstroh  Sucesores.  Bankers — Armen- 
dais,  Francisco;  Hoick  y  Ca.;  Martinez,  Francisco;  Milrao,  Patricio; 
Rivero,  Valentin;  Wells,  Fargo  y  Ca.  Banks — Sucursal  del  Banco 
Nacional  Mexicano;  Sucursal  del  Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico. 
Booksellers  and  stationers — Garcia,  Leopoldo;  Lagrange  y  Ca.; 
Lozano,  Desiderio;  Elizondo,  Manuel;  Martinez,  Francisco  A. 
Boots  and  shoes — Gonzalez,  Juan  B.;  Menchuca,  Tomas;  Nunez, 
Estanislao;  Ortiz,  Tomas;  Ramos,  Merced;  Rosas,  Fidel.  China 
and  glassware — Ancira,  Hermanos;  Dressel  y  Ca. ;  Langstroh 
Sucesores;  Rico,  Leandro;  Rios,  Francisco.  Commission  merchant* 
— Cantiu,  Francisco  L.;  Garcia,  Bernardo;  Garcia,  Ignacio;  Garza, 
Margarito;  Guerra,  David;  Guzman,  Juan  B. ;  Oliver,  Francisco; 
Palacios,  Federico;  Westrucht,  Oscar.  Drugs — Ancira,  Hermanos; 
Bremer  y  Ca. ;  Garza  Cantiu,  Francisco;  Iglesias,  Tomas;  Martinez, 
Domingo;  Martinez,Melesio;  Mears,Juan  H.;Pilar,Justo  del;  Saldano, 
Ignacio;  Sepulveda,  Lorenzo;  Trevifio,  Jesus  H.;  Villareal,  Mauro; 
Zambrano,  Santiago.  Dry  goods  and  notions — Daudet  y  Ca., 
Patricio  O.;  Fox,  Joaquin;  Garcia  e  Hijos,  Mariano;  Hernandez, 
Sucesores;  Martinez,  Jesus  Maria;  Martinez  Cardenas  y  Hermano; 
Maurtl  y  Cottier;  Morales  y  Quiroz;  Quiroz  y  Hermanos.  Ricardo; 
Ricaud  y  Ca.,  C.;  Velarde  y  Ca.  Furniture — Calderon,  Sues.,  Jose, 
Daudet  y  Ca.,  Patricio  O.;  Dressel,  Rodolfo;  Langstroh.  Sucesores. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Armendais,  Francisco;  Berardi  y  Ca., 
Reynaldo;  Bortoni  y  Ca.,  Graciano;  Calderon,  J. ;  Calzada,  Euti- 
inio;  Cantir,  Francisco  L.;  Elizondo,  Felix;  Elizondo  Garcia, 
Gregorio;  Garcia,  Bernardino;  Garcia,  Ignacio;  Garcia,  Praxedis; 
Garzon,  Margarito;  Gonzalez  Ramirez,  Procopio;  Guerra,  David; 
Guzman,  Juan  G.;  Hoick  y  Ca.,  .C.;  Maiz  y  Ca.,  Pedro;  Marty, 
Vicente;  Olivier,  Francisco;  Paras,  Jose  Maria;  Rivero,  Valentin; 
Zainbrano,  Orofre.  Hat  stores — Ancira,  Jose;  Armendais,  Fran- 
cisco; Gonzalez,  Eugenio;  Hesselbart,  Carlos;  Maiz,  Pedro;  Padilla, 
Anacleto.  Hardware — A3'ala,  Viuda  de;  Vessel,  Rodolfo;  Lam- 
berton,  Pedro;  Langstroh  Sucesores;  Reyes,  Jose;  Rios,  David. 
Jewelers — Ayala,  Viuda  de;  Enweiss,  A.'M.;  Humphrey  Hermanos; 
Macias,  Apolinar;  Margain,  Francisco.  Lithographers — La- 
grange  y  Ca.;  Martinez  Hermanos.  Wine  merchants — Arredondo, 
Arcadio;  Herrera,  Jesus;  Leal,. Francisco;  Rodriguez,  Pedro. 


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MANZANILLO  (State  of  Colima) — Agricultural  implements — .Ruiz, 
Ponciano.  Boots  and  shoes — Ruelas,  Serapio.  Commission  mer- 
chants— Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Seuthe,  Othori.  Drugs — Ochoa,  A.; 
Ruiz,  P.  Dry  goods — Padilla,  Teodoro;  Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Solorzano, 
Fernando.  Furniture — Cardenas,  O.  Groceries  and  provisions — 
Padilla,  Teodoro;  Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Seuthe,  Othon.  Merchants — 
Corona,  Agustin;  Gregor,  Vicente;  Ochoa,  Adalberto;  Ochoa,  Luis; 
Ruiz,  Ponciano;  Solorzano,  Juan. 

MORELIA  (State  of  Michoacan) — Agricultural  implements — See- 
ger,  Guernsey  y  Ca. ;  Wolburg,  Gerardo  S.  Arms  and  ammunition 
— Aguirre  y  Achotegui.  Bankers — Basagoiti  y  Ca.,  J. ;  Gravenhorst, 
Gustavo,  J.;  Solorzano,  M.  M.  Banks — Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexi- 
co; Sncursal  del  Banco  Nacional.  Booksellers  and  stationers — 
Aguirre  y  Achotegui;  Guerrero,  Placido;  Velazquez,  J.  Boots  and 
shoes — Cornejo,  Miguel;  Huarte,  Joaquin;  Oseguera,  Francisco. 
China,  crockery  and  glassware — Morera,  Victor  J.;  Oseguera,  Epi- 
fanio.  Commission  merchants — Carbonel,  Antonio;  Elizarraras, 
Rafael;  Guerrero,  L.  Campuzano;  Lozano,  Manuel;  Ruiz,  Nemesio; 
Samano,  Luis  G. ;  Seeger,  Guernsey  y  Ca. ;  Vega,  Ramon;  Velas- 
quez^.; Velez,  Jose.  Drugs — Argandar,  Ricardo;  Burgos,  Merando 
Cervantes, Andres;  Elizarraras,  Rafael;  Franco, Ignacio;  Gonzalez  An- 
tonio; Gonzalez,  Ciriaco;  Gutierrez,  Miguel;  Huacuja,  Lamberto;  Lo- 
pez,Ezequiel;  Martinez,  Silviano;  Mier,  Atanasio;  Montano,  Manuel; 
Mufioz,  Hermanos;  Montenegro,  Manuel  Oviedo;  Ortiz,  Nicanor; 
Ortiz  y  Cano,  Miguel;  Padilla,  Genaro;  Parra,  Enrique;  Vallejo, 
Juan.  Dry  goods,  notions,  etc. — Alba,  F.  G.;  Audiffred  Hnos.; 
Bose,  Garcin  y  Hermanos;  Carbonel,  Antonio;  Castaneda  y  Ca. ; 
Cortes  y  Ca.,  T.;  Infante,  Jose  M. ;  Infante,  Pelot  y  Ca.;  Quiroz, 
Pedro;  Ramirez,  Ramon;  Ruiz,  Nemesio;  Sauve  Hnos.,  Francart: 
Villagomez,  M.  Fancy  goods — Burgos,  Antonio;  Calderon,  Sacra- 
mento S. ;  Guerrero,  P.;  Vega,  Nicolas;  Wolburg,  Gerardo  S. 
Furniture — Gutierrez, Evaristo;  Velez,  Juan.  Groceries  a^d  provis- 
ions— Basagoiti  y  Ca.,  J.;  Flores,  Juan;  Gonzalez,  Manuel;  Iz- 
quierdo  J.;  Martinez,  Ignacio;  Oseguera,  Epifanio;  Ramirez,  Ramon; 
Torres  y  Gil.  Hardware,  cutlery  and  tools — Aguirre  y  Ach6tegui; 
Burgo  y  Ca  ;  Guerrero.  Placido;  Martinez,  Loreto;  Oseguera,  Epi- 
fanio; Ponce  de  Leon,  J.;  Rangel,  Juan;  Wolburg,  Gerardo  S. 
Hatters — Diaz,  Francisco;  Monge  y  Rodriguez;  Pellotier  y  Ca.,  T. 

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466  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Hides  and  leathers — Brena,  Ausencio;  Garcia,  Antonio;  Ibarrola, 
Jose  M.;  Ortiz,  Nicolas;  Sanchez,  Agustin;  Topio,  Ignacio.  Jew- 
elry, watches  and  silverware  —  Goyzueta,  Felix;  Humbert, 
Onesimo;  Marquez,  Antonio;  Ramirez,  Mariano;  Trautz,  Fe- 
derico.  Lithographers — Imprenta  de  la  Escuela  de  Artes.  Paints, 
oils,  etc  — Mier,  A.  Photographers — Bocanegra,  Rodolfo;  Gutierrez 
y  Ca. ;  Manriquez,  R.;  Torres  Hnos.  Pianos  and  organs — Alba, 
Felix;  Cardenas,  Manuel;  Espinosa,  Mucio;  Estrada,  Joaquin; 
Gomez,  Alberto;  Lozano,  Manuel;  Novoa,  Jose  Maria;  Ramirez, 
Ramon;  Reynoso,  Ignacio.  Saddlery  and  harness — Navarrete, 
Francisco;  Rivera,  Apolonio.  Sewing  machines — Alzua,  Manuel 
Oviedo.  Undertaker — Velez,  Juan. 

NUEVO  LAREDO  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Banks  and  Hankers — 
Bel' I  en  y  Hermano,  F. ;  Hoick  y  Ca.,  C.;  Larralde  y  Hermanos; 
Milmo,  Patricio;  O'Conor.  Tomas;  Sncuisal  del  Banco  Nacional. 
Booksellers  and  stationers — Cueva  y  Hermano,  A.  Commission 
merchants — B-lden  y  Hermano,  F. ;  Erhard,  Antonio  M  ;  Garcia, 
Agapito  A.;  Hernandez,  Juan;  Hoick  y  Ca.,  C. ;  O'Conor,  Tomas; 
Ro  Irig'iez  Manuel;  Serna,  R-ifael.  Drags — Dupoyet,  Teodoro; 
Theriot,  A.  F. ;  Trevino,  Sebastian.  Dry  goods — Diamond,  Miguel; 
Hirscli,  Mauricio;  Larralde  y  Herraanos;  Mendiiichaga,  Tomas; 
Morris  y  Ca.,  E.  Groceries  and  provisions — Ancira  y  Hermano, 
Jacobo;  Lozano,  Eduardo;  Montegui,  VV.;  Rigal,  Pedro;  Rosenthal 
y  Hermano.  Hardware,  etc. — Montegui,  W.  Hats — Ancira  y 
Hermano,  Jacobo.  Printers — Cueva  y  Hermano,  A.  Sewing  ma- 
chines— Cardenas,  Santiago;  Cueva  y  Hermano,  A. ;  Joseph  Julio. 

OAXACA  (State  of  Oaxaca) — Agricultural  implements — Philipp  y 
Ca.,  Max.  A.;  Stein  y  Ca.,  Gustavo.  Banks  and  bankers — Barren- 
quy,  P.  L. ;  Richards,  Constantino;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional; 
Stein  y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Zorrilla  y  Ca.,  Jose.  Booksellers  and  station- 
ers— Campo,  L.  F.  del;  Peralta,  M.;  San  German,  Lorenzo.  Boots 
and  shoes — Cuervo  y  Ca.;  Nunez,  Mantu-1;  Ruiz  Herma-nos.  Car- 
riages— Almovejo,  A.;  Rivera,  M.  Commission  merchants — Ba- 
rrenqny,  L.;  Barriga,  Francisco;  Bravo,  Juan  T.;  Castro,  Jose  M.; 
Cruz,  Santiago;  Falcon,  Antonio;  Guerrero,  Jose;  Mateos,  M.; 
Miillt-r,  Ecluardo;  Prado,  Antonio;  Stein  y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Zorrilla  y 
Ca.,  Jose.  China  and  glassware — Frieben  Hei  manos,  Sue. ;  Hein- 
richs  y  Ca.,  Enrique;  Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.  Drugs — Alvarez,  J. 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO.  467 

A.;  Bolanos,  Ramon;  Bustamante,  Pedro;  Carbo,  Sucesor  de; 
Eresarte,  M.;  Pena,  G. ;  Ruiz,  Pomposo;  Santaella,  Amado;  Tolls 
y  Renero.  Dry  goods — Contreras,  M.  T.;  Gay,  G. ;  Heinrichs  y  Ca., 
Enrique;  Larranaga,  Jose;  Laugier,  L.;  Peralta,  Manuel;  Quijano 
y  Ca.,  F. ;  Reguera,  L.  P.  Fancy  goods — Heinrichs  y  Ca.,  Enrique; 
Frieben  Herraanos,  Sue.;  Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.;  San  Q  cman, 
Lorenzo.  Groceries  and  provisions — Allende  y  Sobrino,  Manuel; 
Quijano,  Francisco  G.;  Stein  y  Ca.,  Gustavo.  Hardware — Esperon, 
M.;  Frieben  Hermanos,  Sue.;  Heinrichs  y  Ca.,  Enrique;  Philipp  y 
Ca.,  Max  A.;  San  German,  Lorenzo.  Importers  and  exporters  — 
Allende  y  Sobrino;  Barriga  e  Hijo;  Esperon,  Gabriel;  Figueroa,  Ig- 
nacio;  Moya,  Luis;  Quijano  y  Ca. ;  Pena,  Juan  Cobo  de  la;  Rich- 
ards, C. ;  Stein  y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Trapaga,  Juan;  Uriarte,  Francisco; 
Wiecher  y  Ca.;  Zorilla  y  Ca.,  Jose.  Iron  and  ironware — Barriga, 
Francisco;  Quijano  y  Ca.  Jewelery — Serivante,  Luis.  Lithographer 
— Santa  Ana,  J.  Manufacturer  brass  and  iron  bedsteads — Mellado, 
Cueto  J.  Music  store — Heinrichs  y  Ca.,  Enrique.  Paints  and  oils 
— San  German,  Lorenzo;  Zolis,  Camilo.  Sewing  machines —  rie- 
ben  Hermanos,  Sue.  Silk  goods — Gallardo,  V. ;  Ibaiiez  y  Ca.,  R. 

ORIZABA  (State  of  Veracruz) — Agricultural  implements—  Carrillo, 
Borrego  y  Ca.;  Vivanco,  Angel.  Arms  and  ammunition — Espi- 
nosa,  Jose;  Limos,  Primitive;  Lopez,  Justo;  Rufier,  Juan  B. 
Banks  and  bankers — Mazon  Hnos.  (agents  "Banco  Nacional"); 
Torre  y  Ca.,  Sue  (agents  "Banco  de  Londres  y  Mexico").  Book- 
sellers— Aguilar,  Memloza  y  Ca.  Boots  and  shoes — Camiro,  Anas- 
tasio;  Cruz,  Francisco;  Gaetan,  Cipriano;  Gaston,  Francisco;  Jime- 
nez, Crescencio;  Munoz,  Francisco;  Ramirez,  Vicente;  Ramos, 
Guadalupe;  Saldano,  Jose  de  J.  Chemicals  and  acids — Trujillo, 
Samuel.  China  and  glassware — Carrillo,  Borrego  y  Ca. ;  Lignon  y 
Ca.  Commission  merchants  (sale  by  sample) — Bermudez,  Conrado; 
Cuadra,  J.  Guadalupe;  Lopez,  Sebastian;  Marquez,  B^las;  Torres, 
Jose  M.;  Soto,  Facundo.  Commission  merchants — Berea  flerma- 
nos;  Espinosa,  Diego;  Eulogio,  V.;  Gomez,  Tiburcio;  Laredo,  Jose 
M. ;  Lastre,  Jose  Mena;  Llera,  Justino;  Minvielle,  Juan;  Peralta  y 
Guevara;  Regoyos,  Julian;  Roman,  Vicente;  Segura,  Ricardo;  Soto, 
Facundo;  Verea,  Adolfo.  Dealers  in  hides — Brando,  Juan;  Cerilla, 
E.;  Mercadanti,  Juan;  Teilhe,  FrAncisco.  Drugs — Anaud,  Viuda  de; 
Bustamante,  A. ;  Bustamante,  Jos£  M. ;  Bustillos,  J.  E. ;  Carrillo, 


468  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Cartabuena  Joaquin;  Diaz,  Juan;  Espinosa,  y  Oa.,  Jose;  Izaguirre, 
J.  Manuel;  Mendizabal  y  Oabresto.  Miguel;  Portas,  Rafael;  Rincon, 
Jose;  Sanchez,  Lorenzo;  Talavera,  Ismael;  Valverde,  J.  Manuel. 
Dry  goods  and  notions — Alonso,  Felipe;  Amado,  Pedro;  Bringas, 
Diego;  Bustillo,  S.;  Cuesta,  Fernandez;  Cuesta,  Jose  Fernandez; 
Escudero,  Enrique;  Flores,  Viuda  de;  Fondevila  y  Ca.,  Jose;  Garra- 
gori,  P.;  Gomez,  Luz;  Gross,  Teofilo;  Islas,  Rafael;  Mazon  Hnos. ; 
Rogna,  Ricardo;  Sigori  y  Ca. ;  Soto,  Gomez;  Ureta,  Marcos;  Ureta, 
Rufino;  Villa  y  Aresti,  Sotero;  Vivanco,  Esteban;  Vivanco,  Dio- 
nisio.  Engravers — Morgado,  Vicente:  Zenon,  J.  Fancy  goods — 
Alonso,  Felipe;  Bello  y  Ca.,  F.  J. ;  Carrillo  Hnos.;  Fernandez, 
Casto;  Guerrero,  Josef  a  Acosta  de;  Liguori  y  Ca.,  Francisco;  Rojina 
y  Ca.  Flotir  mills — Flores,  Francisco;  Guevara,  Luis;  Guevara,  N.; 
Mesa,  Luis;  Sanz,  Jose;  Sofco,  Francisco;  Soto,  Dolores  S.  de;  Soto, 
Isidore;  Soto,  Severino  de  la;  Torre  y  Ca..  Sue.  Furniture — 
Grosse,  Teofilo;  Lienert,  Eduardo.  General  merchandise — Argu- 
medo,  Carlos;  Baturoni,  Ramon;  Bravo,  Jos6;  Cross  y  Ca.,  Castillo; 
Espinosa,  Diego;  Mendizabal,-  N.;  Morillo,  Agustin;  Naredo,  Jos6 
M.;  Pimentel,  Ramon;  Penasco,  J.  M.,  Rodriguez,  Manuel;  Soto, 
Facundo;  Tejada,  Ambrosio;  Valverde,  Ramon;  Victorino,  Eulogio. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Aguerrela,  Jose;  Aguilar,  Pascual;  Alva- 
rado,  Tomas;  Alvarez,  Agustin;  Andrade,  Jose;  Arreguin,  Primi- 
tive; Baldivia,  Ignacio;  Campos,  Francisco;  Castillo,  Timotea;  Do- 
minguez,  Jos6;  Espinola,  Maximo;  Garces,  Jose  M.;  Garcia,  Ramon; 
Gomez  Cortes,  Ismael;  Hernandez,  Lucio;  Hernandez,  Prudencio; 
Hernandez,  Tiburcio;  Ibarra,  Joaquin;  Jimenez,  Antonio;  Lopez, 
Pedro;  Merodio,  Pedro  Diaz;  Peralta,  A.;  Porras,  Julian;  Riquelme, 
Pedro;  Rivera,  Basilio;  Rivera,  Sabino;  Rojino  y  Ca.,  Arcadio;  Ro- 
jino  y  Ca.,  Ricardo;  Rodriguez,  Plutarco;  Romero,  Joaquin;  Saldana, 
Joaquin;  Tejeda,  Manuel;  Tentones  y  Ca.;  Toledano,  Angel;  Valdi- 
via,  Ignacio1;  Vivanco,  Antonio;  Tello,  Francisco  T.  Hardware — 
Avila,  Jose  M.;  Bello  y  Ca.,  F.  J.;  Blanco,  Bonifacio;  Brando, 
Juan;  Carmona,  Patricio;  Carrillo,  Hnos.;  Islas,  Rafael;  Liguori  y 
Ca. ,  Francisco;  Lopez,  Epitacio;  Mercadanti,  Juan;  Merino,  Ra- 
fael; Menchaca,  Juan;  Ojeda,  Encarnacion;  Perez,  Felipe;  Teilhe, 
Francisco;  Vega,  Jose  Sanchez.  Hatters — Beltran,  Jose;  Camarillo, 
Francisco.  House  furnishing  goods— Buendia,  Luis;  Marion,  Abra- 
ham; Rosete,  Amado.  Iron  and  ironware — Carrillo,  Borrego  y  Ca.; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  469 

Liguori  y  Ca.,  Francisco.  Lithographer — Gonzalez,  Juan  O.  Lum- 
ber dealers — Castillo,  Antonio;  Cortez,  Maria  Guadalupe;  Marmol, 
Fabian  del.  Machinery — Fougeras,  Pedro;  Grosse,  Teofilo;  Her- 
nandez, Miguel;  Liguori  y  Ca.,  F. ;  Pimentel,  L.;  Vivanco  y  Estevez. 
Merchants,  wholesale  (general  merchandise)— Aguilar,  Juan;  Barranco? 
Gabriel;  Camarillo  y  Tellez;  Fernandez,  Castro;  Jaramillo,  Ismael; 
Mazon  Hermanos;  So  to,  Isidoro;  Vitorero,  E.  Music  store — Oro- 
peza,  Alfredo.  Paper — Escandon  e  hijos,  Guadalupe  A.  de.  Pho- 
tographers— Castillo,  Manuel;  Diaz,  Lucio.  Printing  offices — 
Aguilar,  Juan  C.;  Franck,  Pablo;  Gonzalez,  Juan;  Rosete,  Marga- 
rita. Saddlery  and  harness- — Cerrillo,  Miguel;  Cueto,  Ignacioj 
Martinez,  Antonio;  Perez,  Manuel;  Solis,  Anastasio.  Sewing- 
machines — Islas,  Ruperto.  Sugar  merchants — Bringas,  Jose 
Maria;  Gargollo  y  Parra;  Guevara,  M.  Undertaker — Grosse,  Teo- 
filo. Watches  and  jewelry — Aranjo,  Andres  A.;  Mayor,  Jos6 
Maria;  Palacios,  Felix. 

PACHUCA  (State  of  Hidalgo) — Agricultural  implements — Alvarez, 
Jose  Reyes;  Guridi  y  Giese;  Maquivar  y  Ca.  Bankers — Aguirre, 
Trinidad;  Duarte  y  Ca.,  Julian  Perez;  Gomez,  Adalberto;  Jari? 
Jaime;  Landero  y  Ca.,  J.  de;  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.  Booksellers — 
Pastrana,  Evaristo;  El  Instituto  Literario;  Zuverano,  Jose.  Boots 
and  shoes — Badillo,  Carmona  de;  Castelazo,  Conrado;  Corchado,  Gu- 
mesindo;  Garcia,  Lorenzo;  Garcia,  Vicente;  Guzman,  Gertrudis; 
Hermosillo,  Crisanta  de;  Hidalgo,  S.  de;  Maldonado,  Antonio; 
Maldonado,  Pablo;  Muges,  Trinidad;  Ponce,  Vicente;  Rodriguez, 
Antonio;  Soto,  Librado;  Zendejas,  Pedro;  Zepeda,  Sostenes.  China 
and  glassware — Kahn  y  Hermanos,  Felix.  Commission  mer- 
chants— Duarte  y  Ca.,  J.  Perez;  Hernandez,  Alejandro  (sale  by 
sample).  Drug  stores — Contreras,  Angel;  Corral  y  Navarro;  Gue- 
rBero,  Felipe;  Lescalle,  Fernando;  Moreno,  Norberto;  Montenegro, 
Jose.  Dry  goods  and  notions — Alfaro,  Ramon;  Bloch,  Maurice; 
Bonavit  Hnos.;  Escudero,  Fernando;  Escudero  hijo  y  Ca., Fernando; 
Garcia,  Alejandro;  Gutierrez,  Francisco;  Julian  Hermanos;  Lambert 
y  Gamier;  Mercheyer  Hermanos;  Sangier  y  Ca.,  Dry  goods 
(cloths  and  tailoring) — Aguilar,  Mariano;  Castro,  Jose  Martinez; 
Chavarria,  Valentin;  Escudero,  Fernando;  Gonzalez,  Antonio;  Im- 
bert  y  Mauriso;  Langier,  Juan;  Mecheyer  HermanOs.  Fancy  goods 
— Bonavit  Hermanos;  Cacho  y  Ca. ;  "El  Bazar;"  Guridi'y  Giese; 


470  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Marquivar  y  Ca.  Flour  merchants — Garcia,  Albino;  Hernandez, 
Albino;  Leon,  Refugio.  Furniture — Guerrero,  J.;  Hernandez, 
Felix  L.;  Hen-era,  Felix;  Rivera,  Gregorio.  Groceries  and  provis- 
ions— Alvarez,  Reyes;  Boule,  Viuda  de  Antonio;  Cacho  y  Ca., 
Francisco;  Cravioto,  Manuel;  Estrada,  Felipe;  Gonzalez,  Angel; 
Gonzalez  y  Ca.,  J.  Sue.;  Marquivar  y  Ca.;  Tafolla,  Antonio;  Ur- 
quijo,  Gabriel.  Hardware — Guridi  y  Giese;  Islas,  \ricente  lynacio; 
Marquivar  y  Ca.  Hatters — Lira,  Miguel;  Vargas,  Juan.  Jewelers 
and  watchmakers — Andrade,  Aurelia;  Bonavit  Hnos.;  Cervantes, 
Luis;  Gonzalez,  Fernandez;  Kahn  Hermanos,  Felix;  Pefia,  Fran- 
cisco; Reina,  Vidal;  Soria,  Julian.  Lithographer — Camacho,  Re- 
Rigio.  Lumber  merchants — Diaz,  Rodriguez;  Hidalgo,  Mateo;  Ro- 
sales,  Francisco.  Paints  and  oils — Garnica,  Carlos  P.;  Islas, 
Ignacio;  Nava,  Justo  Pastor;  Robles,  Antonio;  Seguri,  Luis. 
Pianos,  organs,  etc. — Aguillar,  I.;  Montenegro,  I.;  Rodriguez,  M. 
Printing  offices — Camacho,  Refugio;  Imprenta  del  Gobierao;  Im- 
prenta  Econ6raica;  Pasco,  Guillermo.  Saddlery  and  harness — 
Carpintero,  Roman;  Espinola,  Refugio;  Lopez,  Luis.  Sewing  ma- 
chines— Kahn  Hermanos,  Felix. 

PARRAS — (State  of  Coahuila) — Agricultural  implements — Konig, 
Guillermo  (viuda  de);  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Bankers — Behr,  Juan; 
Madero  y  Ca.,  Manuel;  Misa,  Gonzalez;  Yarto,  Jose.  Boots  and 
shoes — Charles  y  Hermano,  M.;  Garcia,  Anastasio;  Talavera,  Juan; 
Carriage  dealers — Olvera  y  Hermano.  Commission  merchant — 
Behr,  Juan.  Drugs — Aguirre,  Pedro;  Martinez,  Alfonso;  Maynes, 
Eduardo;  Konig,  Guillermo  (viuda  de).  Dry  goods — Adanie, 
Porfirio;  Chapman,  Fernando;  Martinez,  Martin;  Misa,  Jos£  Gon- 
zalez. Fancy  goods — Behr,  Juan;  Konig,  Guillermo  (viuda  de); 
Maynez  y  Ca.;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Furniture — Sieber  y  Ca.,  C. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Behr,  Juan;  Chapman,  Fernando; 
Martinez,  Martin;  Misa,  Jose  Gonzalez;  Rojo,  Remigio;  Ruiz, 
Ernesto.  Joint  stock  company — De  Velasco  y  Ca  ,  Ruiz.  Matters — 
Behr,  Juan;  Misa,  Jose  Gonzalez;  Martinez,  Martin.  Hardware — 
Behr,  Juan;  Konig,  Guillermo  (viuda  de);  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Music 
stores — Behr,  Juan;  Prince  de  Maynez,  Margarita.  Sewing  ma- 
chines— Behr,  Juan;  Konig,  Guillermo  (viuda  de). 

PROGRESO  (State  of  Yucatan) — Banker — Haro  y  Ca.  Boots  and 
shoes — Aguilar,  Donate.  Commissionmerchants — Aceveclo,  J . ;  An- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  471 

cona.  N. ;  Barrera  y  Sandoval;  Canton ,  Francisco ;  Diego  y  Ca. ,  A. ;  Cano, 
Luis,  F.;  Marin,  Nicoliy  Ca.;  Mena,  Daniel  P.;  Novelo  y  Ca. ;  Regil 
7  Vales.  Drugs — Capetillo,  Pedro;  Marin,  Rafael  Perez.  Gro- 
ceries and  provisions — Acevedo,  Justo;  Barrera,  Alejandro;  Ba- 
rrera y  Sandoval;  Marin,  Nicoli  y  Ca.;  Molina  y  Ca.,  O. ;  Novelo  y 
Ca.,  Luis  F.;  Ramos,  Leon;  Rivas  Hnos;  Sabido,  Ignacio;  Sierra, 
Clemente.  Importer  of  fancy  goods,  furniture,  etc. — Crasemann, 
Sue.,  J.  Printing  office — Moreno,  Domingo  Canton. 

PUEBLA  (State  of  Puebla) — Acids  and  chemicals — Ibafiez  y  La- 
marque;  Mena,  Manuel.  Agricultural  implements — Acedo  e  Hijos; 
Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.;  Sumner  y  Compa.,  John  M. ;  Valdez, 
Dario.  Arms  and  ammunition — Centurion,  Manuel;  Donaciano 
Leon;  Donaciano,  Ruiz;  Dorenberg  y  Ca.,  J.;  Glockner  y  Ca. ;  Mo- 
rroquin,  Manuel;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.  Banks  and  bankers 
— Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional;  Sucursal  del  Banco  de  Londres  y 
Mexico;  Bauer  y  Ca.;  Conde,  Manuel;  Contollen  y  Ca.;  Fernachon, 
E.;  Gavito  e  Hijo,  F. ;  Gutierrez  Palacios,  Vicente;  Hernandez,  A.; 
Hidalga,  Vicente;  Pacheco,  Joaquin;  Perez,  Felix;  Teruel.  Carlos. 
Bookseller  sand  stationers — Angulo,  Alberto;  Aspuru,  Bernardino  de: 
Barros,  Manuel  Espino;  Baslois, 'Narciso;  Baur,  Carlos;  Beguerisse, 
Enrique;  Izaguirre,  Lorenzo;  Galindo  y  Bezarez,  Manuel;  Gallegos, 
Antonio;  Laine,  Ramon;  Lara,  Pantaleon;  Paz  y  Puente,  Francisco; 
Senties,  Francisco;  Tagle,  Cai'los;  Tagle,  Mateo;  Villegas,  Jose 
Maria.  Boots  and  shoes — Arce,  Doroteo;  Arnaud  y  Sailer;  Bello, 
Manuel;  Baes,  Guadalupe;  Bueno,  Angel  R. ;  Corro,  Isidro;  Diaz, 
Jose  de  J.;  Doiuecq,  Pedro;  Franco,  Alejandro;  Gomez,  Alberto; 
Gomez,  Nicolas;  Gonzaga,  Luis  Ramirez;  Lozano,  Lucio;  Manzano, 
Hilario;  Mateos,  Lnis  C.;  Ochoa,  Rafael;  Perez  y  Ca.;  Perez, 
Jo.se  Maria.  Carriages — Angulo,  Jose  de  J.;  Brito,  J.  M.; 
Camacho,  Cecilio;  Delgado,  Mariano;  Golzarri,  Eleuterio;  Gu- 
tierrez, Jose  M.;  Pastor,  Manuel;  Rodriguez,  Antonio;  Valenzuela, 
Reyes.  China  and  glassware — Banuelos,  Miguel;  Cenobria,  Fer- 
nandez y  Ca. ;  Colombres,  Eduardo;  Dorenberg  y  Ca.,  J. ;  Fernandez, 
Mariano;  Lopez,  Francisco;  Oropeza,  Jose  Maria;  Palacios,  Antonio; 
Peredo,  Suarez;  Rojos,  Manuel;  Romero,  Hilario;  Tog u era,  Miguel. 
Church  furnishings — Cardoso,  Vicente  de  P.;  Haller  y  Glawatz. 
Commission  agents  (sale  by  sample*) — Peemans  y  Marron;  Salles, 
Arnaud;  Sutnner  y  Ca.,  John  M. ;  Vazquez.  Doroteo.  Commission 


472  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

merchants — Arrioja,  Adolfo;  Arrioja,  Gustavo;  Baur,  Carlos;  Blanco, 
Jose;  Calderon,  Adolfo;  Calderon,  M.  M.;  Collado,  Jos6  Maria; 
Daza,  Manuel  G.;  Fernandez  y  Ca.,  Mariano;  Franco,  Ceferino; 
Garcia,  Tertiel  Luis;  Garrido,  Miguel;  Gomez,  J.  Maria;  Larrasilla, 
Rafael;  Machorro,  Jos6  de  J. ;  Maldonado,  Manuel;  Manzano, 
Eduardo;  Meza,  Luis  Bernardo;  Mier,  Antonio  S  ;  Montiel,  Miguel; 
Morales,  Bernabe;  Molina,  Teofilo;  Olavarrieta,  J.  M.;  Ortiz,  Bor- 
bollo;  Perez,  Salazar;  Pineda,  Andres;  Quintana,  Carlos;  Ramirez, 
Enrique;  Rangel,  Pablo;  Rojano,  Rafael;  Resales,  Jose  Librado; 
Sanchez,  Jos6  Maria;  San  Martin,  Marcelo;  Serrano,  Francisco; 
Thomas,  Manuel;  Thomas  y  Teran,  M.;  Turnbull,  Guillermo;  Vas- 
quez,  Doroteo;  Von  der  Beck  y  Ca.;  Zambrano,  Jos6  Maria;  Za- 
mora,  Miguel;  Zufiiga,  Carlos.  Druggists — Audifred,  Maria  de  J. ; 
Arrioja,  Delfino;  Arrioja,  Joaquin;  Barrios,  Jose  M.;  Barros,  Carlos 
E.;  Bantista  y  Ca.,  Paulino;  Beguerisse,  Pedro;  Begnerisse,  Santiago; 
Botello  y  Ca. ;  Cal,  Marcos;  Campos,  Luis;  Carrasco,  Vibiano;  Cas- 
tillo, Romulo;  Coriche,  Guadalupe;  Crespo,  Luis;  Diaz,  Placido  B. ; 
Encinas,  Gregorio;  Fernandez,  Antonio;  Gil,  Antonio;  Gomez,  R.; 
Gonzalez,  Pascual;  Ibanez,  J.;  Ibanez  y  Lamarque,  Joaquin;  Incha- 
guaregui,  Luis;  Inchaurregui,  V. ;  Lamarque,  G.;  Maldonado,  Manuel 
M.;  Mariscal  y  Ca.;  Moreno,  M. ;  Rangel,  Angel;  Reinal,  Jose; 
Rodriguez,  Rafael;  Rojano,  Aguilar;  Rojano,  Nicolas;  San  Martin, 
M. ;  Suarez,  Deodora;  Torquero,  J.  Dry  goods — Avendaiio,  P.  A.; 
Bello  y  Cabrera;  Benitez  y  Hermanos;  Benito  y  Ca.,  C.;  Chaix, 
Pedro;  Charles,  Carlos;  Conde,  Manuel;  Diehl  y  Ca.;  Garcia,  P.; 
Gavito  e  Hijo;  Guthiel  y  Ca.;  Gutierrez  y  Palacios;  Haller  y  Gla- 
watz;  Lions  Hnos.;  Lopez,  A.;  Lopez,  Santos  L.;  Matienzo,  Juan; 
Mora,  Rafael;  Ortiz  y  Hnos.,  Borpillo;  Peon,  Manuel;  Perenz  y  Ca., 
Hernando;  Perez,  Felix;  Quijano,  Alberto;  Rivero,  Ignacio;  Resales, 
Antonio;  Serrano,  Francisco  L.;  Sevilla  6  Hijos,  J.  N. ;  Teruel,  Car- 
los; Velasco  Hnos.;  Villaret  y  Duttner;  Watermeyer,  German. 
Engravers — Herrera,  Manuel;  Neve,  Tomas.  Fancy  goods  and 
notions — Arce,  M.;  Arrioja,  J.  de;  Arrioja  y  Valverde,  E. ;  Azla,  B.; 
Benitez,  Ricardo;  Cardoso  Hnos.;  Chaiz  Hnos.;  Diehl  y  Ca. ;  Doren- 
berg  y  Ca.,  J.;  Lyons  y  Ca.;  Moreno  y  Ca.  Flour  and  corn  mills — 
Amaiiiscar,  Francisco;  Avalos,  Aurelio;  Baez  y  Ca.,  Carlos;  Benitez, 
Miguel;  Benitez,  Ernilio;  Conde,  Francisco;  Diaz,  Francisco;  Fur- 
long, Tomas;  Gavito  6  Hijo,  Florencio;  Gil,  Hernandez;  Gonzalez, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  473 

P.  M.;  flaquet,  Juan;  Islas,  Laureano;  Larre,  Tomas;  Latorre, 
Tomas;  Leblanc,  A.;  Lopez,  Clemente;  Mauret  Hnos.;  Mier,  Sebas- 
tian; JMontiel,  A.;  Pardo,  S. ;  Perez,  Juan;  Rofray,  Jose;  Rosa,  Fran- 
cisco de  la;  Teruel,  M.  Garcia;  Tuta,  Jose  de  J. ;  Villegas,  P.;  Ville- 
gas,  Eduardo;  Zufiiga,  Berges  de.  Flour  merchants — Beyes,  Trini- 
dad; Calderon,  Becerra  Manuel;  Calderon,  Manuel  Macias;  Charles, 
Mariano;  Diaz,  Francisco;  Lara,  Pascual;  Toquero,  Miguel;  Torija, 
Luis.  Foundries — Acedo,  Fausto;  Esparragoza,  Miguel;  Lopez, 
Francisco;  Marshall,  Tomas;  Rivera,  Jose  Diaz;  Toquero,  J.  Furni- 
ture— Aguilar  Hnos.,  J.;  Aguilar,  Jose  M.;  Alvarado,  Gabriel; 
Arana,  M.  de  la  Luz;  Arriaga,  Joaquin;  Baces,  J.  de  L.;  Baez,  Jose; 
Bueno,  Jose;  Cano,  Vicente;  Castillo,  Juan;  Costo,  Jose;  Denetro, 
Francisco;  Domingo,  Anastasio;  Dorenberg  y  Ca.,  J. ;  Fajavdo, 
Miguel;  Fernandez,  Francisco;  Gomez,  Andres;  Gonzalez,  Andres; 
Guevara,  Francisco:  Guevara,  J. ;  Guevara,  J.  de  J. ;  Gutierrez, 
Santiago;  Huesca,  J.;  Lara,  Francisco;  Leroux,  Juan;  Lopez,  Albino; 
Manzano,  Jose  Maria;  Martinez,  A.;  Medina,  Guadalupe;  Mendez> 
Jose  M.;  Pacheco,  Claro;  Pavon,  Miguel;  Ramos,  Juan;  Reyes, 
Francisco;  Rio,  Juan  Pablo  del;  Rosano,  Jorge;  Rosano,  Luis; 
Rosario,  Jorge;  Sanchez,  Francisco;  Sanchez,  Ignacio;  Sanchez,  Ra- 
fael; Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca. ;  Valdes,  Claudio.  Gas  fixtures, 
lamps,  etc. — Bueno,  Jose;  Castillo,  Juan;  Fajardo,  Miguel;  Fernan- 
dez, Francisco;  Lopez,  Albino;  Martinez,  A.;  Medina,  Guadalupe; 
Mendez,  Jose  M. ;  Ramos,  Juan;  Reyes,  Francisco.  Glass  and 
crockery — Banuelos,  Miguel;  Fernandez,  Cenobio;  Fuentes,  G.  de 
M.;  Oropeza,  Mariano;  Palacios,  Miguel;  Paluisee,  Javier;  Rojas, 
Manuel;  Santillana,  Jose  de  J.;  Toquero,  Miguel;  Vanden  Bussche 
y  Ca.  Groceries  and  provisions- — Acevedo,  Bernardo;  Conde  y 
Cosio;  Diaz,  Manuel  Perez;  Garcia  Hnos.;  Hernandez,  Viuda  de; 
Linage,  Pedro;  Mendoza,  Guilleimo;  Moreno  y  Hno.,  Rafael;  Paz  y 
Puente,  Joaquin;  Pereda,  Casto;  Ponce,  Jose  de  J.;  Quevedo  Hnos.;' 
Quintana,  E.;  Rubin,  Eugenio  Mier;  Rubin,  Jose  Diaz;  Rugerio, 
Rafael;  Sanchez  y  Hno.,  F.;  Valdez,  Tomas;  Valverde,  Eduardo. 
Hardware,  cutlery  and  tools — Blumenki-on  y  Bravo-;  Charles,  Car- 
los; Garcia,  Paz;  Glockaer  y  Ca.;  Guthiel  y  Ca.;  Lopez,  Antonio; 
Lopez,  Francisco;  Martinez,  Manuel;  Paz  y  Puente,  Francisco; 
Resales,  Antonio;  Ruiz,  Miguel;  Sonmier  Herrmann  y  Ca.;  Traslos- 
heros,  Francisco.  Hatters — Carcano,  Margarito;  Esmenjaud  y 


474  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Couttolene;  Gonzalez,  Jose  Pellon;  Gonzalez,  Jose  Ma.  C.  Hides, 
wholesale — Acho,  R.;  Avrioja,  Francisco;  Baniga,  L  onardo;  Beiran, 
Garcia;  Domerge,  Teresa;  Gomez  yCa.,  Nicolas;  Martinez,  Bernabe; 
Montiel,  Jose  Maria;  Turnbull,  Strybos  y  Mora.  House  furnishing 
goods — Careaga,  Jose  Maria;  Cisneros,  Agustin;  Cisneros,  Rafael; 
Cueto,  Manuel;  Medina,  J.;  Reyes,  Francisco.  Importers — Baur, 
Carlos;  Begnerisse,  Enrique;  Benito  y  Ca.,  C.;  Dorenberg  y  Ca.,  J. ; 
Drogueria  Universal;  Faure  y  Ca.,  Agustin;  Haller  y  Glawatz; 
Ibaflez  y  Lamarque;  Inigo  Hermanos;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.; 
Sumner  &  Co.,  John  M.  Iron  and  ironware — Lopez,  Francisco; 
Rivera,  Jose  D.  Jewelers  and  watchmakers — Anzures,  Rafael; 
Blumenkron,  Bravo;  C:trretero,  Francisco;  Espinosa,  Manuel; 
Gauthier,  Julio;  Glackner  y  Ca. ;  Guerrero  e  Hijo,  Felix;  Guerrero, 
J.;  Herchman,  Carlos;  Jacobi,  Rodolfo;  Liar,  Jose  M.;  Marroquin, 
Manuel;  Mendivil  y  Ca.;  Mora,  Jose;  Ochoa,  Jose;  Ochoa,  Juan; 
Otafies,  Rafael;  Palacios,  Miguel;  Patino,  Eduardo;  Pedraza  y  Hno.; 
Perret,  Federico;  Ramirez,  Carlos;  Rangel,  Nestor;  Ruiz,  Feliciano; 
Ruiz,  J.;  Shiverer,  Andres;  Soriano,  Ignacio.  Lithographers — Cam- 
pomanes  y  Ca.;  Gonzalez,  Juan;  Osorio,  Jose  M.  Lumber  merchants 
— Berkemburchs,  Jorge;  Fernandez,  Francisco;  Ferrer, Gabriel;  Frey- 
ria,  Enrique;  Friera,  Eduardo;  Garcia,  Eduardo;  Ibarra,  Fernando; 
Leon,  Justo;  Palafox,  Teodoro;  Pastor,  Manuel;  Ti aslosheros, 
Franciscp.  Machinery — Alatorre,  Carlos  B.;  Gutheil  y  Ca.;  Resales 
y  Doremberk;  Valdes,  Domingo.  Music  stores — Bueno,  Benja- 
min R. ;  Dorenberg  y  Ca.,  J.;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.  Paints, 
oils,  etc. — Bueno,  Benjamin  R. ;  Garcia,  Paz;  Hernandez,  Francisco 
J.;  Huerta,  Jose  M.;  Lopez,  Jose  Andies;  Lozado,  Luis  del  Carmen; 
Mayorga,  Mariano;  Morales,  Francisco;  Olivares,  Carlos  M. ;  Pudilla, 
Castulo;  Padilla,  Cayetano;  Pavon  e  Hijos,  A.;  Paz  y  Puente, 
Francisco;  Peralta,  Ignacio;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.  Paper — 
Lara,  Manuel.  Photographers — Barreal,  Jose;  Becerril,  Lorenzo; 
Cabrera,  Abraham;  Del  Monte  Hiios.;  Garcia,  Benito;  Lobato, 
Emilio  G. ;  Martinez,  Joaquin;  Pacheco,  J.  Pianos  and  organs — 
Cuevas,  Jose;  Espinosa,  D. ;  Graoidas,  Felipe;  Olmedo,  Felix;  Polo, 
Agu.stin;  Romero,  Jose  M.;  Velazquez,  Francisco.  Printing  of- 
fices— Alarcon,  Pedio;  Angulo,  Alberto;  Bochler,  Isidoro;  Boctar, 
M.;  Campomanes  y  Ca.;  Corona,  Miguel;  Franco,  Jose  de  J.; 
Gonzalez,  J. ;  Imprenta  del  Colegio;  Imprenta  del  Gobierno; 


MERCAM-ILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  475 

Imprenta  del  Hospicio;  Lara,  Benjamin;  Macias,  Ismael;  Mar- 
tinez, Joaquin;  Moneda,  Ignacio;  Neve,  Tomas;  Ortiz,  Dario; 
Osorio,  Jos£  M.;  Pastor,  Miguel;  Pita,  Joaquin;  Romero,  Isidro; 
.Ruiz,  Francisco.  Saddlery  and  harness — Coeto,  Manuel;  Do- 
vantes,  Antonio;  Franco,  Heilindo;  Juarez,  Juan  Jose;  Lopez,  Es- 
teban;  Medina,  Jose  M.;  Sanchez,  Ignacio;  Tellez  y  Hermano, 
E.;  Turnbull,  Alberto  M.  Sewing  machines — Anzures,  Rafael; 
(Jloknery  Centurion;  Corn  y  Ca.,  Guillermo;  Gutheil  y  Ca.,  Agustin; 
Lopez,  Antonio;  Marroquin,  Manuel;  Resales,  Antonio;  Sommer, 
Herrmann  y  Compama;  Voiers  y  Compania,  S.  H.  Silk  goods — 
"El  Hilo  de  Oro;"  "La  Parisiense;"  "La  Violeta;"  Luna,  J.  M. 
Ramos;  "  Paragueria  Francesca;"  Reyes,  Eugenio.  Silversmiths 
— Antigua  Plateria  Alvarez;  Guerrero,  Felix;  Guerrero,  J.;  Patino, 
A. ;  Patino,  Eduardo;  Ruiz,  Agustin.  Tailoring  establishments — 
"Bella  Jardinera;"  Cortez,  Vicente;  "El  Surtidor;"  Lara,  Jose; 
Marquez  y  Hno.,  P. ;  Pinero,  Manuel.  Sugar  merchants— Colosia, 
M.;  Illescas,  Rafael;  Marron  y  Ca.;  Zamora,  R.  Undertaker — Rio. 
Juan  Pablo  del.  Upholstery,  carpets,  etc. — Guevara,  Jose  de  J.; 
Pacheco,  Claro. 

QUERETARO  (State  of  Queretaro) — Agricultural  implements — 
Gonzalez  y  Ca.;  Plagemann,  Ricartlo  J.  Arms  and  ammunition — 
Plagemann,  Ricardo  J.;  Viuda  e  hijos  de  Solorio.  Banks  and 
bankers — Agencia  del  '-Banco  Nacional;"  Arias,  Andres  G. ;  Mac1 
Gregor,  L.  R.;  Monfort,  Sinesio,  Sucursal  del  "Banco  de  Londres 
y  Mexico;"  Ugalde,  Baltasar  R.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Cha- 
vez, Sue.;  Gonzalez  y  Ca. ;  Gonzalez,  Jose;  Ibarra,  Guadalupe; 
Parres,  Jose;  Plagemann,  Ricardo  J.  Boots  ana  shoes — Balandra, 
Ignacio;  Diaz,  Hilaiion;  Dominguez,  Alberto;  Galan,  Cenobio; 
Gomez,  Eulalio;  Moreno,  Casimiro;  Munoz,  Manuel;  Saldana,  An- 
tonio. Carriages — Leon,  Benito;  Leon,  Eulalio  D.;  Ramos,  Be- 
nigno;  Trejo,  Alejandro.  China  and  glassware — Alday,  Manuel; 
Arias,  Andres  G.;  Gonzalo,  Antonio;  Desidero  y  Ca.,  Rosendis; 
Loyola,  Antonio;  Loyola,  Ramon;  Mendez,  Jose  M. ;  Rivera,  Jose 
M.  Clothing — Arnaud  y  Martel;  Irdrac,  Teofilo;  Marcel,  Dionisio; 
Mayrant  y  Richaud;  Mendez  e  Hijos.  Commission  merchants — 
Arias,  Andres  G.;  Arnaud,  Agustin;  Contreras,  Luis  G.;  Rivera, 
Jos6  M.;  Trejo,  Pablo;  Ugalde,  Baltasar  R.  Drugs—  Aguirre, 
Jose;  Arnulfo,  Miguel;  Carmona,  Juan;  Carrillo,  Gabriel;  Cobo, 


476  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO. 

Manuel;  Diaz,  Aurelio;  Gonzalez  y  Ca. ;  Guerrero  y  Hno.,  Alberto; 
Jaureguf,  F.  de;  Makomik,  Pedro;  Marroquin,  R;  Rodriguez, 
Francisco;  Rodiiguez,  Ramon;  Ruiz,  Aurelio;  Septien  y  Montano; 
Velasco,  Jose;  Vera,  Esteban.  Dry  goods — Arnaud,  Agustin; 
Balboa,  Francisco;  Cordova  y  Hno.,  J.;  Maciel,  Dionisio;  Martin  y 
Ca.,  Arturo  V.;  Ruiz  y  Campos.  Engravers — Balvanera,  Teodoro; 
Espinosa,  Jose  M.;  Lambarri  y  Ca.,  M.;  Lira,  Silvestre.  Fancy 
goods — Aguilar,  Demetrio;  Olvera,  Fernando;  Plagemann,  Ricardo 
J.;  Rivera,  Jose  M.;  Rosas,  Antonio;  Vargas,  Gregorio;  Viuda  6 
Hijos  de  Solorio;  Viuda  de  Rea.  Furniture — Arias,  Andres  G.; 
Carmona,  Santiago;  Gonzalez,  Jose;  Plagemann,  Ricardo  J.  Gro- 
ceries and  provisions — Arias,  Andres  G. ;  Camacho,  Benito;  Galeana, 
Ignacio;  Gorraes,  Ventura;  Loyola,  Antonio;  Resendez  y  Ca.,  Desi- 
derio.  Hardware — Aguilar,  Demetrio;  Gonzalez  y  Ca.,  Jose;  Plage- 
mann, Ricardo  J.  Hatters — Corona,  Francisco;  Corona,  Pedro; 
Franco,  Juan;  Vasquez,  Feliciano.  Iron  and  ironware — Ai-ias,  An- 
dres G.;  Plagemann,  Ricardo  J.;  Ugalde,  Baltasar  R.  Jewelers — 
Borja,  Adolfo;  Monfort,  Sinesio;  Sinrob,  Emiliano.  Jewelers  and 
watchmakers — Esparza,  Carlos;  Manilla,  Nemesio;  Monfort, 
Sinesio;  Pereira,  Pedro;  Richarte,  Julian;  Sinrob,  Emiliano;  Vas- 
quez, Rafael.  Lithographers'- — Lnmbam  y  Ca.,  Miguel  M.  Music 
stores — Gonzalez  y  Ca.;  Rivera,  Jose  M.  Paints,  oils,  etc. — Agui- 
lar, Demetrio;  Gonzalez  y  Ca. ;  Plagemann,  Ricardo  J.;  Reyes, 
Sevilla.  Paper — Brenaer,  Carlos.  Perfumery — Alday,  Manuel; 
Arnaud  y  Eartel;  Bastida,  Vicente;  Mendez,  Jose  M.;  Olivera,  Mel- 
chor;  Rivera,  Jos6  M. ;  Torres,  Nicolas.  Photographers — Balva- 
nera, Teodoro;  Flores,  Ignacio  Munoz;  Gomez,  Benigno;  Ruiz,  An- 
tonio. Printing  offices — Frias  y  Soto,  Luciano;  Gonzalez  y  Ca.; 
Lambarri  y  Ca.,  Miguel  M.  Pianos  and  organs — Arcos,  M.j 
Mendoza,  Trinidad;  Mosquera,  Manuel;  Romillo,  Miguel.  Saddlery 
and  harness — Garcia,  Felipe;  Hernandez,  S.;  Molino,  Manuel  del; 
Perez,  Antonio  D.  Silk  goods — Monfort,  Dolores  F.  de;  Rea,  Por- 
firia.  Silversmiths — Alfaro,  J.;  Barbosa  y  Hno.,  Agustin;  Barrera? 
Evaristo;  Gonzalez,  J.;  Munoz,  Hermenegildo;  Ojeda,  Juan;  Se- 
rrano, J.;  Vega,  Jose.  Upholstery,  carpets,  etc. — Gonzalez,  J.;  Sar- 
tundo,  Manuel. 

ROSARIO   (State  ©f  Sinaloa) — Dry  goods — Alduneda,  Rayinundo; 
Guemes  Hermanos;  Regenstein,  Juan;  Zasueta,  Angel    P.     Grocer- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  477 

ies — Navarete,  Angel;  Patino  y  Nunez;  Sotomayor,  Martin;  Te- 
llina,  Francisco;  Valdez,  Jesus  0.  Drugs — Espinosa  y  Ca.;  Ibarra 
Carlos:  Rivers,  Carlos.  Boots  and  shoes — Ley  Son.  Hats — Ymana, 
Francisco. 

SALAMANCA  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Bankers — Calzada,  Altagra- 
cia;  Martinez,  Asuncion.  Boots  and  shoes — Hernandez,  German; 
Mares,  Juan;  Nunez,  Serapio;  Ramirez,  Serapio;  Rivera,  Atanasio. 
Clothing  and  tailoring — Garcia,  Marcos;  Rangel,  Aniceto;  Santana 
y  Medina.  Commission  merchants — Domezain,  Ismael;  Flores,  E.; 
Garcia,  J. ;  Ochoa,  S. ;  Portusae,  Manuel.  Dry  goods — Casillas, 
Valentin;  Flores,  Eduardo.  Flour  mills — Alvarez,  J. ;  Garciduenas, 
Apolonio.  Groceries  and  provisions — Domenzain  y  Ca.,  Ismael; 
Zarandona,  Domingo.  Hatter — Oviedo,  Valentin.  Kid  glove  fac- 
tories— Aboytes,  Manuel;  Andalnz,  Jose  M.;  Campos,  Miguel; 
Freyre,  Luis;  Gomez,  Modesto;  Vidal,  Antonio.  Manufacturers 
brass  bedsteads — Vargas,  Mauro.  Photographers — Roa,  Luciano; 
Villanueva,  Refugio.  Printing  offices — Aboites,  Manuel;  Domenzain 
y  Ca.,  Ismael.  Sewing  machines — Romano,  J.  Alva;  Steeately,  Fran- 
cisco. Silversmiths — Blanco,  J.;  Garcia,  Julio;  Olivarez,  Cirilo. 

SALTILLO  (State  of  Coahuila) — Agricultural  implements — Hayes, 
Juan;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  Clemente.  Arms  and  ammunition — Sieber  y 
Ca.,  Clemente.  Banks  and  bankers — Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional; 
Purcell,  Guillermo;  Soto,  Bernardo.  Booksellers  and  stationers — 
Bouret,  C.;  Farga,  Antonio;  Fuente,  Antonio  de  la;  Sieber  y  Ca.> 
Clemente.  Boots  and  shoes — Aguirre,  Antonio;  Garcia,  Juan;  Mar- 
tinez y  Ca.,  Ramon;  Molina,  Ascencio;  Regalado,  Toribio;  Salinas, 
Felix;  Sanchez,  Juan;  Valdez,  Florencio;  Valdez,  Porfirio;  Valle 
Antonio  del.  Commission  merchants — Lopez  Hnos.;  Martinez  y 
Woessner;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Drugs — Barreda,  Mauricio  G.;  Ca- 
rothers,  J.  D.;  Figueroa,  Jose  I.;  Fuente,  Sostenes  de  la;  Hernan- 
dez, Hilario;  Pena,  F.  de;  Rodriguez,  J. ;  Warremosch,  M.  Dry 
goods — Mazo  Hnos.;  Negrete,  Jose;  Signoret  y  Groues;  Soto,  Ber- 
nardo; Volpe,  Donato.  Fancy  goods — Hayes,  Juan;  Sieber  y  Ca., 
C.  Flour  merchants — Arispe  y  Ramos,  Francisco;  Flores,  Gabriel; 
Purcell,  Guillermo;  Valdez,  Juan.  Flour  mills — Arispe  y  Ramos, 
Francisco;  Barousse,  Lezin;  Flores,  Gabriel;  Leon  y  Ai-agon,  Ra- 
mon de.  Furniture — Blumenthal  y  Cordt;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Gro- 
ceries and  provisions — Aguirre,  Carlos;  Calzada,  Eusebio;  Desommes 


478  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

y  Ca.,  H.  V.;  Garza,  Marcelino;  Martinez,  Anastasio;  Negrete. 
Jose;  Purcell,  Guillermo;  Ramos,  J.  M.;  Rodriguez,  Damaso;  Soto, 
Bernardo.  Hardware  and  tools — Berlanga,  A.;  Cardenas,  Jose; 
Hayes,  Juan;  Hernandez,  Timoteo;  Moya,  Eusebio;  Muarras, 
Francisco;  Mujica,  Manuel;  Ortiz,  Tranquilino;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.; 
Valverde,  Antonio.  Hatters — Hesselbart,  Carlos;  Palafox,  Angel; 
Signoret  y  Groues.  House  furnishing  goods — Aguirre,  J.;  Alvarado, 
Juan;  Cenicero,  Ger6nimo;  Charles,  Simon;  Ortiz,  Felipe;  Rodriguez, 
Damosa;  Salinas,  Felix  Maria.  Iron  and  ironware — Hayes,  J  ; 
Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Jewelers  and  watchmakers — Camacho,  Carlos; 
Castillo,  Juan;  Flores,  Carlos;  Pefia,  Rosa;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C. ;  Ur- 
bina,  Ventura.  Lumber  dealers — Ancira,  J.  M.  Martinez;  Garcia, 
Marcelino;  Lopez,  Pablo  A.  Paints,  oils,  etc. — Martinez  e  Hijos, 
Angel;  Sieber  y  Ca.,  C.  Photographers — Vazquez  Unos. ;  Zertuche, 
Ruben.  Pianos  and  organs — Medrano,  Casimiro;  Villamieva  y 
Francesconi.  Printing  offices — Cardenas,  Mariano;  Fernandez,  Se- 
vero;  Fuentes,  Francisco  G. ;  Pefia,  Simon  de  la.  Sewing  machines 
— Blumenthal,  E.;  Hayes,  Juan;  Mazo  Hnos.  Tailoring  establish- 
ments— Davila,  Juan;  Lopez,  Antonio;  Martinez,  Luciano.  Woods 
— Martinez  y  Woessner.  . 

SALVATIERRA  (State  of  Guanajuato) — Booksellers  and  stationers — 
Fuente,  Juan  de  la;  Rivera,  Francisco  L. ;  Martinez,  Zacarias. 
Boots  and  shoes — Barajas,  J.;  Gonzalez,  Francisco;  Hernandez,  Ig- 
nacio.  Carriages — Coria,  J.  Clothing,  hats,  etc. — Bolaiios,  J.;  Ca- 
rrera,  Hilario  H.;  Escobedo,  Leandro;  Fabre,  Adolfo;  Lira,  Lucas; 
Miranda,  Maximo;  Meto,  Rafael.  Commission  merchants — Arias, 
J. ;  Capetillo,  Casildo;  Estrada,  Primitivo;  Mendez,  Luis  G.;  Ra- 
mirez, Encarnacion;  Saldana  y  Ca.,  J.  Drugs — Anaya,  Luis;  Ce- 
ballos,  Antonio;  Espinosa,  Manuel;  Gomez,  Albei'to;  Martinez,  Is- 
mael;  Moreno  y  Ca.,  Jose  Leal;  Ruiz,  Ramon;  Sanchez,  Trinidad; 
Teliberto,  Benito  S.  Dry  goods — Carrera  y  Hnos.,  Hilario;  Fabre, 
Adolfo;  Mugica,  German.  Flour  merchants — Argumedo,  Juan  JD. ; 
Scanlan,  Santiago.  Flour  mills — Argumedo,  Juan  D.;  Llamosa, 
Francisco.  Groceries  and  provisions — Gomez,  Alberto;  Guzman, 
Francisco;  Martinez,  Zacarias;  Nieto,  Rafael;  Paramo,  Francisco; 
Rodriguez,  Francisco;  Sancen,  Remigio;  Soto,  J.  Hardware  and 
house  furnishing  goods — Aviles,  Jose;  Balandra,  Eugenic;  Biskarnp, 
Ernesto;  Guisa,  Jose  M.;  Vargas,  Bernabe.  Hatter — Reyes,  Pe- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  479 

dio.  Jewelry — Coria,  Pascual;  Guisa,  Pascual;  Reyes,  Antonio. 
Lumber  dealers — Aragon,  Vicente;  Esparza,  Juliano;  Miranda, 
Maximo.  Manufacturer  brass  bedsteads — Figueroa,  J.  Mills — Ar- 
gumedo,  Juan  D. ;  Ayala,  Luis;  Campos,  Francisco;  Maldonado, 
Manuel;  Scanlan,  Santiago;  Soriano,  Aniceto;  Soto,  J.  Printing 
offices — Balandra,  Francisco;  Ruiz,  Timoteo.  Sewing  machines — 
Moreno  y  Ca.,  J.  Leal;  Rivera,  G.  M.;  Romano,  Alva. 

SAX  BLAB  (Territory  of  Tepic) — Bankers — Barren,  Forbes  £  Co. ; 
Delius  y  Ca.;  Lanzagorta  Hnos.  Boots  and  shoes — Casillas,  Mo- 
desto; Hernandez,  Jose  Garcia.  Commission  merchants — Delius  y 
Ca.;  Garrido,  Liborio;  Horsten,  Otto  von;  Lanzagorta  Hnos. 
Drugs — Flores,  B.  H.;  Martinez,  B.  L.;  Romo,  Jose  M.'  Dry 
goods — Horsten,  Otto  von;  Lanzagorta  Hnos.  Fancy  goods — Hors- 
ten, Otto  von.  Groceries  and  provisions — Aguirre,  Manuel;  Be- 
jarano,  Juan;  Delius  y  Ca.;  Fierros,  B.;  Lanzagorta  Hnos.;  Lo- 
renzano,  E.f  Najar,  A.;  Ortiz,  P.;  Uribe,  F.;  Velazquez,  B.  Im- 
porters and  exporters — Barron,  Forbes  &  Co.;  Delius  y  Ca.;  Men- 
chaca  Bros.  Saddlery  and  harness — Rios,  Felix  J.  Sewing  ma- 
chines— Delius  y  Ca. ;  Horsten,  Otto  von;  Lanzagorta  Hnos. 
Tailor  (mercftant)~Ga.i'c(a.,  Zacarias. 

SAN  CRISTOBAL  LAS  CASAS  (State  of  Chiapas) — Bank — Banco  Na- 
cional  (agent  W.  Paniagua).  Boots  and  shoes — Kramsky,Vicente; 
Mendez,  Transito;  Tobilla,  Secundino.  Commission  merchants  (sale 
by  'sample) — Doi  antes,  Jimenez  y  Ca. ;  Lopez,  Donaciano.  Drugs 
— Paniagua,  Wenceslao;  Pineda  y  Rodriguez;  Ramos,  Teofilo. 
Dry  goods — Balboa,  Angel;  Bonifaz,  Fernanda;  Farrera,  Vicente; 
Lazos,  Augusto;  Molinari,  Angel;  Paniagua,  Wenceslao;  Ruiz,  Jose 
M.;  Ruiz,  Tirso;  Zapata,  Francisco;  Zavaleta,  Ezequiel.  Engraver 
— Ruiz,  Mariano  N.  Fancy  goo'ls- — Trujillo,  Celso.  Groceries  and 
provisions — Bulanos,  Francisco  Ortiz;  Dominguez,  Adolfo;  Fa- 
rrera, Vicente;  Paniagua,  Wenceslao.  Photographer — Zepeda, 
Buenaventura.  Printing  offices — Flores,  Novato;  Imprenta  del 
Gobierno ;  Pineda,  Vicente ;  Salazar.  Carlos.  Sadd/ery  and  harness 
— Roman,  J.;  Ruiz,  Fernando.  Silversmiths — Molina,  Celso;  Ruiz, 
Abraham;  Ruiz,  Nicasio.  Tailors  (merchants^) — Aguilar,  Manuel; 
Ramos,  Hermelindo;  Ramos,  Primitive.  Watchmaker — Ruiz,  Ma- 
riano. 

SAN  JUAN  BAUTISTA  (State  of  Tabasco) — Arms  and  ammunition — 


480  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Cahero,  Manuel.  Bankers — Berreteaga  y  Ca.,  M.;  Buhics  Hnos.; 
Jamet  y  Sastre;  Lamadrid,  Toraaa  G. ;  Serralta,  Salvador.  Books 
and  stationery — Graham,  Jos6  M.  Commission  merchants — Raines 
Hnos.;  Merino,  Jose  M.;  Rosas,  Justo;  Suarez  Hnos.  Drugs — 
Ponz,  Manuel;  Serralta,  Salvador.  Dry  goods — Arteach  y  Peral; 
Azuela,  Manuel;  Benito  y  Ca.,  G.;  Berreteaga  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Bueno, 
Victor;  Cue,  Hermogenes;  Forteza  y  Ca.;  Heeres,  Jose  Fernandez; 
Lainadrid,  Tomas  G.;  Lopez,  Becerra  y  Ca.;  Madrazo,  Felipe;  Pas- 
tor y  .Rodriguez;  Ripoll  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Romano  y  Ca.,  Suci;  Trueba, 
Jos6  G.;  Villaveitia,  Kamon.  Engraver — Diaz,  Jose  Sanchez*. 
Fancy  goods — Diaz,  Isidoro  M.  Furniture — Merino,  Froilan. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Benito  y  Ca.,  G.;  Berreteaga  y  Ca.,  M.; 
Knapp  y  Ca.,  E. ;  Lopez,  Becerra  y  Ca.;  Pastor  y  Rodriguez;  Re- 
poll  y  Ca.,  M.;  Roman  y  Ca.,  Sue.  Hardware — Diez,  Isidoro  M. 
Hatters — Galindo,  Antonio;  Nieto,  Francisco  Morgado.  Music 
store — Kildsen,  Guillermo.  Photographs — Flor,  Manuel  de  la. 
Printing  offices — Avalos,  Jose  M.;  Castillo,  Amado  Hernandez;  Im- 
prenta  del  Gobierno;  Trujillo,  Juan  S.  Watchmakers — Hunter, 
David;  Sanchez,  Eulogio;  Serrano,  A. 

SAN  JUAN  DE  GUADALUPE  (State  of  Durango) — Agricultural  im- 
plements— Rodriguez,  Felipe;  Saldana,  Bernardo.  .Boots  and  shoes 
— Aguayo,  Atilano;  Martinez,  Florentine.  Commission  merchant 
— Puga,  Francisco  E.  Drugs — Aspilcneta,  Guillermo;  Goitia,  Jose 
B.  Dry  goods — Aguayo,  Atilano;  Botello,  Buenaventura;  Delga. 
dillo  Hermanos;  Garc  a,  Nicanor;  Mireles,  Eduardo;  Ortiz,  Agus- 
tin;  Puga,  Francisco  E. ;  Ramirez,  Geronimo;  Rodarte,  Castulo; 
Rodriguez,  Felipe;  Saldana,  Bernardo.  Fancy  goods — Rodarte, 
Castulo.  Flour  mills — Rodriguez,  Felipe;  Saldana,  Bernardo. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Puga,  Francisco  E.;  Rodriguez,  Felipe; 
Saldana,  Bernardo.  Merchant  tailors — Agviero,  Bonifacio;  Esqui- 
vel,  Desiderio;  Gonzalez,  Apolonio;  Martinez,  Florentino.  Sewing 
machines — Puga,  Francisco  E.  Silversmith — Velazquez,  Severiano. 

SAN  JUAN  DE  Los  LAGOS  (State  of  Jalisco) — Agricultural  imple- 
ments— Perez,  Francisco  Jimenez.  Books  and  stationery — Gonzalez, 
Francisco  de  P.;  Romo,  Rosa.  Boots  and  shoes — Alba,  J.  de;  Pe- 
rez, Pablo;  Ruiz,  Ascencio;  Torre,  C.  de  la.  Carriage  dealers — 
Jimenez,  Modesto;  Martin,  Fidel.  Commission  merchants — Galindo, 
Espiridion;  Gonzalez,  Tirso;  Martin,  Jose;  Torre,  Cecilio  de  la. 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  481 

Drugs — Gallardo,  Eligio;  Montero,  Oosme.  Engravers — Segoviano, 
Martin.  Fancy  goods — Martin,  Juan  N.  Furniture — Torre,  Felix 
de  la;  Torre,  Ramon  de  la.  Groceries  and  provisions — Ornelas,  Do- 
mingo. Hatters — Sanchez,  Arcadio;  Segoviano,  Martin.  Litho- 
grapher— Martin,  Jose.  Manufacturers  brass  bedsteads — Anda,  Ig- 
nacio  de;  Rodriguez,  Antonio;  Rodriguez,  Juan.  Merchant  tailors 
— Alba,  Rutilo  de;  Flores,  Miguel;  Gonz  lez.  Manwl;  Martin,  Mel- 
quiades;  Ramos,Pragedio;  Reynoso,  Eliseo  G.  Music  stores — Leon, 
Manuel  de;  Rodriguez,  Isidore.  Photographers — Gonzalez,  Fran- 
cisco de  P.;  Hermosillo,  Francisco.  Printing  offices— Martin,  Jose; 
Tortolero,  Jose.  Saddlery  and  harness — Diaz,  Eutiraio;  Perez,  Pas- 
tor. Sewing  machines — Martin,  Jose.  Silversmiths — Alba,  Eduardo 
de;  Avila,  Reyes;  Flores,  Severe;  Gonzalez,  Cruz;  Leon,  Benjamin 
de.;  Sanchez,  Eduardo. 

SAN  JUAN  DEL  Rio  (State  of  Queretaro) — China  and  glassware — 
Basurto,  Pascual.  Commission  merchants — Fernandez  y  Gutierrez; 
Sanchez,  Felipe;  Ugalde,  A.;  Ugalde,  Ignacio  V.  Drugs — Cova- 
rrubias,  Leon;  Macias,  Juan;.  Olloqui,  Agustin  R.;  Ugalde,  Ama- 
dor  E.  Dry  goods — Escobar,  J.  Hurtado;  Hurtado,  Juan;  Ugalde, 
Alberto;  Ugalde,  Ignacio  V.  Fancy  goods — Hernandez,  Pablo; 
Hurtado,  Juan.  Flour  mills — Canizo,  Manuel;  Dorantes,  Teofilo; 
Torre,  Manuel  de  la.  Groceries  and  provisions — Guadarrama,  Gua- 
dalupe;  Ruiz,  Joaquin;  Ugalde,  Bernabe.  Hatter — Contreras,  Ma- 
nuel. Iron  and  ironware — Ugalde,  Bernabe.  Merchant  tailor — 
Garrido,  Ignacio.  Paints  and  oils. — Ugalde,  Bernabe — Printing 
office — Ugalde,  Bernabe.  Sewing  machines — Garrido,  Ignacio. 

SAN  Luis  Potosf  (State  of  San  Luis  Potosi) — Agricultural  imple- 
ments, arms  and  ammunition — Clemente,  Hermosillo;  Philipp  y 
Ca.,  Max  A.;  Saenger,  Fernando;  Silva,  Nemesio;  Storck  y  Grum- 
brecht;  Torres,  Juan.  Banks — Sucursal  del  "Banco  de  L6ndres  y 
Mexico;"  Sucursal  del  "Banco  Nacional."  Bankers — Bahsen  y 
Ca.,  J.  H.;  Larrache  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Meade  y  Hnos.,  Federico  J.;  So- 
beron,  Matias  Hernandez.  Booksellers — Cabrera,  Antonio;  Esqui- 
vel  y  Ca.,  M.;  Kaiser,  Juan;  Parres,  Ramon  F.;  Vasquez,  Francisco. 
Boots  and  shoes — Arochi,  Eduaido;  Borrego,  Viuda  de;  Coca,  Luis; 
C6rdova,  Juan;  Esparza,  Francisco;  Izquierdo,  Felipe;  Lopez,  Jose 
G. ;  Reyes,  Manuel;  Romero,  Pomposo;  Santillana,  A.  Carriage 
dealers — Rios,  Casimiro  de  los;  Tena,  Hilario.  China  and  glass- 


482  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

ware — Aguirre  y  Ca.,  Luis;  Deliz,  Santiago;  Gedovius,  German; 
Gonzalez,  Felipe;  Gutheil  y  Ca.,  Agustin;  Manrique,  H.  de  Lara; 
Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.;  Reyes,  Antonio;  Storck  y  Grumbrecht. 
Commission  merchants — Camacho,  Francisco;  Cerda,  Margarito 
Lopez  de  la;  Gomez,  Macedonio;  Lasker,  Julio;  Meade  y  Hnos., 
Federico  J.;  Pitman  y  Ca.;  .Rodriguez  y  Rodriguez.  Copper  goods — 
Bueno,  Domingo;  Mejia,  Juan;  Vazquez,  Ramon.  Drugs-r-  Alcocer, 
Anastasio;  Baquero  y  Ca.;  Crespo,  Luis  G. ;  Drogueria  Universal; 
Goribar,  Juan  I.  Garcia;  Hermosillo,  Mariano;  Limon,  Francisco; 
Lopez,  Antonio;  Munoz  y  Fonegra;  Olmedo,  Esteban;  Outanon,  N.; 
Paez,  Rafael;  Rodriguez  y  Ca.;  Valdez,  Jose;  Villasenor,  J.  M. 
Dry  goods — Abascal  y  Ca.,  Pedro;  Anda  y  Villalobos;  Brieva, 
Gregorio;  Caire,  Michel  y  Ca. ;  Casanueva  y  Ca.;  Diaz  de  Leon, 
Jose;  Franck  y  Ca.,  M.;  Lozano,  Antonio;  Muriedas  y  Ca.,  Rivero  y 
Liano;  Signoret  y  Ca.;  Valle,  Garcia  y  Ca.  Engravers — Cenachillo, 
Pedro;  Hidalgo,  Juan;  Munoz,  Ramon.  Fancy  goods — Aguirre  y 
Ca.,  Luis;  Amado,  Molino;  Gedovius  y  Ca.;  Gonzalez,  Felipe  N. ; 
Gonzalez,  Nestor;  Pedroza,  Francisco;  Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.; 
Puente,  Homobono;  Saenger,  Fernando;  Salinas,  Andres;  Storck  y 
Grumbrecht.  Flour  merchants — Alcocer,  Anastasio;  Bustamante, 
Domingo;  Davilla,  Julio;  Goribar,  Francisco;  Meade  y  Hermano, 
G.;  Otahegui,  Jose  M-;  Othon,  Manuel;  Parra,  Cayetano.  Flour 
mills — Farias,  Agustin;  Goribar,  Juan;  Muriedas  y  Ca.;  Villalba  y 
Narezo.  Furniture — Aguirre  y  Ca.,  Luis;  Gedovius  y  Ca.;  He- 
redia,  Manuel;  Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A  ;  Schrader  6  Hijo,  J.  H.; 
Storck  y  Grumbrecht;  Weber,  Pedro.  Foundries — Schrader  e  Hijo, 
J.  M. ;  Villalba  y  Navezo.  Groceries  and  provisions — Alba,  C«le- 
donio;  Arrieta,  Tranquilino;  Cantolla  y  Ca.;  Cerda,  Margarito  Lo- 
pez de  la;  Chavez,  Juan;  Delgado,  Feliciano;  Delius,  Sue.,  Santiago; 
Felipe,  Vicente;  Galindo,  Jose;  Galvan,  Onofre;  Hermosillo,  Jose; 
Herrera  y  Ca.;  Higinio,  Alonso;  Lara,  Sue.,  H.  Manrique  de;  Laz- 
coz  y  Ca.,  Francisco;  Llaca  y  Ca.,  Eniique;  Marquez  y  Ca. ;  Mora, 
Juan;  Nieto,  Hilario;  Olavarria  T.  Ca.;  Pedroza,  Valentin;  Rangel, 
Apolonio;  Reyes,  Antonio  J.;  Reyes,  L.;  Salas,  Joaquin  B.;  Socasa 
y  Ca.  Hardware — Aguirre  y  Ca.,  Luis;  Elcoro  y  Ca.,  Valentin; 
Gedovius  y  Ca.;  Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.;  Sanger,  Fernando;  Storck 
y  Grumbrecht.  Hatters — Campos,  J.  Lorenzo;  Gomez,  Manuel; 
Lo'zano,  Antonio:  Marquez,  Guadalupe;  Noriega  y  Tejo;  Quintas, 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  483 

Benito;  S;mchez  y  Ca.  Importers — Aguirre  y  Oa.,  Luis;  Bahnsen 
y  Ca.,  J.  H.;  Caire,  Michel  y  Ca. ;  Drogueria  Universal;  Facon, 
Constant,  Sue.;  Franck  y  Ca.,  M.;  Muriedas  y  Ca.;  Norwood,  Jose; 
Philipp  y  Compafiia.,  Max  A.;  Rodriguez  y  Compafiia,  Rafael; 
Sanchez  y  Compafiia;  Signoret  y  Compafiia,  Storck  y  Grutnbrecht; 
Valle,  Garcia  y  Compafiia.  Iron  and  ironware — Aguirre  y 
Ca.,  Luis;  Drogueria  Universal;  Elcoro  y  Ca.,  Valentin;  Meade  y 
Hnos.,  Federico  J. ;  Saenger,  Fernando;  Storck  y  Grumbrecht;  Va- 
lladolid,  Francisco.  Jewelers  and  ivatchmakers — Guerrero,  Demetrio; 
Herfter,  Ernesto;  Landereche,  Juan;  Martinez,  Ramon;  Philipp  y 
Ca.,  Max  A.;  Storck  y  Grumbrecht;  Tosgobbi,  Francisco;  Vildosola, 
Francisco.  Lithographers — Cabrera,  Antonio;  Esquivel  y  Ca.; 
Kaiser,  Juan;  Parres,  Ramon  F.;  Vazquez,  Francisco.  Merchandise, 
imported  and  domestic — Alcocer,  Aiiastasio;  Aristi  y  Ca.;  Bahnsen 
y  Ca.,  J.  H.;  Barrenechea  Hnos.;  Cabrera,  Emigidio;  Caire,  Mi- 
chel y  Ca.;  Campos.  Agapito;  Cerda,  Margarito  Lopez  de  la;  Cer- 
vantes, Antonio  E.;  Dosal,  Ramon;  Garcia,  J.;  Gonzalez,  Dario. 
Goribar,  Juan  I.  Garcia;  Hermosillo,  Clemente;  Ipifia,  Encarnacion; 
Lavin,  Emetrio;  Meade  y  Hnos.,  Federico  J.;  Othon,  Ramon;  Pit- 
man y  Ca.;  Soberon,  Matias  H. ;  Varona  y  Ca.  Merchant  tailors — 
Davila,  M.;  Facon,  Constant,  Sue.;  Franck  y  Ca.,  M.;  Garcia,  Pas- 
cual;  Guerrero,  Francisco;  Perez,  Julian.  Music  stores — Aguirre  y 
Ca,  Luis;  Kaiser,  Juan;  Philipp  y  Ca.,  Max  A.  Opticians — Grun- 
stein,  F.  Paints  and  oils — Montante,  Arilleta;  Montante  y  Nieto. 
Petroleum — Meade  y  Hnos.,  Federico  J.;  "Waters  Pierce  Oil  Co." 
Photographers — Barraza,  A.;  Clausnitzer,  Carlos;  Pedroza,  Eugeuio; 
Serratos  y  Ca.,  A.  Printing  offices — Barbosa,  Ricardo;  Davalos, 
Carlos;  Esquivel  y  Ca. ;  Faustino,  Leija;  Imprenta  de  la  Escuela 
Industrial  Militar;  Imprenta  de  El  Estandarte.  Sewing  machines — 
Bush  y  Ca.,  C.  M.;  Sanger,  Fernando;  VVeinburg,  D.  Tinware — 
Alanis,  Silvestre;  Arzueta,  Angel;  Castafieda,  D.  Upholstery  and 
carpets — Gedovius  y  Ca. 

SAYULA  (State  of  Jalisco)— 7 Agricultural  implements — Preciado, 
Paulino;  Vizcayno  y  Larios.  Arms  and  ammunition — Vazquez, 
Pablo;  Boots  and  shoes — Cortez,  Silvestre;  Ramos,  Policarpo. 
Carriage  dealers — Larios,  Benigno.  Drugs — Cisneros,  Jose;  Duran, 
Alberto;  Mourett,  Juan  O.  Furniture  dealers  and  manufacturers 
— Alcaraz,  Epitacio;  Figueroa,  Pascual.  Groceries  and  provisions 


484  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

— Aguilar,  Clemente;  Aguilar,  Graciano;  Aguilar,  Jos6  L;  Cisneros 
y  Hermano;  Cisneros,  Jos6  Antonio;  Fuente,  Francisce  de  la; 
Fuente,  Miguel  W.  de  la;  Fuentes,  Pablo;  Gil,  Manuel  Robles; 
Juan  y  Torre,  A;  Preciado,  Paulino;  Torres  y  Ca.,  Rafael;  Vazquez, 
Vicente  N;  Vizcayno  y  Larios.  Ironware  dealers  and  manufac- 
turers— Preciado,  Paulino;  Vizcayno  y  Larios. 

TAMPICO  (State  of  Tamaulipas) — Banks  and  bankers — Banco  de 
Londres  y  Mexico;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional;  Schutz,  Federico; 
F.  Carriage  dealers — Aretia,  Antonio;  Morales,  Manuel.  Com- 
mission merchants — Basadre,  Gregorio  Cortina;  Cruz  y  Amore- 
vieta;  Dominguez  y  Ca.;  Jolly  y  Ca.,  Eduardo  L.;  Lastra  y  Ca., 
Diego  de  la;  Madraza,  Juan;  Prom,  Juan;  Schutz,  Federico  F.; 
Stussy,  F. ;  Tropaza  Hnos. ;  Ugarte  Hnos.  Drugs — Gonzalez, 
Felipe;  Omar,  Herederos  de  P.  G.;  Solorzano,  Juan  B.  Dry  goods 
— Caloca  y  Ca.,  S.;  Cruz  y  Amorevieta;  Lastra  y  Ca.,  D.  de  la; 
Lopez  y  .Rodriguez;  Reynaud  Hermanos;  Ugarte  Hermanos.  Fancy 
goods — Borde  Hermanos;  Borde,  J.  F.;  Dauban,  Eugenic;  Peredo, 
Francisco.  Groceries  and  provisions — Barrios,  Pantaleon;  Castillo, 
Macario;  Dominguez  y  Ca.,  A.;  Grillo,  Simon  Torres;  Madrazo, 
Juan;  Rodriguez  y  Ca.,  Bartolo;  Saunders,  Santiago;  Stussy,  Fede- 
rico; Tessada,  Enrique;  Trueba,  Domingo;  Velez,  Miguel.  Hard- 
ware— Borde  Hermanos;  Borde,  J.  F. ;  Dauban,  Eugenio;  Peredo, 
Francisco.  Hatters — Cruzado,  Eduardo;  Najera,  Luis  G.  Print- 
ing offices— Garcia,  Francisco  G. ;  Garza,  J.  dela;  Segura,  Carlos  B. 
Silversmiths — Gauban,  Carlos;  Gauban,  N.  B.;  Rojas,  Cliserio; 
Vargas,  Miguel.  Watchmakers — Cabieres,  Ismael;  Rojas,  Cliserio. 
Woods — Campo,  Nicolas  del;  Saunders,  Santiago. 

TEHUACAN  (State  of  Puebla) — Carriage  dealers — CastaBon,  Juven- 
tino;  Rosete,  Joaquin.  China  and  glassware — Cacho,  Samuel;  Maill£ 
y  Ca.,  Emilio.  Commission  merchants — Aldama,  Leandro;  Gamez, 
Severiano;  Loyo,  Geronimo  Arandia;  Puente,  Ignaciode  la.  Drugs — 
Amezcua  y  Orduna;  Ariza,  Vicente;  Lince,  Antonio  E.;  Montauo 
Juan  B.  Dry  goods— Garcia,  Vicente  P.;  Gaymard  y  Spitatur; 
Martinez,  J.  de  J.;  Pastor,  Jose;  Puente,  Ramon  de  la.  Engraver — 
Gonzalez,  Miguel.  fancy  goods — Cacho,  Samuel;  Garcia  Heras, 
Carlos;  Maille  y  Ca.,  Emilio.  Flour  mills — Cacho,  Agustin;  Ce- 
ballos,  Juan  Diaz;  Gonzalez,  Daniel;  Rocamoro,  Vinda  de.  Gro- 
ceries and  provisions — Espinosa  Hnos.,  L.  M.;  Martinez  y  Ca.,  R. ; 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO.  48*5 

Maoedo  Hnos.,  R.;  Puente,  Fernando  de  la;  Rocamoro,  Viuda  de. 
Hardware — Beimudez  e  Hijo,  Jose;  Garcia  Heras,  Carlos.  Hatter — 
Martinez,  Jose  de  J.  Photographer — Vidal,  Manuel.  Printing 
office — Nolasco,  Agustin.  Silversmiths — Olivier,  Prospero;  Solis, 
Jose  de  J. 

TEPIC  (Territory  of  Tepic) — Bankers — Aguirre  y  Ca.,  Juan  A. 
de;  Barren,  Forbes  y  Ca. ;  Delius  y  Meyer;  Menchaca  Hnos.  Book- 
sellers and  stationers — Bouret,  Sue.;  Ocegueda,  J.  Emilio;  Retes,  J. 
M.  Commission  merchants — Andrade,  J. ;  Delius  y  Meyer;  Herrera, 
Jose  Luis;  Menchaca  Hnos.;  Sierra,  Manuel.  Drugs — Fenelon  y 
Ca.,  Carlos;  Gonzalez,  Geronimo,  Sue.;  Guzman,  Francisco;  Retes, 
Benjamin  D. ;  Virgen,  Fernando  Gomez.  Dry  goods — Anaya,  Fran- 
cisco; Andrade,  J.;  Anguiano,  Daniel  M. ;  Beyer  Hnos.;  Chaurand  y 
Ca.,  Jacques;  Mardueno,  Juan;  Menchaca  Hnos.;  Retes,  Jose  M. ; 
Retes,  N.  y  V.;  Sierra,  Manuel.  Fancy  goods — Geebers,  Viuda  de; 
Maldonado,  Manuel.  Groceries  and  provisions — Altamirano,  Miguel; 
Borboa,  J.;  Brambila,  Manuel  Perez;  Castillo,  Vicente;  Corona,  J. 
Cruz;  Delius  y  Meyer;  Flores,  Maximo  G.;  Hernandez,  Trinidad; 
Leal,  Viuda  de;  Ocegueda,  Ireneo;  Perez,  Nicolas;  Rodriguez,  Nico- 
las; Somellera,  Rivas  y  Ca.  Hardware — Geebers,  Viuda  de;  Mal- 
donado, Manuel.  Zfator-^-Landwehr,  Guillermo.  Iron  and  iron- 
ware— Agairre  y  Ca.,  Juan  A.  de;  Retes,  Jose  M.;  Zuazo,  J.  Anto- 
nio de.  Jeweler — Castaneda,  Jose  E.  Oil  mills — Corona,  Jos6  C.; 
Hernandez,  Trinidad.  Photographers — Guerra,  Jose  M.;  Rivero, 
Mariano;  Trejo,  Cruz;  Munoz,  Jose  M.  Printing  offices — Herrera, 
Hermanos;  Impienta  de  la  Escuela  de  Artes;  Imprenta  del  Go. 
bierno;  Legaspi,  Viuda  de;  Ocegueda  y  Ca.,  J.  Ireneo;  Ocegueda,  J. 
Emilio;  Retes,  Jos6  M.  Saddlery  and  harness — Gongora,  Crisoforo 
F.  Sewing  machines — Beyer  Hnos.;  Leal,  Viuda  de.  Silversmiths 
—  Gonzalez,  Marcial;  Lopez,  Pedro;  Quintero,  Roberto;  Soto,  Filo- 
meno.  Watchmakers — Castaneda,  Jose;  Gonzalez,  Pedro. 

TLACOTALPAM  (State  of  Veracruz) — Agricultural  implements — Cba- 
zaro  e  Hijos,  Francisco;  Chazaro,  Sue.,  J.  A.;  Perez,  Jose  L.; 
Schleske,  Mauricio.  Bankers — Chazaro  e  Hijos,  Francisco;  Cha- 
zaro, Sue.,  J.  A.  Books  and  stationery — Hernandez,  Jose  J.  Com- 
mission merchants — Chazaro  e  Hijos,  Francisco;  Chazaro,  Sue.,  J. 
A.;  Perez,  Jose  L.;  Schleske,  Mauricio.  Drugs — Mnrillo,  M.. 
Reyes  Miguel  Marquez.  Dry  goods — Crespo,  Ignacio;  Garcia  y 


4§6  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

Ga.,  Benito;  Martinez,  Jose  Albino;  Pons,  Francisco.  Furniture — 
?ontan,  Manuel;  Lipp,  Jacob;  Reyes,  Luis  Felipe.  Fancy  goods — 
Morteo,  Encarnacion ;  Perez,  Cesareo;  Villar  Hermanos.  Grocer- 
ies and  provisions — Carlin  Hnos.;  Chazaro  e  Hijos,  Francisco;  Cha- 
zaro,  J.  A.,  Sue.;  Fernandez,  Francisco;  Lopez,  Ramon  A.;  Perez, 
Jose  L. ;  Roca,  Ramon;  Schleske,  Mauricio;  "Villar  Hnos.  Hard- 
ivare — Morteo,  Encarnacion;  Schleske,  Mauricio.  Hatters — Bei- 
rana,  Juan;  Clatidio,  Angel;  Herrera,  Antonio;  Ortiz,  Antonio. 
Silversmiths — Beirana,  Luis;  Peralta,  Juan. 

TLAXCALA  (State  of  Tlaxcala) — Banker — Vinas,  J.  de  J.  Car- 
riage dealer — Santillana,  Cayetano.  Drugs — Amad,  Jose;  Atamoros, 
Francisco;  Escudero,  J.  Engravers — Chumacero,  Manuel;  Raso, 
Tiburcio  del.  Fancy  goods — Barrera,  Ignacio.  Flour  mills — Aqui- 
les  de  Pain;  Gavito,  Francisco  G.;  Hernandez,  Carlos  L.;  Rivera 
Hnos.,  Feliciano.  Groceries  and  provisions — Gavito,  Francisco  Gon- 
zalez; Manriquez,  Donaciano;  Mendoza,  Manuel;  Ramos,  J.:  Vaz- 
quez, Juan.  Iron  and  ironware — Picazo  Hnos.  Oil  mill — Rivera, 
Rafael.  Photographer — Heredia,  Miguel.  Printing  office — Calde- 
ron,  Joaquin  Diaz.  Saddlery  and  harness — Carrasco,  Jose  M. ; 
Carvajal,  Pedro;  Prieto,  Cecilio.  Sewing  machines — Corona,  Agus- 
tin  G.;  Rio,  Joaquin  del.  Silversmiths — Alvarez,  Nicolas;  Garibay, 
Manuel;  Olivares,  Bartolo;  Robles,  Jose  M. ;  Trnjillo,  Filomeno. 

TOLUCA  (State  of  Mexico) — Banker — Cortina,  Tomas.  Book- 
sellers— Gordillo,  Pascual  Gonzalez;  Libreria  de  la  Juventud;  Ve- 
lazquez, Jose.  Boots  and  shoes — Barbabosa  y  Gomez,  J.;  Hernan- 
dez, Ausencio;  Legorreta,  Vicente;  Quiroz,  Te6tilo.  Carriage 
dealer — Betancourt,  Abundio.  Commission  merchants — Gonzalez  y 
Benavides;  Medina  Garduno,  Manuel.  Commission  merchants 
(sale  by  sample) — Barenque,  Demetrio;  Gomez,  Antonio  Vilches; 
Medina  y  Cruz,  Manuel.  Drugs — Araujo,  Rafael;  Fernandez, 
Fernando;  Gutierrez,  Felix;  Hernandez,  Mariano;  Rodriguez,  Juan. 
Dry  goods — Ballina,  Ramon;  Prichardo,  Francisco;  Rojas,  Juan 
Gonzalez;  Valdez,  Angel.  Engraver — Sanchez,  Jose  M.  Flour 
mills — Henkel  e  Hijos,  Viuda  de;  Hinojosa,  Carlota.  Groceries  and- 
provisions — Barrera,  J.;  Cortina  y  Hnos.,  Joaquin;  Lopez,  Jose; 
Valdez,  Dario.  Hardware — Gallegos,  Jose;  Gonzalez  y  Benavides; 
Lopez,  Jose;  Vazquez,  Lorenzo  J.  Hatters — Alcocer,  Manuel;  Lo- 
pez, J.;  Torres,  Luz;  Zolly  Hermanos.  Lithographers — Martinez 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  487 

Pedro;  Renteria,  Felipe.  Merchant  tailors — Flores,  Ismael;  Quin- 
tana,  Jldefonso;  Vaez,  J.  Notions — Gallegos,  Jose;  Gonzalez  y  Be- 
navides;  Lopez,  Jose;  Vazquez,  Lorenzo  J.  Paints  and  oils — So- 
lalindo,  J.  Photographers — Alba,  Daniel;  Torres  Heimanos. 
Printing  offices — Imprehta  de  la  Escuela  de  Artes  y  On'cios;  Manon 
Hermanos;  Quijano,  Atanasio.  Sewing  machines — Lopez,  Jose. 
Silk  goods — Alconeda,  Josefa  Valdezde;  Santillan,  Nicolas.  Silver- 
smiths— Almazan,  J.;  Quiroz,  Mariano.  Upholstery  and  carpets — 
Arellano,  J.  Watchmakers — Avila,  Enrique;  Olmedo,  Juan. 

VERA  CRUZ  (State  of  Veracruz) — Agricultural  implements — Bello 
y  Ca.,  F.  J.;  During  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Prado,  Pepin  y  Ca.,  A.  S.  del; 
Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.;  Varela  y  Ca.,  R.  Bankers — Galainena 
y  Ca.,  J.,  Sue.;  Martinez  Hnos.;  Sommer,  Herrmann  y  Ca.;  Struck 
y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Villa  Hnos.,  Sue.;  Zaldo  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Banks — 
Sucursal  del  Banco  de  Londi'es  y  Mexico;  Sucursal  del  Banco  Nacional 
de  Mexico.  Booksellers  and  stationers — Cabrera,  Manuel;  Carre- 
dano,  Viuda  de;  Jimenez,  R.  Rodriguez;  Paso  y  Troacoso,  J.  del. 
Boots  and  shoes — Agiiero,  Serapio;  Carbonell,  Paulino;  Cuneo, 
Juan;  Diaz,  Julian;  Font,  Francisco;  Gonzalez,  Jose  D.;  Horro, 
Bernardo;  Lopez,  Juan;  Mantecon,  Pedro  D.;  Moll,  J.  M.;  Ramos 
Bias;  Roque,  Basilic;  Sanchez,  Alejandro;  Valdes,  Guadalupe. 
China,  glassware,  lamps,  etc. — Izazola,  Jose  I;  Palomo,  J. ;  Ribera, 
Francisco;  Riter  y  Ca.,  R.  C.;  Segundo,  Alonso.  Commission 
merchants — Aladro  y  Ca.;  Ascorve  y  Ca.,  P.  J.;  Benito  y  Ca.,  C. ; 
Busing  y  Ca.,  Guillermo.,  Sue.;  D'Oleire  y  Ca.,  Sue.;  Galainena  y 
Ca.,  J.,  Sue.;  Garcia,  Rafael;  Hoyos,  Braulio;  Ibargiien,  Bernabe- 
Ituarte,  Parres  y  Ca. ;  Lama  y  Ca.,  Garcia  de  la;  Loustan  y  Ca.,  D.; 
Markoe  y  Ca.,  M.  C.  de;  Mendez  y  Ca.,  P.  G. ;  Munoz  y  Ca.,  F.  J. ; 
O16zaga,  Sue.,  Jos6  de;  Pages,  Jose  Gonzalez;  Pardo,  Juan  M.; 
Tejeda  y  Ca.,  S. ;  Temprana,  C.,  Sue.;  Torres,  Vicente  Reyes;  Torre, 
Antonio  H.  de  la;  Valdez,  Manuel  Pastor;  Varela,  R.;  Villa  Hnos., 
Sue.;  Zaldo  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Drugs — Barrillo,  A. ;  Carrillo  y  Ca.. 
Lomonaco,  A.;  Luis,  H.  y  Hoyos;  Mariscal,  Carlos;  Mu'ller,  G., 
Sue.;  Rio,  Arturo  del;  Rodriguez,  Antonio  S.;  Seralta  y  Ca.,  S. 
Dry  goods — Aparicio  y  Ca. ;  Aragon  y  Hno.,  Julian;  Benito  y  Ca., 
C. ;  Busing  y  Compania,  Guillermo;  Ollivier  y  Conipafiia,  J. ; 
Ramos  y  Ca.,  R. ;  Sanchez  y  Fernandez;  Struck  y  Ca.,  Gustavo; 
Stiircke,  Garcia,  Sue.;  Ulibarri,  S.;  Zaldo  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Exporters 


488  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO. 

— Aragon  y  Hno.,  Julian;  Busing y  Ca.,  Guillerrao.,  Sue.;  During  y 
Ca.,  M.;  Franchi,  Ochoa  y  Ca. ;  Galainena  y  Ca.,  J. ;  Ituarte  .y  Ca., 
F.  J. ;  Markoe  y  Ca.,  M.  C.  de;  Martinez  Hnos. ;  Rivas  y  Meyenn; 
Struck  y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Valdez,  Mariano  R.;  Valdez,  Manuel  Castro; 
Zaldo  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Furniture — Arrieta,  Teofilo;  Izazola,  Jos£  I.; 
Zarate,  J.  de  J.  Groceries  and  provisions — Calleja  Hnos.  y  Ca.; 
Franchi,  Ochoa  y  Ca. ;  Galainena  y  Ca.,  J.,  Sue.;  Gomez  y  Ca.;  Gui- 
llaron  y  Ca.;  Ituarte  y  Ca.,  F.  J. ;  Landero,  Pasquel  y  Ca. ;  Leyce- 
qui  y  Ca.,  L.  C. ;  Markoe  y  Ca.,  M.  C.  de;  Martin,  Garcia  y  Ca.; 
Martinez  Hnos.;  Martinez,  Rivera  y  Ca. ;  Oliver,  Manuel;  Rasines, 
Perez  y  Ca. ;  Rivas  y  Meyenn;  Rolla,  Gentini  y  Ca. ;  Sierra  y  Hno., 
R.;  Tejeda  y  Ca.,  S.;  Villa  Hnos.,  Sue.;  Wittenez,  Vila  y  Ca. 
Hardware — Bello  y  Ca.,  F.  J.;  During  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Escandon,  11- 
berto;  Gonzalez,  Cipriano;  Nicolas,  Eulogio  de;  Prado,  Pepin  y  Ca., 
A.  S.  del;  Summer,  Hermann  y  Ca.;  Varela  y  Ca.,  R.  Hatters — 
Avila,  Jose  de  J. ;  Barros  y  Murillo;  Valdes  y  Ca. ;  M.  Importers 
— Aragon  y  Hno.,  Julian;  Bello  y  Ca.,  F.  J. ;  Benito  y  Ca.,  C. ; 
Busing  y  Ca.,  Guillermo,  Sue.;  Cuesta,  Cornejo  y  Ca. ;  During  y  Ca., 
M.;  Franchi,  Ochoa  y  Ca. ;  Galainena  y  Ca.,  J.,  Sue.;  Izazola,  Jose 
I.;  Miiller,  G.  Sue.;  Olivier  y  Ca.,  J.;  Prado,  A.  S.  del;  Ramon  y 
C!a.,  R. ;  Rivas  y  Meyenn;  Sierra  y  Hno.,  R. ;  Sommer,  Hermann  y 
Ca. ;  Struck  y  Ca.,  Gustavo;  Stiircke,  Garcia,  Sue.;  Ulibarri,  S.; 
Varela  y  Ca.,  R.;  Wittenez,  Vila  y  Ca. ;  Zaldo  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Iron 
and  ironware — Sommer,  Hermann  y  Ca.;  Varela,  R.  Jewelers — 
Luengo,  L.;  Melendez,  Luis.  Music  stores — Bello  y  Ca.,  F.  J. ; 
Carredano,  Viuda  de.  Notions — Bello  y  Ca.,  F.  J.;  During  y  Ca., 
M.;  Escandon,  Alberto;  Gonzalez,  Cipriano;  Nicolas,  Eulogio  de; 
Prado,  Pepin  y  Ca.,  A.  F.  del;  Rivera,  Francisco;  Sommer,  Herr- 
mann y  Ca.;  Varela  y  Ca.,  R.  Paints  and  oils — Torres,  Vicente 
Reyes.  Photographers — Hijos  de  Ritcher;  Ibanez  e  Hijo.  Print- 
ing offices — Ledesma,  J. ;  Menvielle,  Miguel;  Rossel  6  Hijo,  J. 
Saddlery  and  harness — Avila,  Jose  de  J.  Sewing  machines — 
Cuesta,  Cornejo  y  Compama;  Mantecon  y  Compania,  G.;  Som- 
mer, Herrmann  y  Ca.  Silk  goods — Aragon  y  Herniano,  Julian; 
Benito  y  Ca.,  C.;  Stiircke,  Garcia,  Sue.;  Zaldo  Hnos.  y  Ca.  Watch- 
makers— Huguenin,  C. ;  Naspleda,  Jose.  Woods — Tejeda  y  Ca.,  S. 
VILLA  LERDO  (State  of  Durango) — Commission  merchants — Al- 
varez, Francisco  G.;  Fuchs,  Ernesto;  Francke,  Hugo;  Garcia,  Ani- 


MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OF  MEXICO.  489 

ceto;  Bitter,  Federico.  Dry  goods — Calderon,  Alberto;  Calderon, 
Pedro;  Hernandez  Hermanos,  Sues.;  Leal,  Pedro;  Hitter,  Federico. 
Groceries  and  provisions — Balsiger  &  Co.,  W. ;  Hernandez  Her- 
manos, Sues.;  flitter,  Federico.  Hardware — Fuentes  y  Pina; 
Schugt  &  Mengdehl,  Tajan,  Sues. 

ZACATECAS  (State  of  Zacatecas) — Agricultural  implements — Ca- 
macho,  Francisco;  Ibargiiengoytia,  J.  &  M.;  Karber  Fernando;  Ortiz, 
Ramon  C.;Portilla,  Ildefonso;  Samper,  Jose.  Booksellers  and  station- 
ers— Bouret,  Carlos;  Medina,  A.  Boots  and  shoes — Acevedo,  An- 
dres; Carbajal  Hnos.;  Dominguez,  Jose  M.;  Luna,  Guadalupe  B.;  Oy- 
harcabal,  O.  Commission  merchants — Arbaiza,  Jose;  Camacho, 
Francisco;  Dorigo,  Arturo  L. ;  Gallardo,  Manuel  Ortiz;  Gonzalez  y 
Hno.,  F.  Gomez;  Gordoa,  Benjamin  G. ;  Ibargiiengoytia,  J.  &  M.5 
Leon  y  Ca.,  Cruz  Diaz  de. ;  Ortiz,  Bamon  C. ;  Pacheco,  Manuel; 
Palmer  Hnos.;  Petit,  Juan  A.;  Solorzano,  Jos6  E.;  Velasco,  Juan; 
Yermo,  Hnos.  Drugs — Alvarez,  Agustin;  Calderon,  Antonio; 
Delgado,  J.  Correa;  Duran,  B.  J. ;  Gonzalez,  Luis  G. ;  Hubert  y  Ca., 
C. ;  Moreno,  Basilio;  Ponce,  Juan  P.;  Bodriguez,  Margarito;  Torres, 
Jose;  Yaladez,  Gumesindo;  Yalle,  Geronimo  del.  Dry  goods — 
Aubert,  Enrique;  Bellon  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Caire  y  Gamier;  Cazon  y  Ca. , 
Antonio;  Dokhelar,  Juan;  Fianck  y  Ca.,  M. ;  Haramboure  y  Ca., 
J.;  Olavarria,  Luis;  Pellat  y  Jean;  Perez,  Francisco;  Boug6n  Hnos.; 
Teillery  y  Ca.,  Sue. ;  Viadero  y  Ca.  Engraver — Villegas,  Vicente 
F.  Flour  mills — Escobedo,  Anacleto;  Tumoine,  Victor.  Groceries 
and  provisions — Corvera,  Pascual;  Etchart  y  Segura;  Gonzalez  y 
Hno.,  F.  Gomez;  Hatchandy  y  Ferran;  Ledesma,  Atanasio;  Macias, 
Luis;  Martinez,  M6nico.  Hardware — Bittrolff  y  Niemeyer;  Karbe, 
Fernando,  Sue.;  Neubert,  Gustavo;  Bodriguez  Hnos.;  Schroeder, 
Gustavo;  Schwartz.  Carlos.  Hatters — Doering,  Federico;  Flebbe, 
Joaquin;  Langmack,  Sue.,  Guillermo;  Zolly,  Hnos.  Iron  and  iron- 
toare— Cainacho,  Francisco;  Gordoa,  Benjamin  Gomez;  Ibargiien- 
goytia, J.  y  M.;  Petit,  Juan  A.  Jewelers  and  watchmakers — Brii- 
chner,  Guillermo;  Dorian,  Carlos;  Gonzalez,  Tomas  M.  Litho- 
grapher— Espinosa,  Nazario.  Merchant  tailors — Franck  y  Ca.,  M.; 
Lopez,  Simon;  Bios,  J.  F.;  Bios,  Leonardo:  Buiz,  Alberto;  Trujillo, 
Tranquilino;  Valdez,  Marcos.  Notions — Baurraud,  Guillermo; 
Bittrolf  y  Niemeyer;  Heheren,  Edmundo;  Ferran,  Boman;  Ferran, 
Tomas;  Karbe,  Fernando,  Sue.;  Neubert,  Gustavo;  Bodiiguez  Hnos.; 


490  MERCANTILE  DIRECTORY  OP  MEXICO. 

Senisson,  Amado;  Schroeder,  Gustavo;  Schwartz,  Carlos.  Photog- 
raphers— Barraza,  Agustin;  Hierro  y  Bonilla;  Orozco,  Manuel. 
Printing  offices — Alvarez,  Manuel  .Rodriguez;  Ceniceros  y  Villarreal, 
Manuel;  Esparza,  Mariano  K.;  Espinoza,  Nazario;  Hospicio  de 
Ninos,  Guadalupe;  Imprenta  de  la  Escuela  de  Artes  y  Oficios;  Lorck, 
Tomas.  Saddlery  and  harness — Martinez,  Juan  Pablo;  .Rodriguez, 
Pablo.  Sewing  machines — Swain,  Carlos  W.;  Velazquez,  S.  J. 
Silk  goods — Caraza,  Vitida  de.  Silversmiths — Arteaga,  Tirso;  Or- 
tega, Lino;  Salazar,  Exiquio.  Watchmakers — Briichner,  Guillermo; 
Dorian,  C. ;  Lebre,  D.;  Homo,  Pedro. 


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LIST  OF  AGENTS. 

Aguascalientes,  Ags.,  W.  J.  Thompson;  Ahorcado,  Qto.,  V.  Ba- 
,surto;  Ahualulco,  S.  L.  P.,  I.  A.  Gama;  Allende,  Coah.,  C.  A.  Wil- 
liams; Apam,  Hdgo.,  Mariano  Ortega;  Apaseo,  Gto.,   J.   L.  Mar- 
tinez;   Apizaco,    Tiax.,     Efren     Perez;    Altamira,    Tarn.,    Nicanor 
Moran. 

Baroteran,  Coah.,  M.  L.  Lindley;  Berriozabal,  Zac.,  Cleofas 
Silva. 

Cadereyta,  N.  L.,  S.  V.  Scott;  Calera,  Zac.,  E.  O.  Kramer; 
Camacho,  Zac.,  A.  D.  Warren;  Canitas,  Zac.,  H.  D.  Mory;  Car- 
denas,  S.  L.  P.,  J.  S.  de  Echagaray;  Celaya,  Gto.,  Vicente  Jaime; 
Cerritos,  S.  L.  P.,  L.  E.  Valle;  Ciudad  Juarez,  Chih.,  G.  C.  B. 
Robinson;  Ciudad  Porfirio  Diaz,  Coah.,  S.  Rose;  Chico,  Gto.,  F. 
Macotela;  Chihuahua,  Chih.,  J.  H.  F.  Van  Enschut;  Cordoba,  V. 
C.,  J.  M.  Gai'gollo;  Cuautitlan,  Mex.,  G.  Breceua. 

Danu,  Hdgo.,  P.  N.  Moreno. 

Eagle  Pass,  Tex.,  W.  B.  Burns;  El  Paso.  Tex.,  M.  B.  Davis;  El 
Salto,  Hdgo.,  N.  Cortes;  Encarnacion,  Jal.,  C.  B.  Arreola;  Escalon, 
Chih.,  W.  M.  Brown;  Esperanza,  Pbla.,  Guillermo  Ducoing; 
Espiritu  Santo,  S.  L.  P.,  Jose  Cervantes;  Escandon,  Tarn.,  A.  C. 
Barker. 

Felipe,  Coah.,  C.  C.  Kingsley;  Fortin,  V.  C.,  Miguel  Chavez; 
Francisco,  Gto.,  J.  Teran;  Fresnillo,  Zac.,  L.  J.  Becerra. 

Gallego,  Chih.,  M.  V.  Fernandez;  Garcia,  N.  L..  J.  L.  Gonzalez; 
Guadalajara,  Jal.,  O.  Edlhard;  Guadalupe,  Zac.,  Manuel  Frias; 
Guaje,  Gto.,  J.  Veramendi;  Guanajuato,  Gto.,  E.  Marucheau;  Gene- 
ral Gonzales,  Tarn.,  H.  J.  Lilly. 

Hercules,  Qto.,  J.  Dominguez:  Hornos,  Coah.,  G.  H.  Grant;  Hua- 
mantla,  Tlax.,  J.  M.  Ortega;  Huehuetoca,  Mex.,  L.  G.  Zarzia. 

Jalapa,  V.  C.,  F.  M.  Quiros;  Jaral,  Coah.,  P.  McElhatton;  Ji- 
menez, Chih.,  B.  Pratz;  Jimulco,  Coah.,  E.  E.  Learn. 

(491) 


492  WELLS,  FARGO  &  Co.'s  EXPRESS. 

La  Barca,  Jal..  T.  O.  Guapo;  La  Cruz,  Chih.,  F.  C.  Chavez;  La 
Cruz,  Tmps.,  J.  Ingram;  Lagos,  Jal.,  J.  J.  Gutierrez;  Laguna, 
Chih.,  G.  L.  Vaughan;  La  Honda,  Zac.,  S.  B.  Valdovinos;  La  Pie- 
dad,  Mich.,  J.  M.  G.  Fernandez;  Las  Canoas,  S.  L.  P.,  M.  Zamora; 
Las  Palmas,  S.  L.  P.,  E.  Salas;  Las  Tablas,  S.  L.  P.,  A.  Madrigal; 
Lecheria,  Mex.,  A.  G.  de  la  Rosa;  Leon,  Gto.,  G.  V.  Sternenfels; 
Lerdo,  Dgo.,  F.  J.  Perez;  Linares,  N.  L.,  H.  Skinner. 

Mapimi,   Dgo.,   Rafael  Acosta;  Marfil,  Gto.,  J.   Gutierrez;  Mar- 
quez,  Hdgo.,  F.  A.  Perez;  Matamoros,  Coah.,  Boon  Barker;  Mexico 
Capital,  D.  F.,  J.  M.  Siebert;  Monclova,  Coah.,  F.  B.  James;  Monte-, 
morelos,  N.  L.,  G.  L.  Counts;  Monterey,  N.  L.,  J.  N.  Claggett. 

Negrete,  Mich.,  M.  E.  Carrillo;  Nogales,  V.  C.,  Carlos  Mateos; 
JKopala,  Hdgo.,  J.  Valdivia. 

Ocotlan,  Jal.,  S.  Hermosillo;  Ojo  Caliente,  Chih.,  I.  R.  Uranga; 
Ometusco,  Mex.,  R.  Ricoy;  Orizaba,  V.  C.,  Angel  Jimenez;  Ortiz, 
Chih.,  John  C.  Allen. 

Pachuca,  Hdgo.,  L.  D.  Etie;  Paila,  Coah..  C.  J.  Claudel;  Paso 
del  Macho,  V.  C.,  A.  Vargas;  Pedrito,  Jal.,  Emilio  Rebollar;  Pen- 
jamo,  Gto.,  J.  Betancourb;  Penuelas,  Ags.,  E.  V.  Padilla;  Picardias, 
Dgo.,  Jesus  Fernandez;  Polotitlan,  Hdgo.,  E.  Dominguez;  Puebla 
Pbla.,  M.  Alrizuri. 

Queretaro,  Qto.,  F.  Y.  Oochrane. 

Rascon,  S.  L.  P.,  J.  A.  Fensaermacher;  Rincon  de  Romos,  Ags., 
G.  Guerrero;  Rinconada,  Pbla. ,  J.  C.  Rodriguez. 

Sabinas,  Coah.,  G.  W.  Johnston;  Salamanca,  Gto.,  S.  Ochoa; 
Salinas,  S.  L.  P.,  M.  P.  Garcia;  Samalayuca,  Chih.,  «J.  M.  Dunn; 
San  Andres,  Pbla.,  M.  Gonzalez;  San  Antonio,  Hdgo.,  Y.  Aguilera; 
San  Bartolo,  S.  L.  P.,  A.  Garcia;  San  Gil,  Ags.,  M.  M.  Gutierrez; 
San  Jose,  Chih.,  P.  W.  Wyman;  San  Juan  del  Rio,  Qto.,  Joaquin 
Carrasco;  San  Luis  Potosi,  S.  L.  P.,  Oskar  Bergh;  San  Marcos, 
Pbla.,  L.  Castillo;  Santa  Ana,  Tlax.,  J.  Ramirez;  Santa  Barbara, 
Jal.,  A.  F.  Carrillo;  Santa  Maria,  Jal.,  A.  Valdes;  Santa  Rosalia, 
Chih.,  V.  E.  Palacios;  Sauz,  Chih.,  E.  J.  Burgess;  Silao,  Gto.,  J. 
Buttgenbach;  Soledad,  Ags.,  J.  M.  Carrillo;  Symon,  Coah.,  P. 
Acosta;  San  Pedro,  Coah.,  J.  H.  Aldrich;  Sierra  Mojada,  Coah.,  J. 
Deemer. 

Tlalnepantla,  Mex.,  J.  E.  Nieto;  Tampico,  Tmps.,  G.  C.  Basadre; 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  Co.'s  EXPRESS. 


493 


Teoloyucan,  Mex.,  J.  Villalobos;  Torreon,  Coah.,  I.  C.  Walker; 
Tula,  Hdgo.,  M.  Macotela. 

Valles,  S.  L.  P.,  A.  Belgoder;  Venadito,  Coah.,  G.  S.  Huxley; 
Vera  Cruz,  V.  C.,  A.  £.  de  Blanc;  Victoria,  Tmps.,  W.  J.  Storms; 
Villagran,  Tmps.,  Francisco  Moran;  Villalobos,  Gto.,  J  Yanez. 

Yrapuato,  Gto.,  G.  M.  Lemon;  Yrolo,  Hdgo.,  Jose  Ponce;  Yure- 
cuaro,  Mich.,  E.  M.  Torres. 

Zacatecas,  Zac.,  C.  R.  Felix. 


LOCAL  TARIFF  FROM  CITY  OF  MEXICO. 

[Rates  in  Mexican  money.  For  value  less  than  $1,000  inquire  at  Agencies. 
For  weights  less  than  100  Ibs.  the  rate  is  proportionate  to  the  weight,  in 
conformity  with  the  graduated  tariff  in  offices.] 


TO 

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per  100  Ibs. 

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S    - 

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Freight 
per  100  Ibs. 

Ord. 

Esp. 

Ord. 

Esp. 

Aguascalientes,  Ags. 
Ahorcado,  Qto  

$475 
1  75 
600 
900 
100 
250 
1  50 
1325 
900 
525 
1025 
575 
700 
625 
725 
250 
675 
900 

900 

275 
900 
325 
75 
1  50 
900 
900 
75 
450 
POO 

$475 
1  75 
600 
900 
1  00 
250 
1  50 
1425 
1000 
525 
11  25 
575 
700 
625 
725 
250 
675 
1000 

1000 
275 
1000 
325 
75 
1  50 
1000 
1000 
75 
450 
925 

$375 
1  25 
500 

"75 
200 
1  10 

'425 

"475 
600 
525 
600 
200 
575 
600 

600 
225 
600 
250 
60 
1  10 
600 
600 
60 
375 

Esperanza,  Pbla.  .  . 
Espiritu  Santo.S.L.P 
Escandon,  Tarn  
Felipe,   Coah  

$2  75 
550 
950 
900 
3-25 
350 
575 
900 
975 
900 
500 
55o 
250 
350 
200 
850 
1  75 
75 
50) 
900 
900 
775 
425 
900 
11  75 
400 
900 
525 
375 
750 

|276 
550 
10  £0 
1000 
325 
350 
575 
lOOo 
1075 
1000 
500 
550 
2  50 
350 
200 
8  50 
175 
75 
500 
950 
975 
775 
425 
1000 
12  75 
400 
1000 
5  "25 
375 
750 

$275 
450 

250 
275 
475 

'466 
450 
200 
275 
1  50 

1  25 
60 
400 

350 

325 

425 
300 

Ahualulco,  S.  L.  P.  . 

Apam  Hdgo 

Fortiu,  V.C  

Apaseo  Gto 

Fresmllo,  Zac  

Altamira,  Tarn  .... 
Baroteran,  Coah  .... 
Berriozabal,  Zac  .... 
Cadereyta,  N.  L.  .  .  . 
Oalera,  Zac  

Gallego,  Chih  

Garcia  N.  L  

Gral  Gonzalez,  Tam  . 
Guadalajara,  Jal  .... 
Guadalupe,  Zac  
Guaje,  Gto  

Camacho  Zac 

Canitas,  Zac  

Guanajuato,  Gto.  .  .  . 
Hercules,   Qto  

Cardenas,  S.  L.  P... 
Celaya  Gto  .  . 

Hornos,  Coah  

Cerritos,  S.  L.  P... 
Ciudad  Juarez,  Chih. 
Ciudad  Porfirio  Diaz, 
Coah  

Huamantla,  Tlax.  .  . 
Huehuetoca,  Mex... 
Jalapa,  V.  C  

Jaral,    Coah  

Chico  Gto 

Chihuahua,  Chih.  .  . 
Cordoba,  V.  C  
Cuautitlan,  Mex... 
Daflu,  Hdgo  

Jimulco,  Coah  

La  B  trca,  Jal  

La  Cruz,  Chih  

La  Cruz,  Tmps  
Lagos  Jal     

Eagle  Pass,  Tex  .... 
El  Paso,  Tex  

Laguna,  Chih  .    
La  Honda,  Zac  

El  Salto,  Hdgo  
Encarnacion,  Jal  .... 
Esealon,  Chih  

La  Fiedad,  Mich  .... 
Us  Canoaa.  S.  L.  P. 

494 


WELLS,  FAKGO  &  Go.'s  EXPRESS. 


LOCAL  TARIFF  FROM  CITY  OF  MEXICO— CONTINUED. 


TO 

«S  6 

V   °. 

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Freight 
per    100    Ibs. 

TO 

,0 
v  o 

3    - 

•a«* 

Freight 
per     100   Ibs. 

Ord. 

Esp. 

Ord. 

Esp. 

Las  Palmas,  S.  L.  P. 
LasTablas,  S.  L.  P. 
Lecheria,  Mex  

$825 
700 
75 
350 
825 
11  00 
850 
350 
1  25 
825 

825 

$700 
50 
350 
825 
1200 
850 
350 
1  25 
825 

$600 
50 
275 

Salamanca,  Gto  
Salinas,  S.  L.  P  

$275 
550 
900 
250 
1  00 
700 
500 
900 
1  75 
525 
200 
175 
425 
425 
900 
900 
32.=> 
500 
7  25 
875 
975 
75 
900 
75 
800 
1  00 
800 
900 
400 
1025 
1075 
325 
300 
1  00 
400 
550 

$275 

550 
1000 
250 
1  00 
7  00 
500 
1000 
1  75 
60,) 
200 
175 
425 
42- 
1000 
1000 
325 
500 
7  25 
875 
1075 
fO 
900 
75 
800 
1  00 
800 
975 
400 
11  25 
11  75 
325 
300 
1  00 
400 
5  50 

$225 
450 

Samalayuca,  Chih  .  .  . 
San  Andres,  Pbla.  .  . 
San  Antonio,  Hdgo  . 
San  Bartolo,  S.  L.  P. 
San  Gil,  Ags  

Leon,  Gto  

200 
75 
600 
400 

Lerdo,  Dgo  

Linares,  N.  L. 

Mapinif,  Dgo  

Marfil    Gto  

275 
1  00 

San  JOBC,  Chih  

Marquez,  Hdgo.  .  .    . 
Matamoros,  Coah  .  .  . 
Mexico  (City  of),  D.  F 
Monclova,   Coah  
Montemorelos,  N.  L. 
Monterey,  N.  L  

San  Juan  del  Rio,  Q  to. 
San  LuisPotosi,S.  L.  P 
San  Marcos,  Pbla.  .  . 
Santa  Ana,  Tlax.  .  .  . 
Santa  Barbara,  Jal.. 
Santa  Maria,  Jal  .... 
Santa  Rosalia,  Chih 
Sauz,  Chih  

1  25 
500 
150 
1  25 
350 
350 

900 
1075 
650 
425 
300 

iio 

450 
900 
1  00 
325 
900 
1  50 
900 
350 
375 
350 
450 
800 
1  50 
200 
200 
775 
500 
295 
900 

1000 
1175 
550 
425 
300 
1  50 
450 
1000 
1  00 
325 
1000 
1  50 
900 
350 
375 
350 
450 
800 
1  50 
200 
200 
7  75 
500 
225 
1000 

450 
350 
250 
1  10 
375 

"75 
250 

Negrete,  Mich  

Nogales,  V.  C  

Nopala,   Hd^o 

Silao,  Gto  

250 
400 
600 

Ocotlan,  Jal  

Soledad,  A»s  

Ojo  Caliente,  Chih.. 
Omestusco,  Mex  
Orizaba,  V.  C  

Symon,  Coah  

San  Pedro,  Coah  
Sierra  Mojada,  Coah  . 
Tlalnepantla,  Mex.  .  . 
Tampico,  Tmps  

Ortiz  Chih       

50 

Pachuca,  Hdgo  

1  10 

Paila,  Coah  

Teoloyucan,  Mex  .  .  . 
Torreon,  Coah  

60 

600 

75 

6'66 
325 

'256 
250 
75 
325 
4  50 

Paso  del  Macho,  V.C. 
Pedrito,  Jal  

275 
300 
275 
375 

Tio 

1  50 
150 

400 
1  75 

Tula,  Hdgo  

Penjamo,  Gto  . 
Penuelas,  Ags  

Valles,  S  L.  P  

Venadito,  Coah  
Veracruz,  V.  C  
Victoria,  Tmps  
Villagran,  Tmps.  .  .  . 
Villolobos,  Gto  
Yrapuato,  Gto  

Picardias    Dgo  

Polotitlan,  Hdgo  
Puebla    Pbla   

Queretaro,   Qto  
Rascon,  S.  L.  P  
Rincon  de  Romos,  Ags 
Rinconada,  Pbla.  .  .  . 
Sabinas.    Coah  .  . 

Yrolo,  Hdgo  

Yurecuaro,  Mich.  .  .. 
Zacateoas.  Z  »c  .  . 

The  ordinary  tariff  rate  is  applicable  to  all  ordinary  classes  of  merchandise 
and  other  articles  not  classified  in  any  other  manner. 

The  special  tariff  rate  is  applicable  to  any  shipment  of  sugar  cane,  fresh 
meats,  game,  beer,  fresh  fruits,  ice,  eggs,  milk,  vegetables,  butter,  oysters, 
fresh  fish,  pulque,  and  cheese. 

No  package  shall  be  received  for  any  distance,  if  the  charge  is  less  than 
25  eta. 

JOHN  J.  VALENTINE,  General  Manager,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

E.  M.  COOPER,  Superintendent  General,  P.  D.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

DANIEL  TURNER,  Superintendent,  City  of  Mexico. 


POSTAL  RATES. 


Postal  rates  in  Mexico  are  as  follows: — 

SERVICE  TO  THE  INTERIOR. 

The  mail  rates  for  the  interior  service  of  the  Republic  are  as  fol- 
lows:— 

FIRST- CLASS  MATTER. — Letters  or  communications. 

Up  to  15  grams  (J  ounce) 10  cts. 

More  than     15  and  less  than    30  (1     ounce) 20    " 

"  30        "      "  45  (1£      "     ) 30    " 

"  45        "      "  60  (2        "     ) 40    " 

«  60       "      "  75  (2J      "     ) 50   " 

"  75        "      "  90  (3       "     ) 60   " 

"  90       '<      "          105  (3$     "     ) 70   " 

«          105       "      "          120  (4       "     ) 80   " 

And  so  on  successively,  adding  10  cents  for  each  15  grams  (^ 
ounce)  or  fraction  of  that  weight,  up  to  2  kilograms,'  the  highest 
weight  admissible  in  the  mails. 

Letter  card,  each  one 10  cts. 

Postal  card,  each  one 5    " 

Postal  card,  with  answer  prepaid 10    " 

SECOND  CLASS. — Periodical  publications. 

Those  registered  according  to  Postal  Regulations,  sent  by  editors 
or  their  agents,  for  each  480  grams  (one  pound)  or  fraction  thereof, 
4  cents. 

Prospectuses  or  first  numbers  of  said  publications  are  sent  free. 

THIRD  CLASS. — Books,  circulars  (not  official),  business  documents? 
publications  not  periodicals,  copy  for  printers,  proofs,  corrected  or 
not,  the  original  copy  and  printed  matter,  not  included  in  the  second 
class,  and  second-class  matter  not  sent  by  editors  or  their  agents. 

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496  POSTAL  RATES. 

Up  to  60  grams 1  ct. 

More  than    60  and  less  than     120 2  cts. 

"          120        "      "  180 3    " 

"          180       "      "  240 4    " 

«  240        "      "  300 5    " 

And  so  on  successively,  adding  1  cent  for  each  60  grains  (2 
ounces)  or  fraction  thereof,  up  to  2  kilograms. 

FOURTH  CLASS. — Samples  without  mercantile  value,  and  articles 
not  comprised  in  the  first,  second,  and  third  class,  and  that  owing 
to  the  volume,  weight,  and  shape,  may  be  admitted  in  the  mail. 

Up  to    30  grams  (1   ounce) 2  cts. 

More  than     30  and  less  than    60  (2  ounces) 4    " 

"  60        «      "  90  (3       "     ) 6 

90       "      "         120(4       "    ) 8    " 

120        "      «       '150  (5       "     ) 10   « 

And  so  on  successively,  adding  2  cents  for  each  30  grams  or 
portion  thereof,  up  to  2  kilograms. 

SERVICE  IN  CITIES. 
FIRST-CLASS  MATTER. — 

Up  to  15  grams  (i  ounce) 4  cts. 

More  than    15  and  less  than     30  (1     ounce) 8    " 

"    '        30        "       "  45  (1£      «     ) 12   " 

"  45        "      "  60  (2        "     ) 16    " 

And  so  on  successively,  adding  4  cents  for  each  15  grams  (£ 
ounce)  or  fraction  thereof  up  to  2  kilograms. 

Letter  card,  each 4  cts. 

Postal     "         "      2    " 

Postal     "     with  answer  prepaid 4    " 

SECOND,  THIRI>,  AND  FOURTH  CLASS  MATTER. — The  same  as  for 
interior  service. 

REGISTERED  LETTERS. — The  fee  for  registration  is  25  cents  for 
interior  and  city  service,  which  must  be  paid  in  postage  stamps,  to 
be  adhered  to  the  mail  matter  by  the  sender,  together  with  the  cor- 
responding postage  thereon. 


POSTAL  RATES.  497 

SERVICE    TO   FOREIGN    COUNTRIES    INCLUDED    IN   THE    UNIVERSAL 
POSTAL  UNION  (EXCEPTING  THE  UNITED  STATES). 

If  sent  by  steamers  receiving  subsidy : — 

Letters  up  to  15  grams 5  cts. 

And  same  amount  for  each  15  grams  additional. 

Printed  matter  up  to  50  grams 1  ct. 

And  same  amount  for  each  50  grams  additional 
up  to  2  kilograms,  limit  allowed. 

Postal  cards,  each 2  cts. 

Postal  cards  with  answer  prepaid 4    " 

If  sent  by  steamers  not  receiving  subsidy: — 

Letters  up  to  15  grams 10    " 

And  same  amount  for  each  15  grams  additional. 

Printed  matter  up  to  50  grams 2    " 

And  same  amount  for  each  50  grams  additional 
up  to  2  kilograms,  limit  allowed. 

Postal  cards,  each 3    " 

Postal  cards  each  with  answer  prepaid 6    " 

Mail  matter  for  countries  in  the  Postal  Union  may  be  registered 
upon  the  payment  of  a  registration  fee  of  10  cents. 

Persons  desiring  to  receive  acknowledgment  of  receipt  of  regis- 
tered mail,  may  do  so  by  paying  an  additional  fee  of  5  cents. 

The  regulations  as  to  registration  are  applicable  to  jio&tal  pack 
ages  of  merchandise. 

SPECIAL  RATES  FOR  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Letters  up  to  15  grams 5  cts. 

More  than     15  and  less  than    30 10   " 

"  30       "      "  45 15   " 

"  45       "      "  60 20    " 

"  60       "      "  75 25   " 

«  75       "      "  90. 30   " 

"  90       "      «         105 35    " 

105        "      «          120 40   « 

And  so  on  successively,  adding  5  cents  for  each  15   grams  or 
.fraction  thereof. 

Postal  cards,  each 2  cts. 

Postal  cards  with  answer  prepaid 4    " 

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498  POSTAL  RATES. 

SECOND  CLASS. — Periodical  publications  registered  by  the  editors, 
and  sent  by  them  or  their  agents,  for  each  480  grams,  or  fraction 
thereof,  4  cents. 

THIRD  CLASS.-  -Books,  circulars,  business  documents,  publications 
not  periodicals,  printers'  proofs,  etc.,  for  each  60  grants  or  frac-* 
tion  thereof,  1  cent. 

FOURTH  CLASS. — Samples  of  merchandise  and  other  articles  not 
comprised  in  first,  second,  and  third  classes  up  to  100  graws,  2 
cents;  exceeding  100  grams  and  not  150,  3  cents;  and  so  on 
successively,  adding  one  cent  for  each  50  grams  or  fraction 
thereof  up  to  2  kilograms,  maximum  allowed. 

Postal  Packages  with  Merchandise. 

Up  to  460  grams 12  cts. 

More  than  460  and  less  than  920 24    " 

"         920       "      "      1,380 36   •« 

For  fur  the  information,  see  Postal  Convention  and  Parcel  Post 
Convention  with  United  States,  from  page  227  to  page  238. 

SERVICE  TO  COUNTRIES  NOT  COMPRISED  WITHIN  THE  POSTAL  UNION. 
FIRST-CLASS  MATTER. — 

Postal  card  or  postal  letter 20  cts. 

Letter  up  to  15  grams 20    " 

More  than  15  and  less  than  30 40    " 

»         30       "      "         60 60    " 

And  so  on  successively,  adding  20  cents  for  each  15  grams  or 
fraction  thereof. 

SECOND-CLASS  MATTER. — Periodical  publications  registered  and 
mailed  by  editors  or  their  agents,  pay  at  the  rate  of  8  cents  for  each 
480  grams  or  fraction  thereof. 

THIRD-CLASS  MATTER. — Books,  circulars,  business  documents, 
publications  not  periodicals,  proof  sheets,  etc.,  pay  at  the  rate  of  2 
cents  for  each  30  grams  or  fraction  thereof. 

FOURTH-CLASS  MATTER. — Articles  comprised  in  this  class  pay  at 
the  rate  of  4  cents  for  each  30  grams  and  portion  thereof. 

On  mail  and  articles  coming  from  said  countries  parties  receiving 
them  must  pay  in  postage  stamps  the  same  amount  stated  as  above, 
otherwise  delivery  will  not  be  made. 


POSTAL  RATES.  499 

The  system  of  registered  mail  has  not  been  adopted  for  such  coun- 
tries. 

POSTAGE  FROM  UNITED  STATES  TO  MEXICO. 

By  virtue  of  the  Postal  Convention  already  included  here,  the 
postage  from  the  United  States  to  Mexico  is  the  same  as  in  the 
former  country,  except  that  merchandise  not  bona-fide  trade  samples 
is  required  to  be  sent  by  parcels  post.  Sealed  packages  other  than 
letters  are  unmailable. 

Therefore,  postage  on  letters  addressed  in  the  United  States  to 
Mexico  is  2  cents  for  each  ounce  or  fractien  thereof;  postal  cards,  1 
cent;  newspapers  and  magazines,  1  cent  for  each  4  ounces  or  frac- 
tion; printed  matter,  "circulars,  books,  etc.,"  one  cent  for  each  2 
ounces  or  fraction;  merchandise,  1  cent  for  each  ounce  or  fraction, 
and  registry  fee  is  10  cents,  in  addition  to  regular  postage. 

Packages  may  be  sent  by  parcel  post  to  Mexico,  as  already  stated. 
The  package  for  a  parcel  not  exceeding  one  pound  in  weight  is  12 
cents;  for  every  additional  pound  or  fraction  thereof,  12  cents,  the 
limits  of  dimensions  of  parcels  being  2  feet  by  4  feet.  Such  pack- 
ages can  be  mailed  only  at  the  post  office,  where  full  instructions 
are  given  as  to  manner  of  wrapping,  addressing,  etc. 


PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 


GENERAL  INFORMATION,  CONDENSED  TIME  TABLES, 
.    ETC.,  ETC. 

MEXICAN    CENTRAL    RAILWAY. 

This  railway  was  constructed  by  virtue  of  a  concession  granted 
by  the  Mexican  Government  in  [April,  1880,  which  has  been 
amended  and  modified  at  various  times,  thus  permitting  the  com- 
pany (incorporated  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  February  25, 
1880)  to  build  branch  lines  to  Guadalajara,  San  Luis  Potosi,  Tam- 
pico,  and  other  towns  of  importance.  Though  nominally  work  was 
commenced  in  May,  1880,  but  little  was  done  that  year.  Construc- 
tion was  carried  simultaneously  at  its  northern  and  southern  ex- 
tremities, and  thereby  the  company  was  enabled  to  terminate  the 
main  line  sooner  than  was  anticipated  by  the  general  public.  In 
September,  1882,  the  road  was  finished  from  Paso  del  Norte  to 
Chihuahua,  and  in  November  of  the  same  year  the  locomotive 
reached  Silao  from  the  City  of  Mexico.  Great  progress  was  made 
in  1884,  the  northern  end  being  at- Jimenez  in  June  and  at  Lerdo  in 
September;  and  the  southern  extremity  being  carried  to  Lagos  in 
the  early  part  of  the  year,  to  Encarnacion  in'^June,  to  Aguas  Calien- 
tes  in  September,  and  to  Zacatecas  three  days  before  Christmas. 
The  month  of  March,  1884,  saw  the  said  main  line  completed,  and 
on  the  8th  of  that  month  the  government  inspector  informed  the 
Department  of  Public  Woi-ks  at  the  City  of  Mexico  that  the  last 
spike  had  been  driven  at  kilometer  764,  near  Fresnillo,  thus  con- 
necting the  northern  and  southern  sections  of  the  railway. 

The  first  through  train  left  the  capital  of  the  Republic  on  the  22d 
of  March,  1884,  but  the  road  was  not  opened  to  regular  passenger 
traffic  till  the  10th  of  the  succeeding  Apiil.  The  Guadalajara 
(500) 


PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC.  501 

division  was  opened  May  21,  1888.  During  the  year  ending 
May  1,  1890,  about  200  miles  of  new  road  were  built,  including 
the  completion  of  the  Tampico  division,  which  was  finished  March 
30,  1890,  and  which  now  brings  the  line  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  at 
Tampico.  The  Tampico  Harbor  Company  (practically  owned  by  this 
company)  has  been  organized  for  the  purpose  of  canalizing,  by  jet- 
ties, the  harbor  of  Tampico,  for  the  aid  of  which  purpose  a  conces- 
sion has  been  granted  by  the  Mexican  Government.  Work  was 
commenced  March  13,  1890,  and  it  is  expected  to  have  the  entire 
undertaking  completed  this  year. 

The  officers  of  the  company  are;  S.  W.  Reynolds,  President,  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts;  R.  R.  Symon,  Vice  President,  London,  England. 
E.  W.  Jackson,  Second  Vice  President  and  General  Manager, 
Mexico,  Mexico;  J.  T.  Harmer,  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts; W.  A.  Frost,  Auditor,  Mexico,  Mexico;  J.  F.  Harmer, 
General  Auditor,  Boston,  Massachusetts;  Assistant  Manager,  E. 
H.  Whorf,  Mexico,  Mexico;  and  General  Passenger  and  Freight 
Agent,  A.  C.  Michaelis,  Mexico,  Mexico. 

Principal  office  and  address  in  the  United  States,  70  Kilby  Street, 
Boston.  Offices  at  City  of  Mexico  at  Buena  Vista  station. 

The  main  line  and  branches  of  the  railway  are  as  follows: — 

MILKS. 

Main  line,  City  of  Mexico  to  El  Paso,  Texas 1,224.16 

Guanajuato  branch,  Silao  to  Guanajuato 11 .34 

Branch  to  stone  quarry 6. 50 

San  Luis  division,  Chicalote  to  San  Luis  Potosi 130.70 

Tampico  division,  San  Luis  Potosi  to  Tampico 275.82 

Bar  extension,  Tampico  to  La  Barra 5.90 

San  Bias  division 16.60 

Guadalajara  division 160.9  I 


Total  mileage 1 ,832.00 

The  road  is  broad  gauge,  4  feet  8i  inches. 

Through  train  from  City  of  Mexico  for  Ciudad  Juarez  (Paso  del 
Norte)  daily  at  8:15  p.  M.,  arriving  third  day,  7  A.  M.  From  Ciudad 
Juarez  6:30  p.  M.,  arriving  at  the  City  of  Mexico  7  A.  M.  third  day. 

Accommodation  train  from  City  of  Mexico  for  Leon  daily  at  7:30 
A.  M.,  arriving  7:30  P.  M.  same  day.  From  Leon  6:30  A.  M.,  arriving 
same  dav  6:30  P.  M. 


502  PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 

From  Silao  to  Guanajuato  (Guanajuato  branch)  daily  upon  ar- 
rival of  through  and  accommodation  trains  either  way. 

From  Iraparato  to  Guadalajara  daily  at  8:45  A.  M.,  arriving  same 
day  at  4:45  P.  M.  From  Guadalajara  at  9:15  A:  M.,  arriving  at  5:15 
p.  M. 

Fro  n  Agu  xscalientes  to  San  Luis  Potosi  daily  at  1 :45  P.  M.,  ar- 
riving at  7  P.  M.  From  San  Luis  Potosi  at  7:30  A.  M.,  arriving  at 
12:45  P.  M. 

Trains  for  Tampico  leave  San  Luis  Potosi  on  Tuesdays  and  Fri- 
days at  12:15  A.  M.,  and  for  San  Luis  Potosi  from  Tampico  on 
Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  9:30  A.  M. 

THE  MEXICAN  RAILWAY. 

This  is  the  first  railway  constructed  in  the  Republic,  having  been 
begun  in  1857,  and  portions  of  the  line  were  opened  at  different 
times.  Tbe  Puebla  branch  was  inaugurated  in  1869,  the  main  line 
was  opened  for  its  entire  length  in  1873,  and  the  extension  from 
Ometusco  toPacheco  in  December,  1890.  The  line  is  well  built,  the 
gauge  is  4  feet,  8J  inches,  and  its  cost  amounted  to  $30,000,000. 

Its  officers  are:  Thomas  C.  Sanders,  President,  London,  England; 
Secretary,  John  T.  Dennison,  London,  England.  General  office,  45 
New  Broad  Street,  London,  E.  C.  Offices  at  City  of  Mexico, 
Buena  Vista  Station.  Resident  Director,  Thomas  Braniff,  City  of 
Mexico.  General  Manager,  George  Foot,  City  of  Mexico. 

MILES. 

Main  line  of  road,  City  of  Mexico  to  Vera  Cruz 264 

Pachuca  branch,  Oinetusca  to  Pachuca 28 

Puebla  branch,  Apizaco  to  Puebla   29 

Total 321 

The  company  also  operates  the  Jalapa  branch  from  Jalapa  to 
Vera  Cruz,  70.75  miles,  of  which  9.5  miles  are  operated  as  part  of 
the  company's  main  line,  and  included  in  its  length  (264  miles), 
as  given  above. 

Trains  from  City  of  Mexico  for  Vera  Cruz  leave  daily  at  7  A.  M., 
arriving  on  the  same  day  at  6:30  P.M.  From  Vera  Cruz  trains  leave 
at  6  A.  M.,  arriving  at  6:40  p.  M.  Close  connections  are  made  with 
such  trains  at  Apizaco  for  Puebla  and  at  Ometusco  for  Pachuca. 


PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  EEPUBLIC.  503 

MEXICAN  NATIONAL  RAILROAD. 

The  company  operating  this  road  is  a  reorganization  of  the  Mex- 
ican National  Railway  Company,  whose  property  was  sold  under 
foreclosure  in  May,  1887.  The  through  line  was  completed  Sep- 
tember 28,  1888,  and  opened  for  traffic  November  1,  1888. 

The  officers  of  the  company  are:  W.  G.  Raoul,  President,  New 
York  City,  N.  Y.;  J.  A.  Horsey,  Vice  President,  New  York  City, 
N.  Y.;  Treasurer,  Gabriel  Morton,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Secretary, 
A.  Anderson,  Jr.,  New  York  City;  Theo.  D.  Kline,  General  Mana- 
ger, City  of  Mexico;  B.  W.Thatcher,  General  Freight  and  Passenger 
Agent,  City  of  Mexico. 

Principal  office  and  address,  No.  6  Wall  Street,  New  York  City, 
N.  Y.  City  of  Mexico  address,  No.  28  Calle  de  Ortega. 

MILES. 

Mainline  of  road,  City  of  Mexico  to  Nuevo  Laredo 838.63 

El  Salto  branch,  City  of  Mexico  to  El  Salto 42.41 

Patzcuaro  branch,   Acambaro  to  Patzcuaro 95.85 

Belt  Line  Railroad,  .Santiago  to  San    Lazaro  customs  gate 

*  in  City  of  Mexico 3.17 

Matamoros  Division,  Matamoros  to  San  Miguel 75.50 

Texas  Mexican  Railway,  Corpus  Christi,  Texas,  to  Laredo 

,     and  branch 162.03 

Brown  >ville  and  Gulf,  Rio  Grande  River  through  Browns- 
ville,  Texas 1.00 


Total 1,218.59 

Besides  other  lines  used  as  side  tracks  and  tramway. . . .     13.65 


Total  length  of  lines 1,232.24 

The  road  is  narrow  gauge. 

Through  train  from  City  of  Mexico  to  Laredo,  Texas,  leaves  daily 
at  2:30  P.  M.,  arriving  at  Laredo  7  A.  M.  third  day.  From  Laredo  at 

25  P.  M.  daily,  arriving  at  City  of  Mexico  1:15  p.  M.  third  day. 

Accommodation  train  leaves  daily  City  of  Mexico  6:15  A.  M.,  ar- 
riving at  San  Miguel  Allende  at  8:30  p.  M.  same  day.  Leaves  San 
Miguel  at  5:45  A.  M.,  and  arrives  at  City  of  Mexico  at  8:05  p.  M. 

Accommodation  train  leaves  daily  Laredo,  Texas,  at  6:35  A.  M., 
arriving  at  Monterey  at  7  p.  M.  Leaves  Monterey  at  7:15  A.  M., 
and  arrives  at  Laredo,  Texas,  at  7:25  p.  M. 


504  PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OP  THE  REPUBLIC. 

There  are  trains  running  between  Acambaro  and  Morelia,  leaving 
4:25  P.  M.  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  and  7:45  A.  M.  daily.  The 
latter  goes  as  far  as  Patzcuaro. 

MEXICAN  INTEROCEANIC  RAILWAY. 

The  main  line  of  this  company  is  to  extend  from  Vera  Cruz,  on 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  Acapulco,  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  passing  through 
the  City  of  Mexico.  The  road  from  the  capital  to  Jalapa  is  open  to 
traffic,  and  tlie  portion  from  Jalapa  to  Vera  Cruz  is  already  con- 
structed. It  has  a  branch  from  Matamorcs  Izucar  on  the  main  line 
to  Puebla,  and  a  portion  of  the  line  to  Acapulco  as  far  as  Jojutla  is 
built.  It  is  a  narrow-gauge  line. 

Trains  leave  City  of  Mexico  daily  at  6:30  A.  M.,  arriving  at  Ja- 
lapa at  7:10  P.  M.  of  the  same  day.  Leave  Jalapa  at  5:50  A.  M.  and 
arrive  at  City  of  Mexico  at  6:04  p.  M.  Besides  there  are  accommo- 
dation trains  from  Puebla  to  Jalapa  and  the  City  of  Mexico. 

Trains  leave  City  of  Mexico  daily  at  8  A.  M.,  arriving  at  Jojutla  at 
5:30  P.  M.  Leave  Jojutla  at  6:30  A.  M.,  arriving  at  City  of  Mexico 
at  5:22  P.  M. 

Offices  of  company  at  San  Lazaro  Station,  City  of  Mexico. 

MEXICAN  INTERNATIONAL  RAILWAY. 

This  railway  is  an  extension  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company's 
system  of  railroads.  It  was  opened  to  traffic  in  the  year  1884.  Its 
line  extends  517  miles,  from  Ciutlad  Porfirio  Diaz  (Piedras  Negras) 
to  Torreon,  where  it  connects  with  the  Mexican  Central  Railway. 

MILES. 

Main  line  of  road,  Ciudad  Porfirio  Diaz  to  Torreon 283. 1 1 

Lampazos  branch,  completed  from  near  Sabinas  Station  to 

Hondo 12.31 

San  Pedro  branch,  Hornos  to  San  Pedro 14.35 


Total  mileage  in  operation 409.77 

It  is  a  broad-gauge  line.  Construction  is  now  going  on  from 
Torreon  towards  the  City  of  Durango. 

About  70  miles,  extending  from  Ciudad  Porfirio  Diaz  to  Sabinas, 
and  including  the  part  within  Mexican  territory  of  the  International 
Bridge  over  the  Rio  Grande,  were  completed  in  1883.  In  1884 


PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC.  505 

89.37  miles  of  the  main  line  were  completed,  and  also  10.84  of  the 
Lampazos  branch,  the  latter  thus  reaching  the  coal  fields  of  San 
Felipe.  The  track  of  the  main  line  was  completed  January  12, 
1888,  to  Torreon,  and  operation  on  the  road  was  commenced  March 
1,  1888.  The  San  Pedro  branch  was  built?  in  1890. 

Officers:  C.  P.  Huntington,  President,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.- 
E.  St.  John,  Vice  President,  New  York  Cjty,  N.  Y.;  Treasurer,  F. 
H.  Davis,  New  York  City;  Secretary,  Jas.  Stewart  Mackie,  New 
York  City,  N.  Y.;  General  Manager,  L.  M.  Johnson,  Ciudad  Porfi- 
rio  Diaz,  Mexico. 

General  offices:  23  Broad  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.;  Ciudad 
Porfirio  Diaz,  Mexico. 

MONTEREY  AND  MEXICAN  GULF  RAILROAD. 

Tlie  tirst  portion  of  this  road  was  opened  on  May  5,  1889;  to 
Montemorelos,  68  miles,  June  30,  1889;  from  Venadito  to  Villa- 
gran,  188  miles,  on  April  1,  1890;  to  La  Cruz,  216  miles,  August, 
1890;  to  Victoria,  242  miles.  October,  1890;  and  to  Tampico  July 
20,  1891.  The  line  extends  from  General  TreviHo  (formerly  Vena- 
dito), on  the  International  Railway,  southeast  through  Monterey, 
Linares,  and  Victoria,  to  Tampico,  on  the  Gulf,  387  miles. 

Annual  meeting  of  the  company,  first  Tuesday  in  September,  at 
40  and  42  Wall  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Officers:  Geronimo  Trevino,  President,  Monterey,  Mexico;  T.  S. 
Bullock,  First  Vice  President, New  York  City,  N.  Y.;  J.  J.  Fisher, 
Second  Vice  President,  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Emeterio  de  la  Garza, 
Third  Vice  President  and  General  Attorney,  City  of  Mexico,  Mex.; 
V.  A.  Wilder,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  J.  A. 
Robertson,  General  Manager,  Monterey,  Mex.;  William  H.  Went- 
worth,  Chief  Engineer,  Monterey,  Mex.;  Samuel  Bengamon,  Comp- 
troller, New  York,  N.  Y. ;  W.  H.  Lingard,  Auditor,  Monterey, 
Mex. 

Principal  office  and  address,  40  and  42  Wall  Street,  New  York. 
City,  N.  Y.  Executive  office,  Monterey,  Mex. 

Trains  leave  Monterey  at  7  A.  M.,  arriving  at  General  Trevino  at 
10  A.  M.  Leave  General  Trevino  at  1:45  P.  M.,  arriving  at  Monte- 
rey at  4:45  p.  M. 

Leave  Monterey  daily  at  8  A.  M.  for  Ciudad  Victoria,  arriving  at 


506  PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 

5  P.  M.,  and  leave  Ciudad  Victoria  at   8   A.  M.  and   arrive  at   Mon- 
terey at  5  P.  M. 

From  Ciudad  Victoria  trains  leave  daily  for  Tampico  at  7  A.  M., 
arriving  at  6:30  P.  M.;  and  leave  Tampico  at  7:30  A.  M.,  and  arrive 
at  Ciudad  Victoria  at  6:50  P.  M. 

MEXICAN  SOUTHERN  RAILWAY. 

The  company  that  operates  tliis  road  was  chartered  May  9,  1890, 
It  is  completed  and  in  operation  to  Tecomavaca,  a  distance  of  140 
miles,  and  will  soon  be  terminated  to  Oaxaca,  making  a  total  of  228 
miles. 

It  is  a  narrow-gauge  road. 

Officers:  A.  J.  Mundella,  M.  P.  President;  A.  0.  Chamier,  Secre- 
tary; General  Manager,  W.  A.  Eckersley;  Traffic  Manager,  Walter 
Morcom. 

Offices:  Broad  Street  Avenue,  London  E.  0.;  Manager's  office, 
Puebla. 

Trains  leave  Puebla  daily  at  7:45  A.  M.,  arriving  at  Tecomavaca 
at  5:40  P.  M.  on  the  same  day.  Leave  Tecomavaca  at  7:10  A.  M., 
arriving  at  Puebla  at  5:30  A.  M. 

SONORA  RAILWAY. 

Tlie  Sonora  Railway  Company,  Limited,  opened  its  road  from 
Guaymas  to  Hermosillo,  Mexico,  90  miles,  November,  1881,  and  to 
Nogales  on  October  25,  1882.  This  line  is  owned  by  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  and  with  the  New  Mexico 
and  Arizona  Railroad  forms  the  Sonora  Division  of  the  Atchison 
Company's  system  of  roads. 

It  is  broad  gauge  and  extends  from  Guaymas  to  Nogales,  a  dis- 
tance of  262.41  miles. 

Officers:  Allen  Manuel,  President,  Chicago,  111.;  J.  W.  Reinhart, 
Vice  President  and  Auditor,  Boston,  Mass.;  Robert  R.  Symon, 
Second  Vice  President,  London,  England;  Secretary,  L.  C.  Deming, 
Boston,  Mass.;  Treasurer,  Geo.  L.  Goodwin,  Boston,  Mass.;  Jas. 
Naugle,  General  Manager,  Guaymas. 

Principal  office  in  United  States,  95  Milk  Street,  Boston,  Mass.; 
in  Mexico,  Guaymas.  > 

Trains  leave  Nogales  daily  for  Guaymas  at  4  p.  M.,  and  leave 
Guaymas  for  Nogales  at  1:40  P.  M. 


PRINCIPAL  RAILWAYS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC.  507 

MEXICAN  NORTHERN  RAILWAY. 

The  company  operating  this  road  was  chartered  June  26,  1890. 
Road  was  opened  to  Rincon  in  February,  1891,  and  the  entire  line 
was  in  operation  by  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  It  is  a  broad-gauge 
road,  and  runs  from  Escalon,  a  station  on  the  Mexican  Central 
Railway,  to  Sierra  Mojada,  a  distance  of  81.25  miles. 

The  officers  of  this  company  are  Robert  S.  Towne,  President,  city 
of  Mexico;  August  R.  Meyer,  Vice  President,  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri; Nathaniel  Witherell,  second  Vice  President,  New  York  City; 
C.  J.  Nourse,  Jr.,  Secretary,  New  York  City;  \V.  F.  Drummer, 
Treasurer,  Chicago,  Illinois;  Vinton  P.  Safford,  Superintendent  and 
Chief  Engineer,  Escalon,  Mexico. 

Principal  offices  and  addresses,  No.  20  Nassau  Street,  New  York 
City,  and  Calle  de  Cadena,  No.  10,  City  of  Mexico. 

HIDALGO  AND  NORTHWESTERN  RAILROAD. 

This  road  was  the  pioneer  line  connecting  the  Mexican  Railway 
with  the  city  of  Pachuca;  thereafter  and  within  the  last  two  years 
it  has  been  extended  to  the  City  of  Mexico. 

MILES. 

Main  line  from  City  of  Mexico  to  Pachuca 68.31 

Tulancingo  Branch 19.87 

Pachuca  to  Irolo 43.47 

Tezayuca  to  Teoluyacan 16. 15 


Total 147.80 

Trains  leave  City  of  Mexico  daily  at  7:15  A.  M.  and  3:30  P.  M.,  ar- 
riving at  Pachuca  at  11:15  A.  M.  and  6:15  P.  M.  Lsave  Pachuca  at 
7:40  A.  M.  and  2:30  P.  M.,  and  arrive  at  City  of  Mexico  9:25  A.  M. 
and  6:35  P.  M. 

The  train  connecting  with  the  Mexican  Railway  at  Irolo  leaves 
Pachuca  daily,  8:45  A.  M.,  arriving  at  Irolo  at  11:20;  returning 
leaves  Irolo  at  1:25  P.  M.  and  arrives  at  Pachuca  at  4:15. 

Offices  at  Cordobanes,  No.  5,  City  of  Mexico,  Gabriel  Mancera 
General  Manager. 

SINALOA  AND  DURANGO  RAILROAD. 

The  line  of  road  constructed  is  from  Alfcata,  a  seaport  on  the 
Gulf  of  California,  to  Culiacan,  capital  of  the  state  of  Sinaloa,  a  dis- 


508  PRINCIPAL  STEAMSHIP  LINES. 

tance  of  38.5  miles.  It  is  a  broad  gauge  road.  The  company  was 
chartered  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts  in  1881, 
and  the  road  was  opened  February  12,  1883.  The  company's  char- 
ter was  amended  in  1888,  authorizing  the  construction  of  a  road 
from  Mazatlan  to  Guaymas. 

Officers:  R.  R.  Symon,  Vice  President  and  General  Manager, 
London,  England  and  New  York  City;  I.  W.  Richardson,  Treas- 
urer, Boston,  Massachusetts;  George  R.  Douglass,  General  Super- 
intendent, Cubacnn,  Mexico;  F.  E.  James,  clerk,  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. Principal  office  and  address,  40  Water  Street,  Boston 
Massachusetts. 

For  extension  of  other  railways  see  page  403. 


PRINCIPAL  STEAMSHIP   LINES. 


NEW  YORK  AND  CUBA  MAIL    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY  (WARD  LINE). 

James  E.  Ward  &  Co.,  General  Agents;  office  113  Wall  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Steamers  leave  from  piers  16  and  17,  East  River,  New  York 
Weekly  service  between  New  York,  Progreso,  Catnpeche,  Laguna 
Froutera,  Vera  Cruz,  Tuxpam  and  Tampico. 

PACIFIC  MAIL    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

H.  J.  Bullay,  General  Superintendent;  office,  pier,  foot  of  .Canal 
Street,  New  York  City.  Alex.  Center,  General  Agent,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Steamers  sail  from  pier,  foot  of  Canal  Street,  North  River,  New 
York,  for  Colon,  thence  by  Panama  Railroad  to  Panama,  from  which 
port  steamers  leave  for  San  Francisco,  touching  at  Mexican  ports 
on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Steamers  leave  San  Francisco  on  the  5th,  15th,  18th  and  25th  for 
Panama,  touching  at  Mexican  ports  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 


PRINCIPAL  STEAMSHIP  LINES.  509 

COMPANIA  TRANSATLANTICA  ESPANOLA. 

Messrs.  J.  M.  Ceballos  &  Co.,  agents;  office,  No.  80  Wall  Street, 
New  York  City. 

Steamers  sail  from  pier  41,  North  River  (foot  of  Hoboken  Street), 
New  York,  the  10th,  13th,  20th,  and  30th  of  each  month,  touching 
at  Mexican  ports  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

Vessels  of  this  line  sail  from  Vera  Cruz  on  the  8th,  18th,  and 
28th  of  each  month  for  Havana,  New. York  and  Europe. 

COMPAGNIE  GENERALE  TRANSATLANTIC^  E. 

Monthly  sailings  from  Havre  to  Vera  Cruz;  also  once  a  month 
from  St.  N  a  zaire. 

HAMBURG- AMERICAN  PACKET  COMPANY. 

Steamers  of  this  line  touch  once  or  twice  a  month  at  Vera  Cruz 
for  European  ports. 

ROYAL  MAIL  STEAM    PACKET  COMPANY. 

Steamers  of  this  line  sail  from  Southampton,  England,  stopping 
at  Vera  Cruz  twice  a  month. 

HARRISON  LINE. 

Steamers  of  this  line  sail  from  Liverpool  once  or  twice  a  month 
for  Vera  Cruz,  touching  also  at  Progreso  and  Tavnpico. 

WEST   INDIA  AND  PACIFIC  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Steamers  sail  from  Vera  Cruz  2  'th  and  25th  of  each  month  for 
London  and  Liverpool,  via  New  Orleans.  On  the  trips  from  Eu- 
rope stoppages  are  usually  made  at  Progreso  and  Tampico. 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC    COMPANY  (MORGAN  LINE). 

Steamers  leave  Morgan  City,  Louisiana,  for  Vera  Cruz,  stopping 
at  Galveston,  Texas,  twice  a  month.  Time,  about  60  hours  from 
Galveston,  80  hours  from  New  Orleans  (via  Morgan  City). 

PACIFIC  COAST    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Steamer  Nev)bern  leaves  San  Francisco  1st  of  every  month  for 
Mazatlan,  La  Paz,  Guaymas,  and  other  Mexican  ports.  Goodall, 
Perkins  &  Co.  General  Agents,  No.  10  Market  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 


510  TELEGRAPH  LINES. 

COASTWISE  STEAMERS. 

GULF   COAST. 

Steamers  Campeehano  and  Ibero  sail  between  Vera  Cruz  and  Pro- 
greso,  stopping  at  Celestum,  Campeche.  Champoton,  Laguna,  and 
Frontera. 

Steamer  Tabasqueno  sails  from  Progreso  for  Campeche,  Laguna 
Frontera,  Vera  Cruz,  and  Coatzacoalcos. 

Steamer  Fenix  sails  from  Progreso  for  Campeche,  Lagnna,  and 
Frontera. 

Steamer  J.  W.  WUson  runs  between  Vera  Cruz  and  Tuxpam,  and 
between  Tuxpam  and  Tecolutla  and  Cazones. 

Steamer  Tlacotdlpam  runs  between  Vera  Cruz,  Tlacotalpam,  and 
Alvaredo. 

PACIFIC  COAST. 

There  are  two  lines  of  steamers  in  trade  between  the  Pacific 
ports,  viz.:  Steamers  of  the  Sonora  Railroad  and  the  Alejandro, 
making  the  ports  of  Guaymas,  La  Paz,  Santa  Rosalia,  Aguiabampo 
Topolobampo,  Mazatlan,  Perihuete,  San  Bias,  and  Manzanillo. 


TELEGRAPH  LINES. 

• 

The  Federal  Government  owns  a  thorough  and  complete  system 
of  telegraph  lines,  connecting  all  large  cities,  and  having  an  exten- 
sion of  over  20,000  miles,  all  open  to  the  public  service.  Besides, 
all  railroad  companies  under  their  respective  charters  have  con- 
structed telegraph  lines,  which  are  likewise  used  by  the  public. 


REVENUE  STAMP  TAX. 


It  is  not  possible  to  insert  here  all  the  provisions  of  the  laws  regu- 
lating the  revenue  stamp  tax  in  force  in  the  .Republic.  Reference 
will  only  be  made  to  the  rates  and  values  of  stamps  to  be  affixed  to 
documents  and  writings  in  ordinary,  everyday  transactions  and  in 
the  principal  mercantile  operations. 
BANK  NOTE  OR  BILL  from  $5.00  to  $10  must  bear  a  stamp  of 

the  value  of 2  cts. 

From  $11  to  $50 5    " 

From  $51  upwards,  for  each  $50  and  fraction  thereof.  ...      5    " 
The  National  Bank  of  Mexico  has  a  special  concession. 
BOND. — Any  bond  or    document,    issued  by   any  undertak- 
ing  or   company,  representing  shares,  for  a  value  not 

to  exceed  $50 5   " 

More  than  that  value,  for  each  $50  and  fraction  thereof.  .      5    " 

If  the  bond  does  not  state  any  value $1   00 

Bonds  and  certificates  issued  by  the  Federal  Treasury,  the 

States  or  Municipalities Free. 

All  entries  of  partial  payment  made  by  the  officers  of  the 
public  debt,  or  the  receipts  given  by  the  parties  con- 
cerned when  deposing  any  bonds  in  conformity  with  the 

law Free. 

LETTER  OF  CREDIT,  payment  or  counter  order,  from  $1.00  to 

$20 2  cts. 

In  excess  of  that  sum,  for  each  $20  or  fraction  thereof.  .      2    " 
CHECK  issued  by  banks,  mercantile  establishments,  and  pri- 
vate persons,  up  to  $100 5    " 

More  than  that  value 10   " 

CONTRACT,  private,  beside  the  stamps  corresponding  to  the 
internal  revenue,  if  the  contract  is  for  the  performance  of 
some  labor,  fulfillment  of  some  agreement,  for  private 

employment,  or  for  any  other  cause,  on  each  leaf 50    " 

(511) 


512  REVENUE   STAMP  TAX. 

Ditto,  when  for  sale,  exchange,  loan,  or  any  other  similar 

operation,  from  81.00  to  $20 2  cts. 

For  each  $20  and  fraction  thereof 2    " 

Ditto,  not  stating  value,  when  entered  into  with  some  gov- 
ernment official  or  private  individual,  on  each  leaf. ...    50    " 

If  value  is  stated,  from  $1.00  to  $20 2    " 

On  each  $20  and  fraction  thereof 2    " 

When  the  contract  states  a  value,  and  besides  some  things 

whose  value  cannot  be  ascertained,  on  each  leaf 50    " 

And  besides  for  the  value  stated,  from  $1.00  to  $20 2   " 

COPY  of  any  document  not  to  be  used  in  Court Free 

If  to  be  used  in  judicial  proceedings,  on    each    leaf.  ....    50  cts 
If  copy  is  presented  with  original, -and  the  latter  has  the 

proper  stamps Free. 

ACCOUNT  CURRENT,  on  the  balance  stated,  from  $1.00  to  $20     2  cts. 

On  every  $20  and  fraction  thereof  above  that  value 2    " 

DUPLICATES  AND  TRIPLICATES  of  any  document  for  the  pay- 
ment of  money,  and  of  bills  of  exchange,  from  $1.00  to 

$20 2    " 

Over  that  sum  on  each    20   and    fraction  thereof 2    " 

INDORSEMENTS Free. 

DEED  OR   INDENTURE  OF   RECORD  (certified  copy  of)  when 
no  value  is  stated  and  it  cannot  be  ascertained,  on  first 

leaf $5  00 

On  succeeding  lea.ves 50  cts. 

If  value  stated,  on  each  leaf 50    " 

And  for  each  $100  and  fraction  thereof 10    " 

When  value  is  stated,  and  it  also  comprises  things  whose 

value  cannot  be  determined,  on  the  first  leaf $5  00 

And  on  each  of  the  following 50  cts. 

And  for  each  $100  or  fraction  of  the  value  stated  in  the 

deed 10   " 

DENOUNCEMENT  op  MINES  (record  of),  from  the  first  petition 

to  the  termination  of  the  record,  on  each  leaf 50    " 

RECEIPTS  of  money,  from  $1.00  to  $20 ; 2    " 

Above  that  sum  for  each  $20  or  fraction  thereof 2    " 

BILLS  OF  EXCHANGE,  from  $1.00  to  $20 2   " 

Above  that  sum  for  e*ach  $20  or  fraction  thereof ...:....      2    " 


REVENUE  STAMP  TAX.  513 

BOOKS   of    mercantile  houses,  establishments,  corporations, 

etc.,  whose  capital  is  $2,000  and  over,  on  each  leaf ....      5  cts. 
Minute  books  of  corporations  and  companies,  each  leaf.  .  .      5    " 
MEMORIAL  OR  PETITION  to  any  public  officer,  on  each  leaf.  .  .   50   " 

PROMISSORY  NOTE,  from  $1 .00  to  $20 2    " 

Over  that  amount  on  each  $20  and  fraction  thereof 2    " 

LETTERS  PATENT  for  any  invention $20  00 

POWER  OP   ATTORNEY,  private,  when  no  value  is  stated   or 

can  be  ascertained,  on  each  leaf 1  00 

If  value  is  stated,  from  $1.00  to  $20 2  cts. 

Over  that  amount,  for  each  $20  or  fraction  thereof 2    " 

POWER  OF  ATTORNEY  of  record,  on  the  first  leaf  of  the  certi- 
fied copy $5  00 

On  each  of  the  succeeding  leaves 50  cts. 

Substitutes  of  powers,  on  each  leaf 50    " 

If  a  new  deed  of  record  is  required,  on  first  leaf $5  00 

On  each  succeeding  leaf 50  cts. 

POLICY  of  life,  maritime  and  fire  insurance,  two  per    cent  on 
the  premium. 

PROTEST  (certified  copy  of),  on  each  leaf 50    " 

RECORD,  registration  and  books  of  i-eginter  of  notaries  and 

recorders,  on  each  leaf 50    " 

TELEGRAM  (original)  of  private  individuals 1  ct. 

If  the  telegram  serves  as  a  receipt  of  the  payment  of 
money,  stamps  must  be  aifixed  thereto  corresponding  to 
the  amount  stated. 

TITLES  OF  MINES,  when  value  not  stated  nor  can  be  ascer- 
tained, on  first   leaf $5  00 

On  each  of  the  following 50  cts. 

And  when  value  is  stal,  on  3V3  h  leaf 50    " 

And  for  each  $100  or  fraction  thereof 10    " 

INTERNAL  REVENUE  TAX. 

The  principal  prescriptions  of  the  aw  levying  the  tax  called  In- 
ternal Revenue  tax  are  as  follows: — 

One-half  per  cent  on  the  value  of  the  sale  of  any  kind  of  mer- 
chandise, whether  by  wholesale  or  retail. 

One-half  per  cent  on  the  sale,  exchange,  mortgages,  or  gifts  of  real 

ae 


514  REVENUE  STAMP  TAX. 

or  personal  property,  if  the  rents  thereof  exceed  $2,000  per  annum 
or  on  contracts  entered  into  with  the  Federal  Government,  or  any 
State  or  municipality. 

DOCUMENTS  EXECUTED  ABROAD. 

In  order  that  a  deed,  indenture,  or  other  documents  executed  abroad 
be  admitted  for  record  or  in  the  courts  in  the  .Republic,  the  signature 
of  the  public  officer  before  whom  the  deed,  indenture,  etc.,  is  ac- 
knowledged must  be  certified  to  by  a  diplomatic  or  consular  agent 
of  Mexico,  and  the  signature  of  such  Mexican  official  legalized  by 
the  Department  of  Foreign  Affairs  in  the  City  of  Mexico. 

Fee  of  consul  for  issuing  each  certificate,  $5.00  in  money  of 
country  where  the  certificate  is  issued. 

Fee  for  certificate  in  Department  of  Foreign  Relations,  $5.10 
revenue  stamps. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Absence  abroad  with  permission 
from  government  does  not 
prejudice  in  certain  cases 246 

Abuses  by  authorities  to  be  pun- 
ished   217 

Acambaro,  legal  directory  of ....   404 

Acambaro,  mercantile  directory 
of 416 

Acapulco,  legal  directory  of. ...  404 

Acapulco,  mercantile  directory 
of 416 

Acapulco,  port  charges  at 344 

Acceptance  must  state  place 
where  payment  of  bill  of  ex- 
change is  to  be  made 299 

Acceptance  of  bills  of  exchange 
cannot  be  conditional. .......  299 

Acceptance  of  bills  of  exchange 
for  honor,  rules  as  to 303 

Acceptance  of  bills  of  exchange, 
rules  as  to 298 

Acceptance  of  bills  of  exchange, 
requisites  of 299 

Accepted  bill  of  exchange,  how 
paid 301 

Acceptor  of  bill  of  exchange  is 
obliged  to  pay  it 299 

Accidents  in  mines,  when  miners 
to  be  held  responsible  for  them  167 

Account  of  a  return  bill,  what 
must  indicate 307 

Accounts,  mercantile,  how  to  be 
kept 278 

Accounts  of  directors  of  corpora- 
tions, to  be  approved 293 

Accused  when  tried  shall  have 
certain  guarantees 217 

Acetate  of  alumina,  ammonia, 
duties  on 116 

Acids,  carbonic,  sulphuric,  nitric, 
etc.,  duties  on 116,  117 

Acids,  crystals  or  powder,  duties 
on..  .  117 


PAGE. 

Acquittance  to  a  debtor  of  a  bill 
of  exchange  when  given 306 

Act  of  giving  possession  of  mine, 
when  suspended 154 

Additions  and  corrections  in 
manifests  after  arrival  at  Mex- 
ican ports 33 

Additions,  blots,  etc.,  in  consu- 
lar invoices 30 

Additions  to  the  tariff 1 33 

Addition  to  a  mining  claim,  to 
whom  awarded  in  certain  cases  161 

Addition  to  a  mining  claim, 
what  is 161 

Addition  to  a  mining  claim,  when 
to  be  divided 162 

Address  of  President  Diaz,  syn- 
opsis of 349 

Adjudication  of  public  lands  free 
from  payment  of  interior  dues  256 

Adobes  of  raw  clay,  duties  on. .     92 

Adventurer  tunnels  in  mines, 
compensation  for  same 170 

Adventurer  tunnels  or  galleries 
of  exploration  in  mines,  how 
regulated 167 

Advertisements,  printed  or  litho- 
graphed, duties  on 121 

Agate,  duties  on 92 

Agents  of  department  of  public 
works,  duties  of  regarding  colo- 
nists  271 

Agrarian  measure,  table  of 354 

Agriculture,  law  to  foster 198 

Agricultural  instruments,  duties 
on 88 

Aguascalientes,  legal  directory 
of '. 404 

Aguascalientes,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 417 

Air  guns  and  air  pistols,  duties 
on... 128 

Alamos,  mercantile  directory  of  418 

(515) 


516 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Alabaster  articles,  duties  on 9^ 

Albumine,  duties  on 71 

Alcaloides  and  their  salts,  duties 

on 117 

Alcohol  or  spirits  of  wine,  duties 

on 117 

Alizarine,    natural   or  artificial, 

duties  on 117 

Almonds,  duties  on 76 

Altata,  p<  rt  charges  at 343 

Altering  mining  claims,  how  it  is 

to  be  done 161 

Aluminium,  duties  on 90 

Alvarado,  port  charges  at 329 

Amber,  articles  of,  duties  on.. . .     81 

Amber,  duties  on   79 

Ammonia,  duties  on 117 

"  A"  paro  "  of  a  mine,  what  is . .   147 

Aniline,  oil  of,  duties  on 116 

Animal  substances,  duties  on. . .     68 
Anonymous  company,  what  is. .   284 

Anthracene,  duties  on 117 

Antimony,  duties  on 90 

Aniiquities,   national,   may   not 

be  exported 49 

Apparatus  for  reproducing  manu- 
scripts, duties  on 125 

Appt  al  in  cases  of  denounce- 
ments of  mines 154 

Appeal  in  certain  cases  of  de- 
nouncement of  mines 155 

Appeal  to  Department  of  Public 
Works  from  decisions  of  mining 

deputations 158 

Argentine   Republic,    consuls  in 

Mexico 363 

Argentine  Republic,    diplomatic 

representative  in  Mexico. .    . .   361 
Argentine  Republic,  diplomatic 

representatives  of  Mexico  in. .  359 
Arms  may  be  carried   for  one's 

security 215 

Arms  of  all  kinds,  duties  on 128 

Aromatic  waters,  duties  on 117 

Arrival  of  vessels  fiom  abroad, 

rules  as  to 39 

Arsenic,  duties  on 90 

Articles  which  may  be  imported 

free  from  duties  by  colonists..  269 
Artificial   flowers,   articles    for, 

duties  on 131 

Articles  of   food   from  animals, 

duties  on 68 

Artists  of  opera,  etc.,  company, 
articles  imported  free  from 
duties  by 42,43 


PAGE. 

Asbestos,  duties  on 90,  131 

Asphaltum,  duties  on 92 

Assessable  value  of  property  in 

the  Republic 394 

Attachment     or    execution,    in 
cases  of,  products  of  mine  to  be 

used  how 179 

Attachments  under  bills  of  ex- 
change,   exceptions  regarding  306 

Atlixco,  legal  directory  of 404 

Atlixco,  mercantile  directory  of  418 
Authorities  must  exercise   vigi- 
lance M  ith  regard  to  the  work- 
ing of  mines 164 

Authorities  who  take  cognizance 

of  mining  matters. 141 

Authorizations    for    surveys  of 

public  lands,  when  null 266 

Avio,  contract,  what  is 175 

Bacteria  cultures,  duties  on. ...     71 
Bad  ventilation  of  a  mine,  effect 

of . .  >. 149 

Baggage    at    frontier    custom 

houses,  how  inspected 57,  58 

Baggage  of  passenger,  examina- 
tion of,  where  effected 44 

Baggage  of  passengers,  how  sec- 
ond examination  avoided 45 

Baggage  of  passengers,  what  may 

consist  in 42 

Baggage  of  passengers,  inspection 

of,  how  effected 41 

Bags,  common,  duties  on.    81 

Bags,  payer,  duties  on 124 

Balance  to  be  published  yearly  by 

corporations 292 

Balsams,  duties  on 78 

Bands,  cotton,  duties  on 101 

Bankruptcy,  failure  of  registra- 
tion in  case,  effect  of 278 

Barrels,  duties  on 80 

Basis  for  contracts,  etc.,  to   be 

the  Mexican  dollar 312 

Baskets,  travelers',  duties  on. . .    130 

Beer,  duties  on 1 20 

Belgium,  consuls  in  Mexico 363 

Belgium,  diplomatic  representa- 
tive in  Mexico 361 

Belgium,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 360 

Belgium,  Mexican  consuls  in. . .   370 

Bellows  handles,  duties  on 125 

Belting  for     machinery,    duties 

on. 129 

Belts,  duties  on 130 

Belts  for  machinery,  duties  on. .     72 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


517 


PAGE. 
Belt  silk   or  silk  mixed,    duties 

on 114 

Benzine,  duties  on 117 

Bill  of  exchange  drawn   on   ac- 
count of  another,  provision  of 

funds  for 297 

Bill  of  exchange  not  represented, 

etc.,  what  is  lost  thereby 305 

Billiard  balls,  duties  on 75,  129 

Billiard  cues,  duties  on 81 

Billiard  tables,  duties  on 132 

Bill  of  exchange  cannot  be  condi- 
tional   296 

Bill  of  exchange,  guarantee  as  to  309 
Bills  of  exchange,  how  drawn..  294 
Bills  of  exchange,  how  made  pay- 
able   295 

Bills    of   exchange,   how   trans- 
ferred  298 

Bills  of  exchange  may  be  drawn 

on  account  of  another  person..  296 
Bills  of  exchange  may  not  be  al- 
tered  298 

Bills  of  exchange  must  be  paid, 

where  and  how 301 

Bills  of  exchange  must  be  pro- 
tested    302 

Bills  of  exchange  payable  at   a 

stated  period,  how  drawn ....  295 
Bills  of  exchange,  provisions  of 

law  as  to 294 

Bills  of  exchange,  requisites  of. .  294 
Bills  of  exchange,    rules  as  to 

presentation  and  acceptance  of  298 
Bills  of  exchange,  when  collected 

and  paid 300 

Bills  of  exchange,  when  consid- 
ered past  due 299 

Bills  of  exchange,  when  may  be 

indorsed 298 

Bills  of  exchange,  when  payable  295 
Bills  of  exchange,  when  void. . . .  296 

Bills  of  health,  how  certified 318 

Bitters  of  all  kinds,  duties  on. . .   121 
Blacking  for  shoes  and  harness, 

duties  on 117 

Blanks  printed,  engraved,  etc., 

duties  on 122 

Blocks    or   frames   for  car  and 

wagon  wheels,  duties  on.    ...   133 
Blots,  erasures,  etc.,  in  consular 

invoices 30 

Board  of   directors,  to    manage 

corporations 283 

Board  of  directors  of  corporations 
how  elected . .  .   288 


PAGE. 

Board  of  directors  of  corporations 
when  to  call  extraordinary 

meetings 291 

Boats  of  all  kinds,  duties  on.    . .   128 

Bolivia,  Mexican  consuls  in 370 

Book  muslin  for  binding,  duties 

on 97 

Book  of  inventories  and  balances, 

how  to  be  kept 279 

Book  to  be  kept  as  to  petitions 
by  colonists  for  importation 

of  articles 272 

Books,  blank,  printed,  etc.,  du- 

tieson - 124 

Books  of  merchants,  when  to  be 

exhibited 280 

Books  of  slate  or  imitation,  du- 
ties on 131 

Books  to  be  kept  by  mer- 
chants   278 

Boots,  duties  on 73,     74 

Bottles  of  common  glass,  duties 

on 94 

Boxwood,  duties  on 80 

Boxes  for  packing,  duties  on.. . .     80 

Brass  articles,  duties  on 85 

Brass  in  ingots,  bars,  etc.,  duties 

on 84 

Brass  strings  for  musical  instru- 
ments, duties  on 130 

Brazil,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives in  Mexico 361 

Brazil,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 359 

Brazil,  Mexican  consuls  in 370 

Bricks  and  paving  blocks,  clay, 

duties  on 92 

Bronze  articles,  duties  on 85 

Bronze  in  ingots,  bars,  etc.,  du- 
ties on 84 

Broom  corn,  duties  on 77 

Brooms,  duties  on 82 

Brushes,  painters,  duties  on ....  129 
Bugle,  tinsel,  etc.,  duties  on) . . .  85 
Buildings,  complete,  duties  on. .  131 

Bungs,  wood,  duties  on 80 

Butter,  duties  on 70 

Buttons,  duties  on   129 

By-laws  of  corporations  to  give 
certain  powers  to  board  of  di- 
rectors   288 

Cabinet,  departments  of 213 

Cables,  agave,  hemp,  etc.,  duties 

on 81 

Cadmium,  duties  on   90 

Ca'cium,  duties  on 90 


518 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 
Call  to  meetings  of  corporation, 

how  made 290 

Camargo,  mercantile  directory  of  419 
Campeche,  legal  directory  of . . .  404 
Campeche,  mercantile  directory 

of 419 

Campeche,  port  charges  at 334 

Camphor,  duties  on 78 

Candles,  duties  on 75 

Cane  for  furniture,  duties  on. . .     77 

Canes,  duties  on 129 

Canes  with  blade,  firearm,  etc., 

duties  on 128 

Cantharides,  duties  on 70 

Canvas,   linen  or    hemp,    duties 

on  102 

Cape  San  Lucas,  port  charges  at  343 
Capital  of  mining  company  need 

not  be  fixed  or  determined  .  .  173 
Capital  stock  of  corporations, 

how  divided 286 

Capital    stock  of    corporations, 

how  increased 291 

Caps  of  all  kinds  and  materials, 

duties  on 129 

Caps,  percussion,  duties  on 128 

Capsules,    pills,  etc.,  medicinal, 

duties  on 118 

Captains  of  foreign  vessels,  obli- 
gations of 39 

Captains  of  vessels  abroad,  obli- 
gations of 20 

Captains  of  vessels,  duties  of,  as 

to  samples 24 

Captains  of  vessels  to  exhibit  log 

book,  etc.,  when 25 

Captains  of  vessels  to  deliver  doc- 
uments to  custom  house  of- 
ficials   22 

Captains  of  vessels  to   preserve 

seals  of  custom  house  officials.  25 
Caraway  and  anise,  duties  on ...  76 
Carbonate  and  bicarbonate  of 

potash  or  soda,  duties  on 118 

Carbonates,  duties  on 91 

Cardboard,  duties  on 123 

Cards,  playing,  all  kinds,  duties 

on 124 

Cards,  visiting,  duties  on 124 

Carmen  Island,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 419 

Carmen  Island,  port  charges  at. .  333 
Carpets  and  rugs  of  cotton  pile, 

duties  on   98 

Carpets  and  rugs  of  hemp,  etc., 
duties  on 103 


PAGE. 

Carpets  and  rugs  of  wool,  duties 
on. 107 

Carriages  of  all  kinds,  duties  on  127 

Cars  to  be  used  for  funeral  serv- 
ice in  railways  to  be  disin- 
fected  324 

Cartridges  for  firearms,  duties  on  128 

Carts,  duties  on 126 

Cases  (instrument),  etc.,  of  all 
kinds,  duties  on 131 

Cash,  value  of  bill  of  exchange  to 
be  considered  as  received  in . .  296 

Casings  or  wrappings,  not  ordi- 
nary, duties  on 66 

Casings  or  wrappings, what  are. .     65 

Castorium,  duties  on 70 

Cattle,  duties  on         68 

Cattle,  foreign,  to  be  examined 
in  certain  cases 321 

Cattle,  importation  of,  how  af- 
fected   33 

Celaya,  legal  directory  of 404 

Celluloid  articles,  not  special, 
duties  on 129 

Cement,  Portland,  duties  on. ...     91 

Census  of  the  City  of  Mexico  in 

1890 394 

Central  America,  diplomatic 
representatives  of  Mexico  in.  .  359 

Cereals,  duties  on 77 

Certificate  of  election  of  mining 
deputy,  copy  of,  to  be  sent  to 
Department  of  Public  Works.  188 

Certificate  of  naturalization, 
when  granted 244 

Certificate  of  possession  of  a  mine, 
what  to  contain 152 

Certificates  as  to  good  habits  and 
occupations  of  colonists,  when 
to  be  presented 262 

Certificates  of  naturalization, not 
to  be  issued  in  certain  cases . .  246 

Certificates  of  naturalization  to 
be  issued  gratuitously 246 

Certification  of  consular  docu- 
ments, fees  for 38 

Certification  of  invoices,  how 
made 31 

Certification  of  invoices,  how 
made  in  certain  cases 33 

Certification  of  manifests  and  in- 
voices by  consuls 35,  36 

Certified  copy  of  protest  of  bill 
of  exchange  to  be  given  to 
holder 303 

Chains,  iron,  duties  on 89 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


519 


PAGE. 

Chalchicomula,  legal  directory  of  404 
Chalcbicomula,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 420 

Chalk  for  billiard  cues,  duties  on  93 
Chalk  for  schools,  duties  on. ...  92 
Chamber  of  deputies,  members  of, 

how  elected 213 

Chamber  of  deputies,  official  di- 
rectory of 387 

Charcoal,  duties  on 71,     79 

Charges,  port,  see  Port  Charges. 
Check,  what  it  must  contain.. . .  309 

Check,  when  it  is  valid 309 

Checks,  rule,  regarding. .    308 

Checks,    when   may  not  be  in- 
dorsed   309 

Cheese,  duties  on 71 

Chemical  products,  duties  on. . .  116 
Chemical  reagents,  boxes  of, 

duties  on 118 

Chenille,  wool,  duties  on 109 

Chihuahua,  legal  directory  of .  . .  404 
Chihuahua,  mercantile  directory 

of 420 

Chile,  consuls  in  Mexico 364 

Chile,  Mexican  consuls  in 370 

Chilpancingo,  legal  directory  of.  405 
Chilpancingo,    mercantile   direc- 
tory of 421 

Chloral,  duties  on 118 

Chloroform,  duties  on 118 

Chlorate  of  potash  or  soda,  du- 
ties on 118 

Chlorides,  duties  on 118 

Chocolate,  duties  on  78 

Church  and  State  are  independ- 
ent of  one  another 222 

Cider,  duties  on 120 

Cinnamon,  duties  on 76 

Circular  as  to  public  lands 257 

Circulation  of  gold    and  silver 

exempted  from  taxation 179 

Cities  of  the  .Republic,  popula- 
tion of  leading 393 

Citizenship,  right  of,  how  lost, 

and  suspended 220 

City  of  Mexico,  see  Mexico,  City 

of 

Ciudad  Guerrero,  legal  directory 

of 405 

Ciudad  Guerrero,  mercantile  di- 
rectory of 421 

Ciudad  Jerez,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 422 

Ciudad   Juarez,   legal    directory 
of .405 


PAGE. 

Ciudad  Juarez,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 422 

Civil  code  of  the  federal  district, 
provisions  of 313 

Civil  code,  when  approved  and 
where  in  force 313 

Civil  societies,  how  constituted 
as  commercial  companies 282 

Claim  of  habilitator  of  mine,  when 
to  be  preferred 177 

Claim  of  public  lands,  by  whom 
made 251 

Claim  or  unit  of  measurement 
for  mining  concessions,  what 
is 158 

Claims  in  mining  property,  what 
to  consist  in 145 

Clay  and  sand,  duties  on 90 

Clay,  articles  of,  duties  on 92 

Clocks,  duties  on 126 

Cloth,  silk  of  all  textures,  duties 
on Ill,  112 

Cloth,  linen,  hemp  and  like  fi- 
bers, duties  on 102 

Cloth,  cotton,  common,  plain, 
etc.,  duties  on 97 

Clothes  and  articles  of  linen,etc. , 
duties  on 66 

Clothes  and  articles  of  silk  with 
mixture  of  cotton,  etc.,  duties 
on 66 

Clothes  used  as  wrappings  for 
merchandise,  duties  on 66 

Clothes,  wool  of  all  textures,  du- 
ties on 106 

Clothing  made  up  of  silk,  duties 
on .112,  116 

Clothing  of  linen  of  all  kinds,du- 
ties  on 105 

Clothing  of  woolen  cloth  of  any 
texture,  du ties  on 110 

Clothing,  ready  made,  of  all 
kinds,  cotton,  duties  on. .  .100,101 

Cloves,  duties  on 76 

Coal,  mineral,  duties  on 91 

Coal  tar,  duties  on 91 

Coasting  trade,  permits  to  foreign 
vessels  for  carrying  on 49 

Coasting  trade,  provisions  as  to..     48 

Coasting  trade,  what  is 48 

Coasting  trade,  what  vessels  may 
engage  in 48 

Coastwise  steamers,  information 
as  to 510 

Coatzacoalcos,  port  charges  at. .   331 

Cocoa,  duties  on 76 


520 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Cochinille,  duties  on 69 

Code  of  commerce 274 

Code  of  mines 137 

Code,  sanitary,  see  Sanitary  Code. 
Coin,  gold  or  silver,  duties  on ...     84 

Coinage,  statistics  as  to 397 

Coins,  table  of  Mexican  353 

Coins,  weight  of 356 

Coke, duties  on 92 

Colima,  legal  directory  of 405 

Colima,  mercantile  directory  of..  422 
Collections,  numismatical,     geo- 
logical, etc.,  duties  on 130 

Collector  of  custom  house,  when 
may  grant  permit  for  carrying 

on  coasting  trade 49 

Collector  of  custom  houses,   see 

Custom  House  Collectors. 
Collectors    of     frontier    custom 

houses,  duties  of 51,  52 

Colombia,  consuls  in  Mexico.. . .   364 
Colombia,  Mexican  consuls  in. . .   372 
Colonies, -how  they  must  be  es- 
tablished  263 

Colonists,    articles    which    they 

may  import  free  from  duties. . .  269 
Colonists,  assistance  given  them 

by  the  government 267 

Colonists,  declaration   of  inten- 
tion of,  as  to  naturalization .  .  249 
Colonists,  how  may  become  nat- 
uralized   247 

Colonists  making  illegal  use  of 
concession  as  to  importations, 

how  punished 272 

Colonists,  rights  and  obligations 

of  264 

Colonists  to  be  obliged  to  fulfill 

certain  contracts 264 

Colonists  to  present  petition  as 
to  importation  of  articles  re- 
quired    270 

Colonists  when  considered  Mexi- 
cans  247 

Colonists,  who  are  to  be  consid- 
ered as  262 

Colonization  of  islands,  how  ef- 
fected    267 

Colonization  purposes,  law  as  to 

public  lands  for 261 

Colophrine,  duties  on 79 

Colors  in  powder,  crystals,  etc. , 

duties  on 118 

Comfits,  duties  on 78 

Commanders  of  military  zones, 
list  of .386 


PAGE. 

Commerce,  code  of,  see  Code  of 
Commerce. 

Commerce,  who  may  not  carry 
on 276 

Commercial  associations  are  not 
subject  to  prescriptions  as  to 
mercantile  register.  283 

Commercial  weights,  list  of 355 

Common  council  of  City  of  Mex- 
ico, members  and  committees  385 

Compagnie  Generale  Transatlan- 
tique,  information  as  to 509 

C  o  m  p  a  n  i  a  Transatlantica  Es- 
panola,  information  as  to. .  . .  509 

Companies  for  colonization  pur- 
poses, how  to  obtain  proper 
authorization 265 

Companies  for  colonization  pur- 
poses, conditions  to  be  ob- 
served by 266 

Companies  for  colonization  pur- 
poses, regulations  regarding. .  265 

Companies,  mercantile,  different 
classes  of 281 

Companiesof  colonization  to  have 
representative 267 

Companies  organized  abroad  may 
establish  themselves  in  the  Re- 
public  : 276,  277 

Companies  subject  to  provisions 
as  to  partnership 317 

Company  denouncing  mining 
property,  what  entitled  to  .  .  146 

Compensation  for  services  of 
president  and  other  public  offi- 
ces, how  determined 221 

Compensation  given  companies 
for  surveys  of  public  lands. . . .  265 

Complaints  against  mining  depu- 
ties, how  taken  into  considera- 
tion    192 

Concessions  granted  to  persons 
undertaking  an  ad  venturer  tun- 
nel in  a  mine 169 

Conductors  of  trains,  duties  of  as 
to  importations 53,  54 

Conflict  of  judicial  principles, 
how  decided 315 

Congress,  how  constituted 213 

Consent  of  owner  necessary  for 
mining  exploration  in  a  build- 
ing, etc 144 

Consignees  of  foreign  vessels,  ob- 
ligations of 39 

Consignees  of  merchandise,  du- 
ties of..  28 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


521 


PAGE. 

Consignees  of  m  rchandise  im- 
ported through  international 
railways,  duties  of 53,  54 

Consignees  of  merchandise,  who 
shall  act  as 27 

Consignees  of  vessels  consigned 
to  order,  who  are 21 

Consignees  responsible  for  mis- 
takes of  shippers 33 

Consignees,  rights  of,  as  to  in- 
voices    32 

Consignment,  renouncement  of, 
how  effected 39 

Constitution  and  federal  laws  to 
be  the  supreme  law 222 

Constitution,  the  federal 213 

Consular  invoice  necessary  for 
importation  of  articles  by  colo- 
nists  270 

Consuls,  duties  of  as  to  importa- 
tion of  cattle  and  fresh  meats  34 

Consuls,  foreign,  in  Mexico,  list 
of 363 

Consuls,  Mexican,  duties  of,  as  to 
permits  for  importation 36 

Consuls,  Mexican,  duties  of  in 
certain  cases 5 

Consuls,  Mexican,  duties  of,  rela- 
tive to  custom  house  ordi- 
nance    37 

Consuls,  Mexican,  list  of   369 

Consuls,  Mexican,  various  duties 
of  35-39 

Consuls,  Mexican,  when  may  issue 
certified  copies  of  documents . .  37 

Contest  as  to  denouncement  of  a 
mine,  when  should  be  avoided  151 

Contested  cases  in  mining  mat- 
ters are  determined  by  the 
judges 141 

Contract  for  formation  of  mining 
company,  what  to  contain. . . .  172 

Contract  of  habilitation  of  mine, 
how  terminated 176 

Contract  of  habilitation  of  mine, 
how  to  be  executed 177 

Contract  of  habilitation  of  mine, 
how  to  be  repaid  in  certain 
cases 176 

Contract  of  habilitation  of  mines, 
how  made 176 

Contracts  executed  abroad  by  a 
foreigner,  how  regulated 315 

Contracts  executed  abroad,  how 
rights  and  obligations  arising 
from  are  regulated . .  .  314 


PAGE. 
Contracts  for  the  organization  of 

companies,  how  made 282 

Contracts     relating     to     public 

lands,  how  regulated 257 

Convention    for  a    parcel    post 

with  the  United  States 233 

Convention,    postal,     with    the 

United  Stites 227 

Copal,  duties  on 79 

Copies  of  bills  of  exchange,  must 

be  given,  when 296 

Copies  of  invoices  of  merchandise, 

what  is  done  with 31 

Copper  articles,  duties  on 85 

Copper,  coinage  of,  in  the  Repub- 
lic  396,  397 

Copper     in    ingots,    bars,    etc., 

duties    o 84 

Copy  of  man  ifest,  when  prepared 

at  custom  house 23 

Coral,  duties  on 71 

Cordage  and  rigging,  duties  on. .     82 

Cord,  cotton,  duties  on 96 

Cord,  silk,  duties  on Ill,   114 

Cord,  woolen,  duties  on 106 

C6rdoba,  legal  directory  of 405 

Cordoba,     mercantile     directory 

of 423 

Cords  or  strings  for  musical  in- 
struments, duties  on 75 

Cork,  duties  on 77 

Corn,  duties  on 76 

Corporations  are  prohibited  from 

purchasing  their  own  shares. .   287 
Corporations  cannot  make  loans 
or  advances  on  their  shares.  . .  288 

Corporations,  domicile  of 317 

Corporations,  how  to  be  consti- 
tuted  284 

Corporations,   how    to    be    dis- 
solved    292 

Corporations  may  exercise  civil 

rights 317 

Corporations    or  moral  persons, 

nationality  of 242 

Corporations,  recognized  as  mer- 
cantile companies 281 

Corporations,  right  to  hold  real 

estate 218 

Corporations  to  keep  a  register 

for  shares  issued 286 

Corporations,  what  are 283 

Corporations,  when  they  have  no 

legal  standing  before  the  law.   317 
Corps  of  engineers  and  miners  to 
advise  on  mining  matters 141 


522 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 
Correspondence    of     merchants, 

how  to  be  kept 281 

Correspondence,  sealed,   is   free 

from  being  examined 218 

Corsets,  cotton,  duties  on 99 

Corsets,  linen  or  hemp,  duties  on  103 

Corsets,  silk,  duties  on 114 

Corsala,  mercantile  directory  of.  424 
Costa  Rica,  consuls  in  Mexico . .   364 
Costa   .Rica,  minister  in  Mexico  361 
Costumes  and  scenery  of  theatri- 
cal companies,  how  imported..     43 
Costumes  and  scenery  of.theatri- 
cal  companies,  how  re-exported     43 

Cotton  antiseptic,  duties  on 117 

Cotton,   spun,  goods  of,  duties 

on 96 

Cotton,  ungianed,  carded,  etc., 

duties  on 75 

Courts  may  decree  that  letters  of 

merchams  be  exhibited 1 

Courts  of  the  Republic  to  settle 
questions  between  government 
and  colonization  companies. ..  267 
Covers  for  umbrellas  and  para- 
sols, duties  on 131 

Crackers,  duties  on '.8 

Cranes,  duties  on 125 

Cream  of  tartar,  duties  on 118 

Creditor  in  execution,  rights  in 

mines 179 

Creoline,  duties  on 118 

Crockery,  articles  of,  duties  on  93,  95 
Crucibles  earthern,  clay  or  plum- 
bago, duties  on 92 

Crucibles  of  platinum,  duties  on.     84 
Crystal,  articles  of,  duties  on.  . .     93 

Cubic  measures,  table  of 355 

Cuernavaca,  legal  directory  of. .  405 
Cuernavaca,  mercantile  directory 

of 424 

Culiacan,  legal  directory  of 405 

Culiacan,  mercantile  directory  of  425 

Cupels,  duties  on 75 

Curtains,  wood  or  grass,  duties 

on 81 

Cushions,  duties  on 130 

Custom    cannot    be    alleged    as 
against   the   observance   of  a 

law 314 

Custom  house  collector,  duties 
of,  as  to  importations  for  con- 
sumption in  frontier  towns.  .54,  55 
Custom  house  collector  must  de- 
mand presentation  of  log-book, 
etc. ,  when . 23 


PAGE. 

Custom  house  collector,  when  to 
act  as  consignee  of  merchan- 
dise   27 

Custom  houses,  ezportations 
through,  during  1890-91 401 

Custom  houses,  frontier,  provis- 
ions as  to 50 

Custom  houses,  importations  by. 
in  fiscal  year  1888-89 399 

Custom  houses,  list  of 134 

Custom  house  officers,  duties  of.     61 

Custom  house  officers,  how  to 
treat  passengers 46 

Custom  house  officers,  treatment 
of 25 

Custom  house  ordinance 17 

Custom  house  ordinance,  when 
approved 17 

Custom  house  ordinance,  when 
took  effect 17 

Customs  sections,  or  posts,  list 
of 135 

Cuts  printed,  engraved,  etc.,  du- 
ties on 123 

Cyanide  of  potassium,collodium, 
etc. ,  duties  on 118 

Damar,  duties  on 79 

Date  of  bill  of  exchange,  what  to 
contain 295 

Dead  bodies,  regulations  for 
transportation  of,  by  rail 323 

Death  of  partner  does  not  dissolve 
mining  company 172 

Debts,  charges,  etc.,  on  mine,  ex- 
tinguished in  certain  cases. . ..  176 

Decision  of  mining  deputation  to 
be  carried  into  effect  in  cases 
of  denouncement  of  mines  . . .  155 

Decisions  of  mining  deputies, 
how  made  and  signed 189 

Decisions  of  mining  deputations, 
to  be  carried  into  effect 166 

Decree  adjudicating  public  lands, 
how  made 255 

Decree  for  publication  of  de- 
nouncement of  a  mine,  what  to 
contain 15 

Deed  for  organization  of  company 
to  be  recorded 283 

Demarcation  of  mining  claims, 
how  made 160 

Demijohns,  duties  on 94 

Denmark,  consuls  in  Mexico. . . .   3^6 

Denmark,  Mexican  consuls  in. ..   370 

"Denouncement"  of  a  mine, 
what  is . .  1 38 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


523 


PAGE. 

Denouncement  of  a  mine  cannot 
be  admitted  when  another  is 
pending 155 

Denouncement  of  mine,  petition 
for,  what  to  contain 150 

Denouncement  of  mines  may  not 
be  made  in  certain  cases 144 

Denouncement  of  mine,  under 
what  titles  may  be  made 145 

Denouncement  of  a  stream  or 
fall  of  water,  proceedings  for  156 

Denouncing  mines,  who  are  pro- 
hibited from 153 

Department  of  communications, 
directory  of 382 

Department  of  foreign  relations, 
directory  of 376 

Department  of  foreign  relations, 
may  issue  certificates  of  spe- 
cific nationality 249 

Department  of  foreign  relations, 
to  issue  certificates  of  natural- 
ization  245 

Department  of  justice  and  public 
instruction,  directory  of 381 

Department  of  public  works,  di- 
rectory of 383 

Department  of  public  works  has 
to  approve  decree  adjudicating 
public  lands 255 

Department  of  public  works 
may  grant  concessions  for  sale 
of  public  lands 254 

Department «  f  public  works  reg- 
ulates mining  matters 141 

Department  of  public  works  to 
determine  class  and  amount  of 
articles  to  be  introduced  free 
by  colonists 263 

Department  of  public  works  to 
determine  when  colonists  may 
import  provisions  free  from 
duties 270 

Department  of  public  works  to 
grant  special  protection  to 
mines 147 

Department  of  the  interior,  di- 
rectory of 384 

Department  of  war  and  navy,  di- 
rectory of 385 

Department  of  the  treasury  and 

public  credit,  directory  of. ...  377 
.Deputation  must  allow  appeal  in 
case  of  denouncement  of  mines 

when 154 

Deputies,  list  of 387 


PAGE. 

Dextrine,  duties  on 79 

Diamonds,  unmounted,  duties  on.     9) 

Diary,  how  to  be  kept  by  mer- 
chants  279 

Diastase,  duties  on 118 

Diaz,  President,  synopsis  of  ad- 
dress of 349 

Dimensions  that  mining  claims 
ought  to  have 158 

Dimensions  which  are  to  consti- 
tute a  mining  slaim 158 

Diplomatic  agents,  children  of, 
where  considered  born 242 

Diplomatic  and  consular  service  359 

Diplomatic  representatives  in 
Mexico,  foreign 361 

Diplomatic  representatives  of 
Mexico,  list  of 359 

Directors  of  corporations  not  to 
contract  personal  obligation..  288 

Directors  of  corporation,  respon- 
sibility of 289 

Directory,  legal,  see  Legal  Direc- 
tory. 

Directory,  mercantile,  see  Mer- 
cantile Directory. 

Discoverer  of  a  mine,  who  is  held 
to  be  in  case  of  contest 153 

Discoverer  of  new  mineral  dis- 
trict, what  are  his  rights 145 

Disco v-ery  of  mine,  of  what  may 
it  be 145 

Discovery  of  placers,  what  it  en- 
titles to 146 

Disinfection  of  vessels,  how  made  320 

Dispatching  of  foreign  goods 
from  vessels  arriving  at  Mexi- 
can ports 40 

Dissolution  of  a  corporation, 
when  declared 291 

District  judges,  duties  of,  incases 
of  naturalization 244 

Dividends  of  corporations,  how 
distributed 292 

Diving  apparatus,  duties  on. ...    125 

Documents  executed  abroad,  how 
legalized 514 

Documents  to  be  delivered  by 
captains  of  vessels  to  custom 
house  officials 22 

Domicile  of  a  person,  what  is. . .  316 

Domicile  of  foreigners,  how  ac- 
quired   248 

Domicile,  rights  of  persons  to  fix 
their. 317 

Domicile,  rules  as  to 316 


524 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Double  duties  when  imposed. ...     31 
Draft,  what  is  and  what  it  con- 
tains.    307 

Drafts,  rules  as  to 307 

Drainage  of  mines,  regulations 

regarding 167 

Drainage  of   mines,  when  to  be 

re-est:iblished  or  improved ....    149 
Drawee  of  bill  of  exchange, when 

to  accept  it 2D9 

Drawee  of  bill  of  exchange  has 

right  of  action  in  certain  cases  297 
Drawee  of  check,  not  responsible 

i'<  certain  cases 310 

Drawee  of  check,  when  may  re- 
fuse to  pay  it 309 

Drawer    of     bill    of     exchange, 

against  wh  >m  may  he  draw. . .  295 
Drawer,  bill  of  exchange  may  be 

drawn  in  favor  of 297 

Drawer  of  bill  of  exchange  to  pro- 
vide funds  for  its  payment. . .  297 
Drawer  of  bill  of  exchange,  when 

responsible 297 

Drawer     of     bill    of    exchange, 

when  his  responsibility  ceases.  297 
Drawer  of  check,  rights  of  action 

against  drawee 310 

Drawers,    cotton,    for   men   and 

boys,  duties  on 99 

Drawers,liuen,formen  and  boys, 

duties  on 103 

Drawers,  wool,  duties  on 108 

Drawing  books,  duties  on 123 

Drawings  for  the  arts,  duties  on.   130 

Drays,  duries  on 126 

Dresses,  partly  made,  what  are, 

and  duties  on. 67 

Dress  patterns,  duties  on 99 

Dress  patterns,  linen,  duties  on .   104 
Dress  patterns  of  silk,  duties  on.  Ill 
Dress  patterns,  silk,  duties  on   .    114 
Dress  patterns,  wool  of  all  tex- 
tures, duties  on   108 

Drugs    and   chemical    products, 

how  rated  in  certain  cases ....     68 
Druus,  medicinal  and  chemical, 

duties  on 118 

Dry  measures,  table  of 355 

Duebill,  what   is,   and   what  it 

contains 307 

Duebill s,  rules  regarding 307 

Durango,  legal  directory  of. ....  405 
Durango,    mercantile    "directory 

of 426 

Dyewoods,  duties  on 80 


PAGE. 
Dyewoods,  extracts  of,  duties  on  119 

Dynamite,  duties  on 128 

Ecuador,  consuls  in  Mexico 366 

Ecuador,  Mexican  consuls  in.. . .  370 

Eggs,  duties  on 70 

Elastic  of  cotton,  duties  on 100 

Elastic  of  linen  or  hemp,  duties 

on. 105 

Elastic,  silk  and  rubber,  duties 

on 116 

Elastic,  wool  and  rubber,  duties 

on 110 

Election  for  mining  deputations, 

how  held 187,  188 

Elections  of  members  of  mining 
deputations,  who  to  take  part 

in 184 

Electric  batteries,  duties  on. ...    125 
Electric  light,  globes  for,  duties 

on     125 

Elevators,  duties  on .'....   125 

Emery,  duties  on 91 

England,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 360 

England,  see  Great  Britain . 
Embroideries  on   canvas,  duties 

on 132 

Ensenada  de  Todos  Santos,  legal 

directory  of 406 

Enseuada  d°  Todos  Santos,  mer- 
cantile directory  of 427 

Envelopes  of  all  kinds  and  sizes, 

duties  on 124 

Erasures,  blots,  etc.,  in  consular 

invoices 30 

Errors  in  invoices,  how  corrected     33 

Ether,  duties  on. .......    118 

Examiners  of  corporations,  elec- 
tion and  duties  of 289 

Examination  of  baggage  of  pas- 
sengers    42 

Examination  of  books,  papers, 
etc.,  of  merchants,  how  to  be 

made 280,281 

Executive  authorized  to  acquire 
lands  for  colonization  pur- 
poses    268 

Executive  may   exempt    vessels 

from  being  visited  or  examined  319 
Executive,  official  directory  of. .   376 
Executive   to   authorize  compa- 
nies for  measurement,  etc.,  of 

public  lands 265 

Executive  to  designate  pena'ties 
for  infringing  provisions  of 
Mining  Code 182 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


525 


PAGE. 

Executive  to  determine  what 
public  lands  are  to  be  colo- 
nized   261 

Executive  to  enter  into  contracts 
for  working  mining  district  s ..  199 

Executive  to  inter  into  contracts 
with  companies  for  coloniza- 
tion purposes ...  266 

Executive  to  issue  regulations 
for  corps  of  engineers  and  min- 
ers   141 

Exemptions  given  to  colonists 
establishing  themselves  in  the 
Republic 262 

Exemptions  gran  ted  to  companies 
organized  for  colonization  pur- 
poses    266 

Exemption  of  tonnage  dues,  when 
granted 19,  20 

Expatriation  and  naturalization 
do  not  exempt  extradition  of 
criminal 243 

Expatriation, right  of,  recognized  243 

Expatriation,  rules  as  to 243 

Expenses  of  measurement,  sur- 
vey, etc.,  of  public  lands,  who 
to  make  them 256 

Expert,  appointment  of,  in  cases 
of  denouncement  of  mines. ...  151 

Experts,  how  must  they  refer  the 
courses  in  measuring  mining 
claims 161 

Experts  must  take  part  in  cer- 
tain mining  labors 167 

Experts  of  mining  deputation, 
book  for  registration  of 191 

Experts  to  estimate  cost  of  drain- 
age of  mines  in  certain  cases . .  168 

Experts  to  visit  mines, when  and 
how 164 

Experts,  when  appointed  in  cer- 
tain cases 148 

Exploration  labors  in  mining  dis- 
tricts, who  may  undertake ....  142 

Exploration,  when  explorer  must 
terminate  such  work  in  mine  144 

Explorations  for  discovery  of 
mine,  how  carried  on  in  private 
property •.  142 

Explorations  for  the  discovery  of 
mines,  how  to  be  made 142 

Explorer  of  mining  property  must 
give  bond,  when 143 

Explosives  of  all  kinds,  duties  on  128 

Exportation  of  national  antiqui- 
ties prohibited 49 


PAGE. 

Exportation  in  general 49 

Exportations,  statistics  as  to. ...  400 

Exportations  to  foreign  countries 
in  1890-91  401 

Exportations  to  foreign  countries 
in  five  fiscal  years 400 

Express  companies,  duties  of,  as 
to  baggage 45 

Extension  of  permit  for  the  ex- 
ploration of  mining  property, 
when  given 144 

Extension  of  time  for  taking 
possess  on  of  mine,  when 
granted 155 

Extension  of  various  lines  of 
rail*  ay 402,  403 

Exterior  removable  structures 
to  be  paid  for  in  cases  of  de- 
nouncement of  mines 156 

Extradition  treaties  for  political 
offenders  cannot  be  made 216 

Extradition  treaty  with  United 
States 223 

Falls  or  streams  of  water  may 
not  be  denounced  separately 
from  their  reduction  works. . .  157 

Fans,  cardboard  or  paper,  duties 
on 123 

Fans,  cloth,  duties  on 129 

Fans,  various  kinds  of,  duties 
on 74 

Fans,  with  ribs  and  handles  of 
wood,  duties  on 80 

Feather  dusters,  duties  on. . .  _. .   132 

Feathers,  duties  on 70 

Fecnlas,  duties  on 78 

Federal  administration,  official 
directory 376 

Federal  constitution 213 

Federal  district,  directory  of, 
government  of 384 

Federal  district,  foreign  mer- 
chandise in 133 

Federal  elective  offices,  no  per- 
son may  hold  two 221 

Federal  executive,  powers  and 
duties  of  in  reference  to  cus- 
tom house  ordinance. .......  17 

Fees  in  mining  cases,  when  to  be 
fixed  by  experts 196 

Fees  of  Mexican  consuls  for  cer- 
tification of  documents 38 

Fees  of  mining  deputations,  how 
paid  181 

Fees  of  mining  deputations, 
must  be  prepaid 193 


526 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 
Fees  to  be  collected  by  mining 

deputations 192 

Fees  to  be  paid  in  mining  pro- 
ceedings    192 

Felt  wool,  duties  on 109 

Final    balance    of    corporation, 

how  approved 293 

Fine  as  to  packages  containing 
cotton,  linen,  etc.,  when  im- 
posed   - 29 

Fine    for    interlineations,     era- 
sures, etc.,  in  manifests. .....     21 

Fine  for  not  treating  with  civil- 
ity custom  house  officers 25 

Fine  when  no.  statement   as  to 

samples  is  made 31 

Fines  for  nonpresentation  of 
documents  by  captains  of  ves- 
sels  22,  23 

Fines,  when  imposed  by  politi- 
cal authorities 217 

Firearms  of  all  kinds,  duties  on.  128 

Fire  brick,  duties  on 92 

Fire  clay,  duties  on 91 

Fireworks,  duties  on 128 

First  discoverer  of  mine  to  have 
preference  as  to  exploration ...  144 

Fish,  duties  on 69 

Fish  glue,  duties  on 71 

Flasks  and  jars,  duties  on 95 

Flax,  crude  or  hackled,  duties 

on 76 

Flax,  spun  goods  of,  duties  on . .  101 

Flour,  duties  on 78 

Flowers,  artificial,  and  feathers, 

duties  on 131 

Flowers,  duties  on 77 

Flutings,  cotton,  duties  on 99 

Foreign  cattle,  how  to  be  exam- 
ined when  entering  Mexico. . .   321 
Foreign  countries,  exportations 

to  in  1890-91 401 

Foreign  countries,   statistics  as 

to  importations  from 398 

Foreign  laws,  existence  of  must 

be  proved 315 

Foreigners    and    naturalization, 

law  regarding 239 

Foreigners  are    exempted    from 

military  service 248 

Foreigners,  duties  of . .  .218,  219,  248 
Foreigners    have    the    right    to 
vote    at  elections  of    mining 

deputations 185 

Foreigners,  how  they  may  ac- 
quire real  estate 247 


PAGE. 

Foreigners  may  acquire  mining 
property,  how 138 

Foreigners  may  ask  their  certifi- 
cates of  naturalization,  when,  246 

Foreigners  may  be  naturalized, 
how 244 

Foreigners  must  declare  their  in- 
tention of  becoming  natural- 
ized, when 249 

Foreigners,  naturalized,  to  have 
certain  rights  245 

Foreigners  not  to  enjoy  certain 
political  rights 248 

Foreigners,  pernicious,  may  be 
expelled  from  the  Repub  ic.. . .  249 

Foreigners,  rights  and  obliga- 
tions of 247 

Foreigners,  rights  not  granted 
to  them  by  the  law 249 

Foreigners,  rights  of,  how  may 
be  restricted 247,  248 

Foreigners,  rights  of,  in  certain 
cases 248 

Foreigners  serving  in  the  mer- 
chant national  navy,  how 
naturalized 245 

Foreigners  to  contribute  for  the 
public  expenses 248 

Foreigners,  where  may  be  sued.. 
315,  316 

Foreigners,  who  are 219,  241 

Foreign  companies  establishing 
themselves  in  Republic,  duties 
of 276,  277 

Foreigners  may  follow  mercan- 
tile pursuits 276 

Foreign  companies,  regulations 
as  to 294 

Foreign  companies,  subject  to 
certain  provisions 294 

Foreign  consuls  in  Mexico,  list  of  363 

Foreign  countries,  exportation 
to  in  five  fiscal  years 400 

Foreign  diplomatic  representa- 
tives in  Mexico,  list  of 361 

Foreign  money,  no  one  obliged 
to  take  it 312 

Foreign  money,  value  of  in  the 
Republic 312 

Foreign  relations,  see  Depart- 
ment of  Foreign  Relations. 

Formalities  of  contracts,  wills, 
etc. ,  how  regulated 314 

Forts,  military  quarters,  etc.,  to 
be  under  inspection  of  federal 
authorities. ...  222 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


527 


PAGE. 

Founders  of  corporations,  how 
payment  of  amount  due  them 

must  be  made 285 

Founders  of  corporations,  opera- 
tions of  to  be  approved  at  gen- 
eral meeting 286 

Fowls,  duties  on 69 

Frames  for  parasols  and  um- 
brellas, duties  on 125 

France,  consuls  in  Mexico 368 

France,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives in  Mexico 362 

France,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 360 

France,  Mexican  consuls  in 373 

Franchises  granted  to  companies 

for  colonization  purposes.    ...  266 
Freedom  of  speech,  etc.,  granted,  215 
Free  zone,  concessions  to  inhab- 
itants in 60 

Free  zone,  importations  to,  how 

made 61 

Free  zone,  regulations  as  to.. .  .60,  61 
Free  zone,  what  is  comprised  in,  60 
Fresh  meats,  importation  of, 

how  effected 34 

Fresnillo,  legal  directory  of 406 

Fresnillo,  mercantile  directory  of  427 
Fringe,  braid,  ribbons,  etc., 

duties  on 99 

Fringe,  galloon,  etc.,  duties  on,  109 
Fringe,  galloon,  etc.,  linen, 

duties  on 104 

Frontera,  port  charges  at 332 

Frontier  custom  houses 135 

Frontier  custom  houses,  regula- 
tions as  to 50 

Frontier  towns,  importation  of 
merchandise  for  consumption 

of,  how  regulated 54 

Frontier  towns,  inhabitants  of, 
when  not  considered  as  pas- 
sengers   59 

Frontier  towns,  sanitary  service 

in 321 

Fruits,  duties  on 76 

Funds  for  payment  of  bill  of  ex- 
change, how  provided 297 

Furnaces  of  various  kinds,  duties 

on 93 

Furniture,  brass  or  bronze,  duties 

on 86 

Furniture,  iron  of  all  kinds,  du- 
ties on 90 

Furniture  of  all  kinds,  duties  on 
82,83 


PAGE. 

Furniture  of  colonists  to  be  im- 
ported free  from  duties 270 

Furs,  duties  on , 70 

Gallery  of  exploration  of  mine 
when  permitted  to  be  made  by 

mining  deputation 171 

G-alloons  and  textures  of  common 

metal,  duties  on 86 

Galloons  and  texture  of  silver, 

duties  on ....     84 

Game-bags,  duties  on 132 

Garden  products,  duties  on .    ...     76 

Garters,  cotton,  duties  on 99 

Garters,  linen  or  hemp,  duties  on  104 
Garters,  wool  of  all  kinds,  duties 

on 109 

General  manifest,  certification  of    21 
General  manifest,  how  prepared 
at  place  where  there  is  no  Mex- 
ican consul 21 

General  meeting  of  shareholders 

•of  corporations,  power  of 290 

General  meeting  of  stockholders 

of  corporations,  when  called. .  285 
Germany,  consuls  in  Mexico. . . .   363 
Germany,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 360 

Germany,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives in  Mexico 361 

Germany,  Mexican  consuls  in. . .  369 
Gold  articles,  not  specified,  du- 
ties on 129 

Gold,  coinage  of,  in  the  Republic 

396,  397 

Gold,  extracted  in  bullion  or  dust, 

duties  on 83 

Gold  leaf  for  gilding,  duties  on. .     84 
Gold,  production  of,  in  Mexico. .  395 

Glass,  articles  of,  duties  on 93 

Glasses     for     spectacles     and 

watches,  duties  on 96 

Gloves,  duties  on 72 

Gloves,  wool,  duties  on 109 

Glucose,  duties  on 78 

Glue,  duties  on 71 

Glycerine,  duties  on 71 

Graduated  experts  for  reduction 

of  ore,  fees  of 195 

Graduated  expert  in  mining  dis- 
trict, when  to  be  appointed. . .   142 

Grains,  duties  on 76 

Grindstones  and  whetstones,  du- 
ties on 93 

Grants  of  public  lands  for  coloni- 
zation purposes,  extent  of. ...  261 
Graphite,  duties  on 91 


528 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Great  Britain,  consuls  in  Mexico.  369 
Great  Britain,  diplomatic  repre- 
sentative of  Mexico  in 360 

Great  Britain,  diplomatic  repre- 
sentative in  Mexico 362 

Great  Britain,  Mexican  consuls  in  373 

Greece,  consuls  in  Mexico 369 

Grenetine,  duties  on 71 

Gross  weight,  what  is 65 

Ground  used  to  open  shafts,  es- 
tablish offices,  etc.,  how  occu- 
pied   157 

Guadalajara,  legal  directory  of. .  406 
Guadalajara,     mercantile    direc- 
tory of 427-432 

Guanajuato,  legal  directory  of.. .  407 
Guanajuato,  mercantile  directory 

of 432-434 

Guano,  duties  on 71 

Guarantee  as  to  a  bill  of  exchange, 

what  is 300 

Guarantee  as  to  bill  of  exchange, 

how  evidenced 300 

Guatemala,  consuls  in  Mexico. . .  364 
Guatemala,  diplomatic  represen- 
tative in  Mexico 362 

Guatemala,  Mexican  consuls  in.   374 

Guaymas,  legal  directory  of 407 

Guaymas,    mercantile    directory 

of 434 

Guaymas,  port  charges  at 341 

Gulf  of  Mexico,  customs  houses 

in  the 134 

Gulf  of  Mexico,  custom  sections 

or  posts  in  the 135 

Gum    Arabic  and    other  gums, 

duties  on •. 79 

Gum  liquid  (mucilage)  duties  on  119 

.Gums,  duties  on 78 

Gun  cotton,  duties  on 128 

Gunpowder  of  all  kinds,  duties 

on 128 

Guttapercha  articles  not  speci- 
fied, duties  on 129 

Gypsum,  articles  of,  duties  on...     92 
Habilitation,   meaning  given  to 

the  word  in  mining  matters. . .   175 
Habilitator  of  mine,  when  loses 

his  rights 177 

Hair,  duties  on 69,  70 

Hair  cloth,  duties  on 75 

Hair,  human,  duties  on 75 

Hair,  vegetable,  duties  on 77 

Hamburg- American  Packet  Com- 
pany, information  as  to 

Hand  carts,  duties  on 126 


PAGE. 
Handkerchiefs,  cotton,  duties  on  109 

Handkerchiefs,  duties  on 67 

Handkerchiefs,  linen,  duties  on.    104 

Handles  for  tools,  duties  on 81 

Harness,  duties  on 72 

Harrison  line  of  steamers,  infor- 
mation as  to 509 

Hat  linings  of  all  kinds,  duties 

on 131 

Hats  of  all  kinds,  duties  on 132 

Hawaiian  Islands, consuls  in  Mex- 
ico  364 

Hawaiian  Islands,  Mexican  con- 
suls in 374 

Hay,  duties  on 77 

Hayti,  Mexican  consuls  in 374 

Heirs  of  merchants,  when  must 

keep  books 281 

Hemp  cloths  and  articles  of,  du- 
ties on 66 

Hemp,  crude  or  hackled,  duties 

on 76 

Hemp,  spun,  goods  of,  dut;es  on  101 
Hermosillo,  legal  directory  of . . .  407 
Hermosillo,  mercantile  directory 

of 435 

Hidalgo  and  Northeastern  Kail- 
way,  extension  in  kilometers. .  403 
Hidalgo   del  Panal,   legal  direc- 
tory of 407 

Holder  of  bill  of  exchange  cannot 
refuse  to  receive  partial  pay- 
ment   300 

Holder  of  bill  of  exchange  must 
demand  acceptance  from  cer- 
tain persons 299 

Holder  of  a   bill  of    exchange, 

rights  of 304 

Holder  of  bill  of  exchange,  rights 

of  action  against  others 305 

Holder    of  a  bill   of   exchange, 

when  he  loses  his  rights 299 

Holder  of  a  check,  rights-  of,  in 

certain  cases 309 

Holder  of  bill  of  exchange,  is 
owner  of  funds  provided  for  its 

payment 297 

Holder  of  check,  when  must  pre- 
sent it  for  payment 309 

Holder  of  letter  of  credit  must 

prove  his  identity 310 

Holder  of  letter  of  credit,  rights 

of 310,  311 

Holland,  consuls  in  Mexico 365 

Holland,  Mexican  consuls  in. ...  374 
Honduras,  consuls  in  Mexico. . .  364 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


529 


PAGE. 

Honey,  duties  on 71 

Hops,  duties  on 77 

Horses,  mules,  and  asses,  duties 
on 68 

Household  effects  of  passengers, 
how  imported ,. . .  44 

Huamantla,  legal  directory  of. .  408 

Husband,  when  may  revoke  au- 
thority given  to  wife  to  act  as 
merchant 275 

Hydrometric  measures,  tables  of  354 

Hyposulphite  of  soda,  duties  on.   119 

Ice,  duties  on 131 

Ignorance  of  law  is  no  excuse ...   315 

Immigrants,  to  declare  their  in- 
tention as  to  nationality 264 

Importation  duties,  tariff  of,  gen- 
eral rules  for  its  application . .  64 

Importation  of  articles,  free  from 
duties,  by  colonists,  how  reg- 
ulated   270 

Importation  of  certain  articles 
for  colonists,  free  from  duties.  269 

Importation  of  cattle,  how  af- 
fected    33 

Importation  of  fresh  meats,  how 
affected 34 

Importation  of  merchandise  for 
consumption  in  frontier  towns  54 

Importation  permits  when  issued 
by  frontier  custom  houses ....  54 

Importation  permits,  when  to  be- 
come void 56,  57 

Importations  for  consumption  in 
Free  Zone,  how  made 61 

Importations  of  samples,  how  af- 
fected  40,  41 

Importations, statistics  as  to.  398,  399 

Importations  through  interna- 
tional railways,  how  regulated 
53,  54 

Imprisonment  for  debts  not  per- 
mitted   216 

Indentures  for  organization  of 
companies,  what  to  contain . .  282 

Indigo,  duties  on 79 

Indorsement  of  bill  of  exchange 
may  be  in  blank 298 

Indorsement  of  bills  of  exchange, 
rules  as  to 298 

Indorsement  of  bill  of  exchange, 
when  legal 298 

Indorsers  of  bills  of  exchange, 

rights  of  in  certain  cases 305 

Infringement  of  letters  patent, 
how  regulated 207 


PAGE. 

Ink,  writing,  duties  on 120 

Insertions,  linen,  duties  on 105 

Insertions,  wool,  duties  on Ill 

Insolvency  of  drawee  of  bill  of 
exchange,  how  it  affects  pro- 
test    303 

Inspection  of  baggage  of  passen- 
gers   41 

Inspectors  of  mines,  when  and 
how  appointed 142 

Inspectors,  duties  of  regarding 
baggage  and  passengers  at 
frontier  custom  houses 58 

Institutions  of  credit,  how  regu- 
lated   312 

Instruction  is  free  to  all  in  Mex- 
ico   214 

Interest  on  bill  of  exchange,  how 
computed 304 

Interest  on  expenses  of  protest, 
etc.,  regarding  bills  of  ex- 
change, when  to  begin 307 

Instruments,  scientific  and  mu- 
sical, duties  on 125 

Instruments,  scientific,  what  du- 
ties to  be  paid  on 64 

Interlineations,  erasures,  etc. ,  in 
consular  invoices 30 

Interlineations,  in  manifest,  fine 
for 21 

Internal  revenue  tax,  informa- 
tion as  to 513 

International  railways,  provis- 
ions as  to  importations  through 
52,  53 

International  transit  of  foreign 
merchandise 49 

Intervenors  of  mines,  duties  of. .   177 

Intervenor  of  mine,  in  cases  of 
habilitation 177 

Invoice,  certified  copy  of,  when 
may  be  demanded 32 

Invoice,  lack  of,  how  punished. .     31 

Invoices,  errors  in,  how  cor- 
rected   

Invoices,  how  prepared 

Invoices,  how  to  obtain  certifica- 
tion of,  in  certain  cases 33 

Invoices  in  places  where  there  is 
no  Mexican  consul,  how  pre- 
pared   31 

Invoices,  in  what  language 
written 32 

Invoices  of  merchandise,  when 
to  be  presented  to  Mexican 
consul 31 


530 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 
Invoices,  noncompliance  of  law 

as  to,  how  punished 32 

Invoices  of  packages  containing 

samples 30 

Invoices,  what  to  contain 26 

Iodine  and  iodoform,  duties  on. .   120 

Irapuato,  legal  directory  of 408 

Irapuato,    mercantile   directory 

of 436 

Iron,  articles  of,  duties  on ....  88,  89 

Iron  ores,  duties  on 87 

Iron,  tin,  etc.,  in  natural  state, 
who  is  owner  of,  and  how  ex- 
tracted   139 

Irregular  mining   deposits,  how 

measured 160 

Irregularities  in  documents  of 
captains  of  vessels,  how  ex- 
plained    23 

Islands,  colonization  of,  how  ef- 
fected    267 

Italy,  consuls  in  Mexico 364 

Italy,  diplomatic  representative 

in  Mexico 362 

Italy,  diplomatic  representatives 

of  Mexico  in 361 

Italy,  Mexican  consuls  in 374 

Ivory,  duties  on 69 

Jalapa,  legal  directory  of 408 

Jalapa,  mercantile  directory  of. .  436 

Japan,  consuls  in  Mexico 365 

Japan,  diplomatic  representative 

in  Mexico 362 

Japan,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 359 

Japan,  Mexican  consuls  in 374 

Japan,  consuls  in  Mexico 364 

Jars  and  flasks  of  various  kinds, 

duties  on 95 

Jet,  articles  of,  duties  on. .....     92 

Jet,  crude,  duties  on ....     90 

Jewelry  of  all  kinds,  duties  on 

83,  84 

Jewelry  of   copper,  brass,    etc., 

duties  on 86 

Joint  liability  of  persons  execut- 
ing a  bill  of  exchange 304 

Joint    owners    of  public  lands, 

rights  of 254 

Judicial  capacity,  how  acquired 

by  a  person 314 

Judicial  controversy,  how  de- 
cided in  certain  cases 315 

Judiciary  of  the  federation.    ...  389 
Jurisdiction   of   mining  deputa- 
tions.. .   186 


PAGE. 
Jute,    crude  or  hackled,   duties 

on 76 

La  Barca,  legal  directory  of 408 

La   Barca,  mercantile  directory 

of 437 

La  Paz,  legal  directory  of 408 

La  Paz,  mercantile  directory  of. .  438 

La  Paz,  port  charges  at 342 

Lace  and  netting,  linen,  duties 

on 102 

Lace  and  net  goods  of  wool,  du- 
ties on 106 

Lace  and  network  of  cotton,  da- 
ties  on 97 

Lace,  blonde,  etc.,    silk,    duties 

on Ill,  112 

Lagos,  legal  directory  of 414 

Lagos,  mercantile  directory  of . .   437 
Lagos,   San  Juan  de  los,  legal  di- 
rectory of 408 

Lamps  for  miners,  duties  on ....    125 
Land  quarantines,  duration  of. .   321 
Land  quarantines,  when  proper.  321 
Language  in  which  books  of  mer- 
chants are  to  be  kept 278 

Language   in   which   documents 

presented  by  captains  must  be.     24 
Landmarks    of    mining    claims, 

how  made 161 

Landmarks  of  mining  claims  to 

be  immovable 161 

Lands  for  colonization  purposes, 

under  what  conditions  gran  ted.  261 
Lands  granted  to  colonists  when 

surveyed. 265 

Lard,  duties  on 70 

Lava,  articles  of,  duties  on. .....     92 

Law  and  its  effects,  provisions 

regarding 313 

Law  as  to  public  lands  for  colo- 
nization purposes 261 

Law  of  patents 2<)2 

Law  of  trade-marks 210 

Law    regarding     foreigners    and 

naturalization 239 

Law  to  foster  mining  and  agri- 
culture     198 

Law,  when  to  be  abrogated  or 

repealed 314 

Laws,  adoption  of,  regulated  by 

constitution 315 

Laws  of  occupation  and  sale  of 

public  lands 251 

Laws,  regulations,  etc.,  whereto 

be  binding 313 

Laws,  when  to  take  effect 313 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


531 


PAGE. 

Lazarettos,  when    to    be    estab- 
lished      321 

Lead,  articles  of,  duties  on 87 

Leather    and    skin,    articles   of, 

duties  on 71,  72 

Ledger,  separate  accounts  to  be 

kept  in  by  merchant 280 

Legal   directory   of  the  leading 

cities  of  Mexico 404 

Legal     proceedings     in     mining 

cases 178 

Legal  weight,  what  is 65 

Leggings,  duties  on       72 

Legislative    branch    of    govern- 
ment, directory  of 386 

Leon,  legal  directory  of 408 

Leon,  mercantile  directory  of . . .  438 
Lenses  of  various  kinds,  duties 

on 95 

Lessees  of  public  lands,  rights  of,  254 
Letter  of  credit,  how  it  may  be 

executed 310 

Letter  of  credit,  what  is  a 310 

Letters  and   telegrams  of    mer- 
chants,  how  to    be  kept   and 

copied 281 

Letters  patent,  how  annuled. . .     207 
Letters  of  credit  for  delivery  of 

merchandise,  etc.,  permitted. .   311 
Letters  of  credit,  need  not  be  ac- 
cepted or  protested 310 

Letters  of  credit,  rules  concern- 
ing    310 

Letters  of  merchants,   when  to 

be  exhibited 280 

Letters  patents,  howgranted,204,  205 

Lighthouses,  dues  of  vessels 19 

Lightning  rods,  all  kinds,  duties 

on 126 

Lime,  duties  on 91 

Limestones,  basalts,  etc.,  who  is 

owner  of 1 39 

Limitations  as  to  public   lands, 

what  are ,   256 

Linares,  legal  directory  of 408 

Linares,  mercantile  directory  of.  439 

Linear  measure,  table  of 354 

Linen,   clothes  and  articles   of, 

duties  on 66 

Linen,     stockinet,    articles      or 
manufactures  of,  duties  on..  . .   103 

Linings,  silk,  duties  on 114 

Liquidators  of  corporations,  how 

appointed 293 

Liquidation  of  corporations,  how 
effected .293 


PAGE. 
Liquors  (liqueurs)  of  every  kind, 

duties  on 121 

Lint,  antiseptic,  duties  on 118 

List  of  agents  of  Wells,  Fargo  & 

Co.'s  Express 49! 

List  of  custom  houses. . .    134 

List  of  foreign  consuls  in  Mexico  363 
List  of  Mexican  consuls  abroad..  369 
List  of -mines  to  be  denounced,  to 
be  published  by  mining  depu- 
tations     155 

List  of  packages  unloaded  from 

vessels,  when  prepared 25 

Litigation  in  mining  cases,  how 

decided 178 

Live  animals,  duties  on 68 

Local  political  authority  to  act 

as  mining  deputation,  when..   141 
Local  tariff  from  City  of  Mexico 
of  Wells,   Fargo  &   Co.'s   Ex- 
press    493 

Log  book  of  vessel,   when  must 

be  exhibited 23 

Log  book,  when  to  be  exhibited.     25 
Lost  bill  of  exchange,  new  copy 

may  be  issued 301 

Lost  bill  of  exchange,  rules  re- 
garding  301 

Lots  of  lands,  given  to  colonists 

in  new  towns 264 

Lyes,  concentrated,  duties  on. . .    119 
Machinery  and  apparatus,  duties 

on 125 

Machinery,  accessories  of,  how 

rated 68 

Machinery,  tools,  etc.,  cannot  be 
attached  except   for  payment 
of  wages  of  mining  operatives.   178 
Magdalena  Bay,  port  charges  at. .  347 

Magnesium,  duties  on 90 

Mail  messengers  and  carriers, 
provisions  regarding  upon  ar- 
rival at  Republic 47 

Majority  of  votes  in  mining 
companies  decides  questions, 

etc 173 

Managers  of  corporations,  duties 

of 289 

Management  of  corporations  in- 
vested in  board  of  directors. . .  288 

Manifests,  what  to  contain 20 

Manifests,  when  considered  null.     24 
Manufactured  articles  of  metal, 

duties  on 83 

Manufactured  articles,  with 
fringes,  duties  on 65 


632 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Manufactures  of  two  or  more  ma- 
terials, what  duty  to  pay 64 

Mauzamllo,  mercantile  directory 

of 465 

Manzanillo,  port  charges  at 340 

Maps  and  charts,  duties  on 123 

Marble  articles,  duties  on 92 

Marble  slabs  for  floors  or  furni- 
ture, duties  on 93 

Marriage  is  a  civil  contract 222 

Maritime  custom  houses,  list  of,  134 
Married  women,  domicile  of. ...  316 
Married  woman,  how  may  obtain 
authorization  to  act  as  a  mer- 
chant     275 

Married  women,  rights  of  in  cer- 
tain cases 275 

Married  women,  when  may  trans- 
act business 275 

Masks  of  all  kinds,  duties  on. . . .   130 
Masks    of    iron   or    steel    wire, 

duties  on 90 

Masts    and     spars     for    vessels, 

duties  on 80 

Matamoros,  legal  directory  of. . .  408 
Matamoros,  mercantile  directory 

of 440 

Matamoros,  port  charges  at 338 

Matches  and  tapers,  duties  on. .    119 
Matriculation        of       foreigners 

abolished 249 

Mats,  duties  on 82 

Mattresses,  duties  on 130 

Maturity   of    bill   of    exchange, 

payment  may  be  made  before.   300 
Maturity   of   bills   of   exchange, 

when 295 

Mazatlan,  legal  directory  of. ...  409 
Mazatlan,   mercantile    directory 

of 440 

Mazatlan,  port  charges  at  .......  339 

Measurement  of  a  mining  claim, 

how  made 159 

Measurement  of  a  mining  claim 

in  certain  cases 159 

Measures  and  weights,  tables  of.  353 

Meats,  duties  on 69,  70 

Meats,    fresh,    importation    of, 

how  effected 34 

Mechanisms     for     clocks     and 

watches,  duties  on 126 

Medical  inspection,  when  to  be 
adopted  in  lieu  of  quarantine.  321 

Medicine  chests,  duties  on 117 

Meetings  of  corporations,    how 
and  when  held .   290 


PAGE. 

Meetings  of  shareholders  of  cor- 
porations, what  done  in 285 

Meerschaum,  articles  of,  duties 
on 92 

Members  of  boards  of  directors 
of  corporations  to  deposit 
shares. ...  288 

Members  of  board  of  directors  of 
corporations,  when  cannot  vote  292 

Mercantile  accounts,  rules  as  to  278 

Mercantile  companies,  different 
classes  of  281 

Mercantile  directory  of  the  lead- 
ing cities  of  the  Republic 416 

Merchandise,  how  desciibed  in 
invoice 26 

Merchant,  foreign,  must  keep  his 
books  in  Spanish ....  278 

Merchants,  general  obligations 
of 276,  277 

Merchants,  how  to  keep  their 
letters  and  telegrams 281 

Merchants  must  show  their  books 
in  certain  cases 280 

Merchants  are  obliged  to  keep 
accounts 278 

Merchants,  who  are  considered..  274 

Merida,  legal  directory  of 409 

Merida,  mercantile  directory  of 
441-444 

Metals  not  specified  in  tariff,  du- 
tieson 90 

Metric  system,  weights  and  meas- 
ures according  to. 35 

Mexican  Central  Rail  way,  exten- 
sion in  kilometers 402 

Mexican  Central  Railway,  gen- 
eral information,  etc 500 

Mexican  citizens,  prerogatives 
and  obligations  of 220 

Mexican  citizens,  who  are 220 

Mexican  coins,  weights  and  meas- 
ures  353 

Mexican  consular  agents,  duties 
of,  relative  to  custom  house 
ordinance  7 

Mexican  consuls,  abroad,  duties 
of 35 

Mexican  consuls,  abroad,  list  of.  369 

Mexican  consuls,  to  certify  bills 

of  health .  .  ..  318 

Mexican  consuls,  various  duties 

of. 38,  39 

Mexican  dollar  is  the  basis   for 

business  operations 311 

Mexican,  duties  of  a 219 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Mexican  International  Railway, 
extension  in  kilometers 403 

Mexican  International  Railway, 
general  information,  etc 504 

Mexican  Interoceanic  Railway, 
extension  in  kilometers 402 

Mexican  Interoceanic  Railway, 
general  information,  etc 504 

Mexican  National  Railway,  ex- 
tension in  kilometers 402 

Mexican  National  Railway,  gen- 
eral information,  etc 503 

Mexican  Northern  Railway,  ex- 
tension in  kilometers 403 

Mexican  Northern  Railway,  gen- 
eral information,  etc 507 

Mexican  Railway,  extension  in 
kilometers 402 

Mexican  Railway,  general  infor- 
mation, etc .  502 

Mexican  Southern  Railway,  ex- 
tension in  kilometers 403 

Mexican  Southern  Railway,  gen- 
eral information,  etc 506 

Mexicans  residing  abroad,  grant 
of  land  to 264 

Mexicans,  who  are 219,  239,  315 

Mexicans,  when  to  be  preferred 
to  foreigners 219 

Mexicans,  where  may  be  sued 
315,  316 

Mexico,  City  of,  census  in  1890.   394 

Mexico,  City  of,  common  council 
for  1892 385 

Mexico,  City  of,  legal  directory 
of 409 

Mexico,  City  of,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 444-463 

Military  authorities,  what  power 
to  exercise  in  time  of  peace.. .  221 

Military  service,  domicile  of, 
persons  in 316 

Military  zones,  list  of  command- 
ers of 386 

Milk,  duties  on 70 

Millstones,  duties  on 93 

Mine  is  indivisible  and  cannot  be 
divided  between  different  own- 
ers    172 

Mine  owners  when  absent  must 
leave  agent 181 

Mine  owners  must  maintain 
drainage  of  mines 167 

Mine  to  be  worked,  even  incases 
of  insolvency,  testamentary 
proceedings,  etc 179 


PAGE. 

Mine,  when  considered  deserted 
and  abandoned 1 46 

Miners,  how  inscribed  in  regis- 
ter of  mining  deputation 185 

Miners,  how  to  vote  at  elections 
for  mining  deputations .  187 

Miners  to  keep  within  the  limits 
of  their  claims,  when  16S 

Miners,  when  to  take  and  sell 
tools,  etc 178 

Mineral  coal,  who  is  owner  of 
deposits  of ....  139 

Mineral  products,  duties  on 91 

Mineral  waters,  natural  or  artifi- 
cial, duties  on 120 

Minor,  domicile  of 316 

Minors,  when  may  transact  busi- 
ness    275 

Mints  of  the  Republic,  coinage 
of 397,  398 

Minutes  of  general  meeting  of 
shareholders  of  corporations, 
what  to  contain 285 

Minutes  of  meetings  of  corpora- 
tions, how  made 292 

Mines  and  deposits  of  inorganic 
substances,  subject  to  Mining 
Code 137 

Mines  and  mining  property,  man- 
ner of  acquiring 145 

Mines  and  mining  property,  what 
is  ownership  of 138 

Mines  benefited  by  drainage  are 
subject  to  certain  provisions. .  168 

Mines  and  mining  property,  who 
may  acquire  them 1  38 

Mines  and  mining  property,  what 
are 137 

Mines,  certain  exempted  from  di- 
rect taxes 179 

Mines  to  pay  a  single  direct  tax.  179 

Mining  claims,  how  many  con- 
stitute a  single  concession ....  1 58 


Mining  claims,  what  figure  they 


160 


are  to  have  in  certain  cases. . . . 
Mining  claims,  when  denounced.  140 
Mining  company,  how  to  be  con- 
stituted    172 

Mining  companies  may  acquire 

four  continuous  claims 172 

Mining  companies  or  partnerships 

how  established 172 

Mining  companies,  regulations  of  171 

Mining  Code 1 37 

Mining  concessions  upon  veins, 
what  are..  158 


534 


GENERAL  INJ»EX. 


PAGE. 

Mining  deputations  already  es- 
tablished   196 

Mining  deputations  are  dependent 
on  Department  of  P  ublic  Works  141 

Mining  deputations,  books  to  be 
kept  by  191 

Mining  deputations,  certain  du- 
ties o! 180 

Mining  deputations,  fees  of  ....   181 

Mining  deputations,  .iow  consti- 
tuted   186 

Mining  deputations,  how  regu- 
lated  142,  180 

Mining  deputationi  must  collect 
data  for  f ormati  on  of  mining 
statistics 142 

Mining  deputation!  must  decide 
question  when  there  is  equality 
of  votes  173 

Mining  deputations  must  observe 
certain  provisions  of  law 178 

Mining  deputations  to  give  pref- 
erence to  graduated  experts ...  191 

Mining  deputations  to  visit  mines 
in  certaia  cases 165 

Mining  deputations  to  appoint  a 
graduated  expert 191 

Mining  deputations  to  grant  pro- 
tection to  a  mine  in  certain 
cases  147 

Mining  deputations  to  order  de- 
nouncement of  mine  to  be  pub- 
lished    150 

Mining  deputations,  where  to  be 
established 141 

Mining  deputy  acting  as  secre- 
tary to  receive  his  fees 194 

Mining  deputies  are  excused  from 
performance  of  other  munici- 
pal duty 191 

Mining  deputies  to  appoint  a 
legal  adviser 189 

Mining  deputies,  treatment  of 
and  accusations  against 180 

Mining  deputations,  how  estab- 
lished    186 

Mining  deputy,  how  may  re- 
nounce office  188 

Mining  deputies,  how  to  hear  and 
determine  important  matters.  189 

Mining  deputies,  how  they  may 
alternate  .  190 

Mining  deputations,  powers  and 
duties  of 185 

Mining  deputies,  qualifications 
of  .,  .  187 


PAGE. 

Mining   deputies,    responsibility 
of 181 

Mining   deputies  shall   have  no 

salary,  but  receive  fees 186 

Mining   deputies  shall  alternate 

in  transaction  of  business....   189 
Mining  deputations  to  be  under 
immediate   supervision  of  De- 
partment of  Public  Works. ...   185 
Mining  deputations,  when   may 
order  suspension  in  the  work- 
ing of  mines 165 

Mining  deputies,  when  suspended 

and  fined 182 

Mining  experts,  fees  of 194 

Mining  explorations  may  not  be 
made  in  street  or  public  square  145 

Mining,  law  to  foster 198 

Mining  laws  of  Mexico 137 

Mining  property,  how  transferred  139 
Mining  property,  when  forfeited  139 
Mining  properties,  to  remain  sub- 
sisting, etc 182 

Mirrors  of  all  kinds,  duties  on . .     94 
Mirrors,    whea   considered  part 

of  furniture 64 

Models  and  molds  for  the  arts, 

duties  on 130 

Molasses,  duties  on 78 

Monacco,  Mexican  consul  in 374 

Monastic  orders  not  permitted ..  214 
Money,  foreign,  value  of  in  the 

Republic 312 

Money  is  the  only  subject  mat- 
ter of  bill  of  exchange 295 

Money,  prescriptions  of  Code  of 

Commerce  as  to 311 

Money  values,  table  of 63 

Monopolies,    not  permitted 218 

Monterey  and  Mexican  Gulf  Rail- 
way, extension- in  kilometers. 
Monterey  and  Mexican  Gulf  Rail- 
road, general  information,  etc.  505 

Monterey,  legal  directory  of 411 

Monterey ,mercantile  directory  of  463 

Moral  persons,  who  are 317 

Morelia,  legal  directory  of 411 

Morelia,  mercantile  directory  of.   465 
Morgan  line  of  steamers,  informa- 
tion as  to 509 

Morphine  and  its  salts,  duties  on .   119 
Mosaics   of    artificial    stone    for 

paving,  duties  on 93 

Moss,  duties  on 77 

Mounting  or  setting  to  articles, 
what  are . .  67 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


535 


PAGE. 

Mules,  horses,  and  asses,  duties 
on 68 

Muslin  for  binding  books,  du- 
ties on ...  .  97 

Museums,  collections  for,  duties 
on 130 

Music,  printed  or  manuscript,  du- 
ties on  124 

Musk,  duties  on 70 

Mutilation,  branding,  etc.,  pro- 
hibited    217 

Nails,  tacks,  screws,  etc.,  iron, 
duties  on 90 

National  antiquities  may  not  be 
exported  49 

National  construction  company, 
extension  of  railway  of 403 

Nationality,  change  of,  has  no 
retroactive  effects 315 

National  ships  are  part  of  na- 
tional territory,  for  purposes 
of  determining  place  of  tirth. .  242 

Naturalization,  law  regarding. . .   239 

Naturalization  of  foreigner  void, 
when 2i3 

Naturalized  citizen,  rights  and 
obligations  of 247 

Naturalized  citizens,  rights  of 
protection  of  abroad 243 

Naturalization,  rules  as  to 244 

Net  weight,  what  is 65 

Netherlands,  Mexican  consuls  in  374 

Netting,  articles  of  cotton,  duties 
on 98 

New  custom  house  ordinance. .  .     17 

New  election  for  mining  depu- 
ties, how  held 188 

New  mining  deputations,  how 
established 186 

New  York  and  Cuba  Mail  Steam- 
.  shipCompany,  information  as  to  508 

Nicaragua,  consuls  in  Mexico. . .   365 

Nickels,  coinage  of,  in  the  Repub- 
lic  396,  397 

Nickel,  duties  on 90 

Nitrate  of  silver,  duties  on 119 

Nickel-plated  articles  of  metal, 
duties  on 67 

Northern  frontier,  customs,  sec- 
tions or  posts  in  the 136 

Notary  to  protest  bills  of  ex- 
change, how 303 

Notices  as  to  claims  for  public 
lands,  how  published 255 

Notification  as  to  protest  of  bill 
of  exchange 305 


PAGE. 

Notices  of  election  of  mining  dep- 
utations, how  issued 186 

.Notices  to  passengers  to  be 
printed  by  custom  house  col- 
lectors    ...  47 

Nuevo  Laredo,  legal  directory  of  411 
Nuevo  Laredo,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 466 

Oath,  religious,  substitution  of. .  222 

Oats  in  the  grain,  duties  on 76 

Oaxaca,  legal  directory  of 412 

Oaxaca,  mercantile  directory  of.  466 
Obligations  of  all  who  transact 

business 276 

Occupation  of  land  for  opening 
of  mine,  shaft,  etc.,  when  ef- 
fected   140 

Occupation  of  public  lands,  laws 

as  to 251 

Ochers,  duties  on  91 

Official  visits  to  mines,  how  made  165 

Oil,  duties  on 71 

Oilcloth   for  tables,    etc.,  duties 

on 132 

Oil  measure,  equivalents 355 

Oil,  mineral,  duties  on 91 

Oils,  lubricating,  duties  on 129 

Oils,  industrial,  duties  on. . .  .78,    79 

Oils,  medicinal,  duties  on 78 

Olive  oil,  duties  on 78 

Olives,  duties  on 76 

Omnibuses,  duties  on 127,  128 

Opening  of  tunnels  to  facilitate 
drainage  of  mines,  how  effected  168 

Opium,  duties  on 78 

Opposition  to  denouncement  of  a 

mine,  when  admissible 153 

Opposition  to  denouncement  of  a 

mine,  when  not  admitted 153 

Opposition  to  measurement,  sur- 
vey, etc.,  of  public  lands,  when 

may  not  be  made 253 

Orchil,  duties  on 119 

Ordinance  of  maritime  and  fron- 
tier custom  houses ...  17 

Ordinary  elections  of  mining  dep- 
utations, when  held 187 

Organization  of  companies,  how 

effected 282 

Organization    of     cor  poration, 

what  to  precede 284 

Ornaments,  sacerdotal,  duties  on  115 
Ore,    gold,   silver,   or  platinum, 

duties  on 83 

Ore  of  mines  once  worked  and 
abandoned,  may  not  be  picked  157 


536 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Ore,  stone,  of  all  kinds,  duties 
on 91 

Ores  obtained  beyond  the  bound- 
ary of  a  claim,  what  to  be  done 

with  them 163 

Ores  obtained  while  working  into 

other  claims,  how  divided 162 

Orizaba,  legal  directory  of 412 

Orizaba,  mercantile  directory  of.  467 
Owner  of  mine  may  be  indemni- 
fied for  cost  of  drainage  in  cer- 
tain cases 168 

Owner  of  mine  to  be  fined  for  dis- 
obeying orders  of  mining  depu- 
tation    165 

Owner  of  soil,  in  what  he  has  ex- 
clusive property 139 

Owners  of  mines  to   indemnify 

persons  keeping  up  drainage. .    168 
Owners  of  public  lands,  duties  of.  253 
Owners  of  shares  in  mining  com- 
pany entitled  to  vote 173 

Ownership  of  mine,  how  it  may 

be  forfeited 148 

Ownership  of  mines  and  mining 

property,  how  acquired 145 

Pachuca,  legal  directory  of 412 

Pachuca,  mercantile  directory  of.  469 
Pacific    Coast    Steamship    Com- 
pany, information  as  to 509 

Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Com- 
pany, information,  etc 508 

Pacific  Ocean,  custom  houses  in 

the 134 

Pacific  Ocean,  customs  sections 

or  posts  in  the 136 

Packages    may    contain    several 

bundles,  boxes,  etc.,  when. ...     28 
Packages    of    merchandise,    im- 
ported,   marks   and    numbers 

on 33 

Paintings   on  paper,  cloth,  etc., 

duties  on 132 

Paints,  boxes  of,  duties  on 130 

Panes  of  glass,  duties  on 96 

Paper,  manufactured  articles  of.   123 
Paper  of    all   kinds,    duties   on 

121,  122 

Paper,    waste     and     clippings, 

duties  on 121 

Paraffine,  crude  and  in  candles, 

duties  on 92 

Paraguay,  consuls  in  Mexico.. . .   365 
Paraguay,  Mexican  consuls  in. . .    374 
Parasols,  umbrellas,  etc.,  cotton, 
duties  on ...   100 


PAGE. 

Parcel  post  convention  with  the 
United  States 233 

Parras,  mercantile  directory  of. .  470 

Partner  in  mining  company  may 
dispose  of  his  share 172 

Partners  in  mining  companies, 
how  responsible 173 

Partners  in  mining  companies, 
rights  of 172 

Paso  del  Norte,  see  Ciudad 
Juarez. 

Passengers  at  frontier  custom 
houses,  rights  and  duties  of .  .57,  58 

Passengers,  baggage  of,  how  in- 
spected    40 

Passengers,  baggage  of,  what 
may  consist  in 42 

Passengers,  duties  of  upon  arriv- 
ing at  the  Republic 41 

Passengers,  household  effects  of, 
how  imported 44 

Passengers,  importation  of  pres- 
ents brought  by 42 

Passengers,  private  papers  of, 
not  subject  to  inspection 46 

Passengers,  treatment  of  by  cus- 
tom house  officers 46 

Passports,  not  necessary 215 

Past  due  bill  of  exchange,  rights 
under 306 

Pastes,  alimentary,  duties  on.  . .     78 

Pastes,  pastilles  and  jellies, 
duties  on 119 

Patents,  how  obtained 204 

Patents,  law  of 202 

Patterns  for  slippers  and  gaiters, 
duties  on 130 

Patzcuaro,  legal  directory  of 412 

Paving  slabs,  stone,  duties  on. . .     93 

Paving  stone,  duties  on 92 

Payment  of  bill  after  protest, 
when  permitted 304 

Payment  of  bill  of  exchange  for 
honor,  rules  as  to 303 

Payment  of  bills  of  exchange, 
may  be  on  copies,  when 301 

Payment  of  checks,  how  evi- 
denced   310 

Payment  of  bills  of  exchange, 
rules  as  to 300 

Pearls,  duties  on 70 

Penalties  for  breaking  seals  of 
custom  house  officials 25 

Penalties  for  nonpresentation  of 
custom  house  documents. ..  .22,  23 

Pencil  cases,  duties  on 125 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


537 


PAGE. 

Pencils  of  all  kinds,  duties  on....     92 

Penholders,  duties  on 132 

Penitentiary  system  to  be 
adopted 217 

Pepper,  duties  on 76 

Pepsin,  duties  on .   119 

Perfumery  of  all  kinds,  duties 
on 132 

Permanganate  of  potash,  duties 
on 119 

Permit  for  exploration  of  mining 
property,  under  what  con- 
ditions issued 142 

Permit  to  carry  on  explorations 
in  mining  property,  how  ob- 
tained   143 

Permits  for  importation,  how 
certified  . ; 37 

Permits  for  transportation  of 
dead  bodies  by  rail,  how  is- 
sued   323 

Permits  to  colonists  for  the  im- 
portation of  articles,  when  not 
granted 272 

Pernicious  foreigner,  may  be  ex- 
pelled from  the  Republic .....  247 

Person  accepting  bill  of  exchange 
for  honor,  obligations  of 304 

Person  giving  letter  of  credit, 
rights  and  obligations  of 311 

Person  paying  bill  of  exchange 
before  maturity  responsible .  . .  300 

Person  under  legal  disability, 
rights  of  with  reference  to 
bills  of  exchange 300 

Persons,  law  regarding  their  con- 
dition and  capacity,  how  ob- 
ligatory    314 

Persons  sentenced  to  suffer  pun- 
ishment, domicile  of 316 

Persons  who  may  be  subject  to 
commercial  law 274,  275 

Peru,  consuls  in  Mexico 365 

Petition  for  inscription  in  regis- 
ter of  mining  deputation,  how 
made 185 

Petition  for  naturalization,  when 
and  how  presented 244 

Petition  for  the  dispatch  of 
goods  imported  by  colonists, 
when  presented 271 

Petition  in  cases  of  claims  of 
public  lands 254 

Pharmaceutical  preparations,  du-' 
ties  on 116 

Phosphorus,  duties  on 119 


PAGE. 

Photographers'    plates,  dry,  du- 
ties on 119 

Piano  actions,  duties  on 125 

Pictures    for   schoolrooms,     du- 
ties on 123 

Pile  drivers,  duties  on 126 

Pillows,  duties  on 130 

Pisciculture,  establishments  for, 

exempted  from  taxation   201 

Placers   of    gold   and  platinum, 

subject  to  Mining  Code 137 

Placers  of  precious  metals,  etc., 

how  measured 160 

Plants,  artificial,  duties  on 132 

Plants,  live,  duties  on 77 

Plasters  and  plaster  cloth,  duties 

on 119 

Platinum  articles,  not  specified, 

duties  on 129 

Platinum,    extracted  in   bullion 

or  dust,  duties  on 83 

Plows  and  plowshares,  duties  on.     88 

Plush  silk,  duties  on 1)3 

Poison  for  hides,  duties  on 120 

Population  of  leading  cities   of 

the  Republic  in  1890 393 

Population   of   the   Republic   in 

1890 392 

Porcelain,  articles  of,  duties  on.     93 

Port  Angel,  port  charges  at 347 

Port  charges  in  the  Republic. ...  32d 
Ports,  sanitary  regulations  as 

to 318 

Portugal,  consuls  in  Mexico. . . .   365 
Portugal,  diplomatic  representa- 
tive in  Mexico 362 

Portugal,  diplomatic  representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 360 

Portugal,  Mexican  consuls  in ...  375 
Possession  of  a  mine,  how  given.  152 
Possession  of  public  lands  for 

ten  years,  to  what  gives  right.  252 
Possession  of  public  lands,  when 

given 255 

Possessor  of  public  lands,  rights 

of .  252 

Postage    from    Mexico    to    the 

United  States 497 

Postage   from   United  States  to 

Mexico 499 

Postage  stamps,  duties  on 133 

Postal     convention     with      the 

United  States 227 

Postal  rates  in  Mexico 495 

Postal  receipts  for  invoices 32 

Potassium,  duties  on 90 


538 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Power  of  attorney  may  be  given 
for  act  of  naturalization 246 

Power  of  attorney  to  draw  bill  of 
exchange,  how  given 296 

Power  of  attorney  in  mining  mat- 
ters, how  executed 152 

Precious  metal  weights,  list  of . .  356 

Precious  stones,  duties  on 91 

Prescriptions  of  Code  of  Com- 
merce, applicable  to  what. . . .  274 

Presentation  of  bills  of  exchange, 
rules  as  to 298 

Presentation  of  bills  of  exchange, 
when  to  be  made 298 

Presentation  for  payment  of  a 
check,  when  to  be  made 309 

President  Diaz,  synopsis  of  ad- 
dress of 349 

President  in  case  of  invasion, etc., 
may  suspend  constitutional 
guarantees  . , 218 

President  of  the  Republic,  elec- 
tion of 213 

President  of  Republic  may  enter 
into  contracts  for  sale  of  pub- 
lic lands 254 

Presses,  printing  or  lithograph- 
ing, duties  on 126 

Price  list  of  public  lands 259 

Price  list  of  public  lands,  to  be 
published  every  two  years. . . .  251 

Price  of  public  lands,  how  to  be 
paid 251 

Price  of  re-exchange,  how  deter- 
mined....   307 

Principal  railways  of  Mexico, 
general  information,  etc 500 

Private  papers  of  passengers  not 
to  be  read  by  custom  house 
officers 46 

Private  property  not  to  be  taken 
without  consent  of  owner. . .  218 

Proceedings  as  to  two  or  more 
denouncements  of  the  same 
mine 153 

Proceedings  for  denouncement, 
etc.,  of  additions  to  mining 
claims 161 

Proceedings  for  the  denounce- 
ment of  tunnels  of  exploration, 
etc.,  of  mines 169 

Proceedings  in  cases  of  discov- 
ery of  a  mine  152 

Proceedings  on  suspension  of 
working  of  a  mine,  how  carried 
on 167 


PAGE, 

Proceedings  in  mining  cases, 
character  of 178 

Proceedings  in  mining  matters 
before  Code  took  effect 182 

Proceedings  of  denouncements  of 
mines,  when  suspended 154 

Proceedings  upon  presentation  of 
petition  for  denouncement  of  a 
mine 150 

Production  of  gold  and  silver  in 
Mexico 395 

Progreso,  legal  directory  of 412 

Progreso,  mercantile  directory  of  470 

Progreso,  port  charges  at 335 

Prohibitire  laws,  acts  executed 
against  tenor  of 314 

Promissory  notes  and  drafts 
drawn  to  order,  what  to  con- 
tain    308 

Promissory  notes  not  drawn  to 
order,  are  not  mercantile  docu- 
ments    308 

Promissory  notes,  rules  regarding  307 

Promissory  notes,  when  they 
may  not  be  indorsed 308 

Proof  necessary  to  inscribe  min- 
ers in  register  of  mining  depu- 
tation   185 

Property  in  the  Republic,  asses- 
sable value  of 394 

Prospectus  of  corporations,  what 
to  contain 285 

Protection  granted  to  citizens  by 
Mexican  Government 243 

Protection  of  a  mine,  when  con- 
sidered as  given  146 

Protection  to  a  mine,  when  may 
be  granted  a  second  time 148 

Protection  to  a  mine,  when  to  be 
granted 147 

Protest  as  to  election  of  mining 
deputation,  may  be  made 1 88 

Protest  cannot  be  renounced....  303 

Protest  for  nonacceptance  of  bill 
of  exchange,  when  made 303 

Protest,  legal  effects  of  a 303 

Protest  of  bill  of  exchange,  how 
notified  305 

Protests  of  bills  of  exchange, 
rules  as  to 302 

Protest  of  bill  of  exchange,  what 
to  contain 302 

Protest  of  bill  of  exchange, 
where  and  when  effected 302 

Protest  of  promissory  notes,  ef- 
fect of...  .  308 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


539 


PAGE. 
Provision  of  funds  to  pay  bill  of 

exchange,  how  made 297 

Proxies  may  be  given  by  share- 
holders of  corporations 291 

Public  employes,  where  is   their 

domicile 316 

Public  lands   adjoining    others, 

boundaries  of 256 

Public  lands,  classification  of ...  258 
Public  lands  for  colonization 

purposes,  law  as  to 261 

Public  lands,  law  s  of  occupation 

and  sale  of 251 

Public  lands,  price  list  of 259 

Public  lands,  what  are 251 

Public   officers  to  take  oath  of 

office 221 

Public    policy,    laws    affecting, 

cannot  be  altered  or  avoided. .   314 
Public  works,  see  Department  of 

Public  Works. 
Publication  of  denouncements  or 

claims  of  public  lands 255 

Pnebla,  legal  directory  of 412 

Puebla,  mercantile  directory  of 

471-475 

Pulp,  wood,  duties  on 79 

Pumps  and  turbines,  duties  on. .   125 

Pumice-stone,  duties  on 91 

Purchases  of  shares  of  corpora- 
tion, void  in  certain  cases   . . .   288 
Putty   or  mastic,  to  fix  glasses, 

duties  on 133 

Putty,  tin,  duties  on 119 

Quarantine  of  observation,  what 

is 319 

Quarantines  for  cholera,  rules  as 

to 320 

Quarantines     for  yellow    fever, 

rules  as  to   " 319,  3?0 

Quarantines,  land,  when  proper.  321 
Quarantines,  maritime,  kinds  of.  319 
Quarantines,  maritime,  when 

proper 319 

Queretaro,  legal  directory  of ...  412 
Queretaro.  mercantile  directory  of  475 

Quicksilver,  duties  on 90 

Quicksilver,  exempt  from  import 

duties  and  direct  taxes 179 

Rags  in  pieces,  duties  on 82 

Bails,    iron   or    steel,   switches, 

etc.,  duties  on 89 

Railway  cars,  duties  on 126 

Railway  companies,  to   observe 

certain  rules  for  transportation 

of  dead  bodies. . .  .   324 


PAGE. 

Railways  in  operation  in  Mexico  402 

Railways  of  the  Republic,  gen- 
aral  information,  etc 500 

Ramie,  crude  or  hackled,  duties 
on 76 

Rates,  postal,  in  Mexico 495 

Razor  straps,  duties  on 129 

Real  estate,  what  laws  applicable 
to 3J4 

Record  as  to  proceedings  of  de- 
nouncement of  mine?,  how 
made 154 

Reduction  in  price  of  public 
lands,  when  made 252 

Reduction  of  ores  in  common, 
partners  when  shall  effect ...  175 

Reduction  works,  subject  to  Min- 
ing Code 138 

Reduction  works,  what  taxes  to 
be  levied  on  180 

Reduction  works,  when  consid- 
ered abandoned 156 

Re-exchanges,  rules  as  to,  with 
regard  to  bills  of  exchange... .  306 

Re-exchanges  may  not  be  accu- 
mulated on  the  same  bill 307 

Register,  mercantile,  to  be  kept.  277 

Register  of  miners  of  mining  dep- 
utation, book  to  be  kept 185 

Register  of  shares  of  corporations 
to  be  kept  286 

Register  to  be  kept  as  to  amount 
of  articles  imported  by  colo- 
nists   272 

Registration  of  documents  relat- 
ing to  foreign  companies,  how 
made 77 

Regulations  for  mining  deputa- 
tions   184 

Regulations  for  the  importation 
of  articles  belonging  to  colo- 
nists  268 

Regulations  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  human  dead  bodies  by 
railways 323 

Religious  institutions,  how  may 
acquire  real  estate  222 

Religious  worship,  intervention 
of  federal  authorities  in 221 

Renouncement  of  consignment, 
how  effected  39 

Renouncement  of  laws,  when 
not  permitted 314 

Reproducing  apparatus  may  be 
used  for  preparing  custom 
house  documents . .  62 


540 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAOE. 

Rescision  of  contract  of  sale  of 
mines,  when  not  to  be  made. .  178 

Reserve  fund  of  corporations, 
how  set  aside  292 

Resins,  duties  on 78 

Resolutions  at  general  meetings 
of  corporations,  how  passed..  291 

Resolutions  of  mining  compa- 
nies, when  valid 174 

Responsibility  of  indorsers  and 
acceptors  of  bills  of  exchange. .  298 

Restorers  of  ancient  mineral  dis- 
tricts to  be  considered  as  dis- 
coverers  146 

Retroactive  effect  as  to  change 
of  nationality  cannot  exist. .  246 

Retroactive  laws  cannot  be  en- 
acted   216 

Retroactive,  no  law  may  be. ...  313 

Return  bill,  what  is 306 

Return  bill,  what  is  to  accom- 
pany a 306 

Return  of  letter  of  credit,  when 
to  be  made 31 1 

Revenue  stamp  tax,  information 
as  to 511 

Revision  of  baggage,  how  made. .     46 

Ribbon,  braid,  etc.,  linen,  etc., 
duties  on  104 

Ribbon,  braid,  etc.,  wool,  du- 
ties on  109 

Ribbons,  braid,  etc.,  cotton,  du- 
ties OQ 99 

Ribbons,  silk,  with  mixture  of 
cotton,  etc.,  duties  on 66 

Rigging  and  cordage,  duties  on .     82 

Right  acquired  by  denouncer  of 
a  mine,  when  it  lapses 155 

Right  of  petition  is  inviolable.. .  215 

Right  of  way  for  operatives,  etc., 
of  mines 140 

Rights  of  action  on  bill  of  ex- 
change protested  for  nonac- 
ceptance,  how  exercised 305 

Rights  of  man  as  prescribed  in 
the  federal  constitution 214 

Rigorous  quarantine,  what  is. . .   319 

Roads  to  mines,  how  may  be 
used 140 

Roots,  duties  on.         77 

Rope  pickings  for  paper  manu- 
facture, duties  on 82 

Rosario,  legal  direccory  of 413 

Rosario,  mercantile  directory  of.  476 

Royal  Mail  Steam  Packet  Com- 
pany, information  as  to 509 


PAGE. 
Rubber  cloth  of  all  kinds,  duties 

on . 132 

Rubber,  erasing,  duties  on 131 

Rubber  in  sheets,  prepared,  etc., 

duties  on 131 

Ruffles,  linen,  duties  on 104 

Ruffles  or  flutings,  wool,  duties 

on 109 

Rules  for  working  mines   163 

Running  gear  for  caniages,  du- 
ties on 128 

Russia,    diplomatic     representa- 
tives in  Mexico 362 

Russia,    diplomatic    representa- 
tives of  Mexico  in 361 

Russia,  Mexican  consuls  in 375 

Sacerdotal  ornaments,  silk,  du- 
ties on 115 

Sacks,  duties  on 81 

Saddles,  duties  on  71 

Saddlecloths   of  woolen  cloth  or 

felt,  duties  on 110 

Saffron,  duties  on 77 

Salamanca,  legal  directory  of . . .   413 
Salamanca,  mercantile  directory 

of        477 

Sale  of  public  lands,  law  as  to. .   251 
Salina  Cruz,  port  charges  at. . .     345 

Salt  and  salts,  duties  on 119 

Salt   deposits  owned  by  federal 

government,  how  regulated   .   183 
Saltpeter  and  nitrate  of  potash, 

duties  on 120 

Salts  existing  on  surface  of  soil, 

who  is  owner  of . . .   139 

Saltillo,  legal  directory  of 413 

Saltillo,  mercantile  directory  of.  477 
Salvador,  consuls  in  Mexico .... 


Salvador,  diplomatic  representa- 


365 

tive  in  Mexico  .  362 

Salvatierra,  legal  directory  of. . .  413 
Salvatierra,  mercantile  directory 

of 478 

Samples,  duties  of  captains  of 

vessels  as  to 24 

Samples,  invoices  of  packages 

containing 30 

Samples  of  merchandise  for  im- 
portation, what  are 40 

Samples  of  merchandise,  privi- 

1  eges  as  to 40 

.San  Bias,  legal  directory  of 413 

San  Bias,  mercantile  directory  of  479 

San  Bias,  port  charges  at 339 

San  Cristobal  los  Casas,  legal 

directory  of 413 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


541 


PAGE. 

San  Cristobal  los  Casas,  mercan- 
tile directory  of 479 

Sau  Juan  Bautista,  legal  direc- 
tory of 413 

San  Juan  Bautista,  mercantile 
directory  of 479 

San  Juan  de  Guadalupe,  mer- 
cantile directory  of 480 

San  Juan  de  Guadalupe,  legal 
directory  of .  .  .  414 

San  Juan  de  los  Lagos,  mercan- 
tile directory  of 480 

San  Juan  del  Rio,  mercantile 
directory  of  . .  481 

San  Luis  Potosi,  legal  directory 
of 414 

San  Luis  Potosi,  mercantile  direc- 
tory of 481-483 

Sand  or  emery  paper  or  cloth, 
duties  on 93 

Sandals,  duties  on 81 

Sanitary  code,  provisions  of. ...  318 

Sanitary  cordons,  how  estab- 
lished   321 

Sanitary  service  in  frontier 
towns,  rules  as  to 321 

Santa  Rosalia,  port  charges  at . .   346 

Santo  Domingo,  consuls  in  Mex- 
ico   369 

Santo  Domingo,  diplomatic  repre- 
sentative in 361 

Santo  Domingo  (Dominican  Re- 
public) Mexican  consuls  in. . .  370 

Sausages,  duties  on 70 

Sayula,  mercantile  directory  of.   483 

Schedule  of  fees  in  mining  mat- 
ters   184 

Scientific  experts,  how  registered 
by  mining  deputations 191 

Scientific  instruments,  what  du- 
ties to  be  paid  on 64 

Scientific  or  practical  experts  to 
have  management  of  certain 
labors  in  mines  167 

Seal  of  Mexican  consuls,  what  it 
should  be 38 

Sealing  wax,  duties  on 131 

Seals  with  blanks  for  certifica- 
tion, may  be  used  by  con- 
suls  ."...  37 

Seals  of  officials  of  custom  house 
must  be  preserved 25 

Searching  of  passengers'  person, 
how  and  when  effected 44 

Secretary  of  mining  deputation, 
absence  of,  how  filled 190 


PAGE. 

Secretary  of  mining  deputation, 
fees  of 193 

Secretary  of  mining  deputation, 
qualifications  and  salary  of ...  189 

Secretary  of  mining  deputation 
to  keep  office  open,  when 190 

Secretary  of  Public  Works,  will 
decide  as  to  complaints  against 
mining  deputies 192 

Secretary  of  Public  Works  to  de- 
mand reports  as  to  complaints 
against  mining  deputies 192 

Seeds,  duties  on 76,  77 

Senate,  members  of,  how  elected.  213 

Senate,  official  directory  of 386 

Sepia,  duties  on  70 

Shafts  for  the  drainage  of  mines, 
how  considered 171 

Shareholder  of  mining  company, 
proceeding  against  one  to  pay 
assessment  175 

Shareholder  of  mining  company 
may  bring  suit  in  certain  cases  175 

Shareholder  of  mining  company, 
when  loses  his  shares 174 

Shareholder  personally  liable  in 
case  his  name  appears  in  de- 
nomination of  corporation  . . .  283 

Shareholder  of  mining  company, 
when  to  be  reimbursed 175 

Shareholders,  amount  due   after  • 
liquidation,  when  deposited. . .  293 

Shareholders  of  mining  com- 
panies, how  cited 174 

Shares  of  corporations  are  indi- 
visible  287 

Shares  of  corporations,  in  whose 
name  to  appear 287 

Shares  of  corporations,  what  to 
state 286 

Shares  of  founders  of  corporation 
when  null 286 

Shares  in  mining  companies  are 
personal  property 173 

Shares  in  mining  companies  are 
represented  by  certificates ....  173 

Shavings,  duties  on 79 

Shawls  (rebozos),  cotton  of  all 
kinds,  duties  on 100 

Shawls  (rebozos),  silk,  duties  on 
112,  115 

Shawls  (rebozos), linen,  duties  on.  104 

Shawls  (rebozos),  wool,  duties  on  110 

Shippers  of  merchandise,  when 
may  put  several  bundles,  boxes, 
etc.,  in  one  package 28 


542 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Shippers,  obligations  of 26 

Shirts  and  undershirts,  wool,  du- 
ties on 108 

Shirts,  cotton  cloth,  duties  on. ..  133 

Shirts,  cotton,  duties  on 99 

Shirt  fronts,  collars  and  cuffs,  du- 
ties  on 104 

Shirt  fronts,  collars,  etc.,  cotton, 

duties  on ...    100 

Shirts,  linen,  for  men  and  boys, 

duties  on   103 

Shoe  pegs,  duties  on  80 

Shoes,  duties  on 73,  74 

Sieves,  duties  on •. . . .   1 30 

Silk   clothes   and   articles    with 
mixture  of  cotton,  etc.,  duties 

on 66 

Silk  culture  establishments,    ex- 
empted from  taxation 201 

Silk,   manufactured  articles   of, 

duties  on Ill,  112 

Silk  mixed  with  other  materials, 

duties  on 112 

Silk,  raw  or  unspun,  duties  on. .  71 
Silk,  spun  goods  of,  duties  on...  Ill 
Silk,  woven  fabrics,  duties  on. ..  Ill 
Silicates  of  soda  or  potash,  duties 

on 120 

Silver  articles  not  specified,  du- 
ties on 129 

Silver,  coinage  of  in  the  Republic. 

396,  397 

Silver   extracted   in    bullion    or 

dust,  duties  on   83 

Silver  leaf  for  plating,  duties  on.  84 
Silver,  production  of,  in  Mexico.  395 
Sinaloa  and  Durango  Railways, 

extension  in  kilometers 403 

Sinaloa   and   Durango  Railroad, 

general  information,  etc 507 

Sites  for  reduction  works  may  be 

denounced 156 

Sites  for  reduction  works,  when 

denounced 140 

Sizing  for  cloths,  duties  on 117 

Skin  and  leather,  articles  of,  du- 
ties on   71,  72 

Skins  of  animals,  duties  on 70 

Slate  slabs,  pencils,  etc.,  duties 

on  93 

Slavery  not  permitted  in  the  Re- 
public   214 

Slippers,  duties  on 73 

Smuggling   by  passengers,    how 

prevented 47 

Soaps,  duties  on 131 


PAGE. 

Soaps,  medicinal,  duties  on 119 

Soconusco,  port  charges  at..     ..  345 
Soda  and  potash,  caustic,  duties 

on 120 

Sodium,  duties  on 90 

Solder  of  all  kinds,  duties  on . .  86,  87 
Soldiers  not  to  demand  quarters, 

supplies,  etc.,  in  time  of  peace.  218 
Sombrerete,  legal  directory  of . ..  414 
Sonora  Railway,  extension  in 

kilometers 403 

Sonora  Railway,  general  informa- 
tion, etc 506 

Southern  Pacific  Company  (Mor- 
gan line  of  steamers),  informa- 
tion as  to 509 

Spain,  consuls  in  Mexico 366 

Spain,  diplomatic  representative 

in  Mexico 362 

Spain,  diplomatic  representatives 

of  Mexico  in 360 

Spain,  Mexican  consuls  in 370 

Spangles,  thread  or  fall  of  com- 
mon metal,  duties  on 85 

Spanish,  documents  of  captains 

of  vessels,  must  be  in,  when. . .     24 
Spanish  language,  application  of 
as  to  books  and  papers  of  mer- 
chants  278,  281 

Spar,  duties  on 91 

Special  laws  and  special  tribu- 
nals not  permitted  in  certain 

cases 216 

Spermaceti,  duties  on 69 

Spirits  of  all  kinds,  duties  on.  . .   120 
Spirituous  beverages,  duties  on..  120 

Sponge,  duties  on 71 

Square  measure,  table  of 354 

Stage  coaches,  duties  on ....  127,  128 

Stamp  tax,  revenue 511 

Starch,  duties  on 79 

State  administrations,  directory 

of 390 

States  to  pass  law  as  to  taxation 

on  mines 183 

States,  what  powers  are  reserved 

to 221 

Statistical  data  as  to  mines;  who 

is  to  furnish 1 82 

Statistical  information 392 

Statues,  duties  on 131 

Steam   engines  and  their  parts, 

duties  on 125 

Steamship  lines,  principal,  infor- 
mation as  to 508 

Stearine,  duties  on 71 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


543 


PAGE. 

Steel,  articles  of,  duties  on. . .  .88,  89 
Steel  in  bars  and  rods,  duties  on  87 

Stones  and  earths,  duties  on 90 

Straw  or   cane,   articles,  duties 

on 81 

Stub  books  for  checks,  by  whom 

delivered 309 

Stucco,  articles  of,  duties  on. ...     92 
Subrogation  to  rights  of  holder 
of  bill  of  exchange,  by  party 

paying  for  honor 304 

Subscriptions  of  shares  of  corpo- 
rations, how  to  be  collected . .   284 
Subterranean  workings  in  mine, 

when  to  be  continued 162 

Sugar,  duties  on 78 

Sugar,    medicinal  and  aromatic, 

duties  on 117 

Sugar  of  milk,  duties  on 117 

Sulphates  and  sulphites,  duties 

on 120 

Sulphur,  duties  on 91 

Superintendents  of  mines  must 
give  notice  of  deaths  or  acci- 
dents   167 

Supreme  court  of  justice  of  the 

Republic 389 

Supreme  court  of  justice,  power 

vested-in 214 

Survey  and  plat  of  public  lands, 
to  be  made  when  lands  are 

claimed 254 

Survey  of  public  lands  for  colo- 
nization purposes,  how  made.  265 
Suspenders,  cotton,  duties  on...     99 
Suspenders,  linen  or  hemp,  du- 
ties on 104 

Suspenders,    wool  of   all  kinds, 

duties  on 109 

Suspension  of  drainage  of  a  mine, 

effect  of 149 

Suspension  of  proceedings  as  to 
delivery  of  possession  of  pub- 
lic lands 255 

Suspension    of    work    in    mine, 

when  not  permitted 148 

Sweden  and  Norway/  consuls  in 

Mexico 365 

Sweden    and    Norway,  Mexican 

consuls  in 375 

Sweetmeats,  duties  on 78 

Switches  (chignons),  silk,  duties 

on 115 

Switzerland,  consuls  in  Mexico. .  369 
Switzerland,  Mexican  consuls  in  375 
Table  of  money  values 63 


PAGE. 
Tablets  or  pastilles  of  alkaloids, 

duties  on 120 

Talc,  duties  on 91 

Tampico,  legal  directory  of 414 

Tampico,  mercantile  directory  of  484 

Tampico,  port  charges  at 337 

Tannin,  duties  on 79 

Tapers,  duties  on 75 

Tar,  Norwegian,  duties  on 79 

Tariff,  additions  to 133 

Tariff  of  importation  duties,  gen- 
eral rules  for  application  of. . .     64 
Tariff  of  importation  duties,  list 

of  articles  and  rates 68 

Tartar,  crude,  duties  on 120 

Tassels,  cotton,  duties  on 98 

Tassels,  linen,  hemp,  etc.,  duties 

on 103 

Tassels,  silk,  duties  on 1 14 

Tassels,  wool,  duties  on 108 

Tax,  direct  on  mines,  how  levied  180 
Tax  to  be  paid  on  account  of  ad- 
judication of  public  lands. ....  256 
Taxes  on  mines,  regulation  of. . .    198 

Taxes  upon  mining 179,  198 

Tea,  duties  on 77 

Teasels,  duties  on 77 

Teeth,  artificial,  duties  on 130 

Tehuacan,  legal  directory  of. ...  414 
Tehuacan,  mercantile  directory  of  484 
Telegraph  lines,  information  as 

to 510 

Telegraph  poles,  pins,  etc.,   du- 
ties on  80 

Telegraph  posts,  iron  crosspieces, 

duties  on 89 

Telephone  poles,    pins,  etc.,  du- 
ties on 80 

Telephone  posts,  iron  crosspieces, 

duties  on 89 

Temporary  secretary  of   mining 

deputations,  when  appointed.   196 
Tents,  army,  all  kinds,  duties  on  132 

Tepic,  legal  directory  of 414 

Tepic,  mercantile  directory  of, . .  485 
Thread,  cotton,  of  all  kinds,  du- 
ties on , 96 

Thread,  hemp,  duties  on 101 

Thread,  linen,  duties  on 101 

Thread  or  worsted,  wool,  duties 

on 106 

Tickets,  printed  or  engraved  or 

lithographed,  duties  on 122 

Ties,  railroad,  duties  on 80 

Tiles  and  pipes  for  drainage,  du- 
ties on 93 


544 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Time  table,  condensed  of  princi- 
pal railway  a 500 

Tin,  articles  of,  duties  on 87 

Tin  in  bars,  ore,  etc.,  duties  on. .     86 
Title  to  mining  property,   what 

constitutes  the 139 

Titles  of  nobility  not  recognized.  216 
Tlacotalpam,    mercantile  '  direc- 
tory of 485 

Tlaxcala,  legal  directory  of 415 

TIaxcala,     mercantile    directory 

of 486 

To  order,  words  understood  to  be 

contained  in  bills  of  exchange.  295 
Tobacco,  chewing,   fine  cut,  du- 

tif>s  on 82 

Tobacco,  duties  on . . .  .* 77 

Todos  Santos  port  charges  at. . .  345 

Toluca,  legal  directory  of 415 

Toluca,  mercantile  directory  of. .  483 

Tonala,  port  charges  at 347 

Tonnage  dues  of  vessels 19 

Tools  of  all  kinds  and  materials, 

duties  on 125 

Toys,  duties  on 125 

Trade,  coasting,  provisions  as  to.     48 

Trade-mark  law 210 

Trade-mark,  how  transferred. ...   211 

Trade-mark,  how  secured 211 

Traffic  through  frontier  custom 

houses,  how  regulated 50 

Transit  duties  on  merchandise, 
from  one  State  to  another,  not 

allowed .• 222 

Transitory  companies,  subject  to 

what  formalities 283 

Transit  of  foreign  merchandise, 

how  regulated 49,  50 

Transitory  provisions  of  mining 

code 182 

Transportation  companies,  du- 
ties of  as  to  baggage 45 

Transportation  of  foreign  mer- 
chandise through  frontier  cus- 
tom houses 52 

Transportation  of  dead  bodies  in 

railways,  regulations  for  the. .   323 
Transverse   sides    of    a    mining 

claim,  how  measured 159 

Treasury  department  may  dimin- 
ish or  release  certain  penalties.     62 
Treasury  department  may  grant 
permit  to  a  foreign  vessel  for 

coasting  trade 49 

Treasury  department  may  order 
exemption  of  duties 17 


PAGE. 
Treasury  department,  when  may 

issue  permit  to  surveyors,  etc.     54 
Treasury     of      the      federation, 

official  directory  of 379 

Treaty   of  extradition  with   the 

United  States 223 

Trials,  two  for  same  offense,  pro- 
hibited   218 

Type,  duties  on    126 

Tubing,  rubber,  duties  on 130 

Tunnels  in  mines,  how  working 

therein  is  regulated 171 

Tunnels  in  mines,  payment  for 

same,  how  made 171 

Turpentine,  duties  on 79 

Tuxpan,  port  charges  at 327 

Umbrellas,    parasols,    etc.,    cot- 
ton, duties  on 100 

Umbrellas,    parasols     and     sun- 
shades, linen,  duties  on 104 

Umbrellas,    parasols     and     sun- 
shades of  silk,  duties  on   .11],  115 
Umbrellas,    parasols    and     sun- 
shades, wool,  duties  on 110 

United  States,  consuls  in  Mexieo  367 
United  States,  diplomatic  repre- 
sentative in  Mexico. 362 

United  States,  diplomatic  repre- 
sentatives of  Mexico  in 359 

United  States,  Mexican  consuls  in  371 
United  States,  treaties  with,  see 

Treaties,  etc. 

Uruguay,  Mexican  consul  in ....   375 
Vacancies  in  boards  of  directors 

of  corporations,  how  filled 288 

Vacancies  in  mining  deputations, 

how  filled 189 

Vacant  ground  between  mining 

claims,  how  denounced 157 

Vaccine,  duties  on 71 

Values,  table  of  money 63 

Vanilla,  duties  on 77 

Vaseline,  duties  on 92 

Varnishes,  duties  on 117 

Vegetables,  duties  on 76 

Vegetable  fibers,  duties  on 76 

Vegetable  substances,  duties  on.     75 

Vehicles,  duties  on 126 

Velocipedes,  duties  on 128 

Velvet  silk,  duties  on 113 

Venezuela,  consuls  in  Mexico . . .   369 
Venezuela,  diplomatic  representa- 
tive in  Mexico 362 

Venezuela,  Mexican  consuls  in . .  373 
Ventilation   to  mines,  this  serv- 
ice not  to  be  paid  for 171 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


545 


PAGE. 

Vera  Cruz,  1-  gal  directory  of 415 

Vera  Cruz,  mercantile  directory 
of 487 

Vera  Cruz,  port  charges  at 326 

Vessels  arriving  at  Mexican 
ports,  to  be  visited  and  ex- 
amined   318 

Vessels  bringing  mineral  coal, 
tonnage  dues  of J  9 

Vessels,  consigned  to  order. .  21 

Vessels  from  foreign  countries, 
duties  paid  by 18 

Vessels  from  foreign  countries, 
rules  to  which  they  are  sub- 
ject    18 

Vessels  io  ballast,  dispatch  of. . .     18 

Vessels,  masts  and  spars  for, 
duties  on 80 

Vessels,  national  or  foreign, 
must  pay  pilotage  dues ...  18 

Vessels,  national  and  foreign,  to 
pay  lighthouse  dues 18 

Vessels,  subject  to  vigilance,  in- 
spection and  visits 20 

Vessels  to  Mexico,  dispatch  of . .      18 

Vessels,  to  pay  tonnage  dues.      .      19 

Vessels,  when  considered  in  bal- 
last    20 

Vests  and  jackets,  wool,  duties 
on 10V) 

Veterinary  medicine,  section  of 
to  be  established,  when 322 

Veterinary  surgeon  for  inspection 
of  cattle  and  fresh  meat,  im- 
ported, appointment  of 39 

Veterinary  surgeon  to  examine 
cattle  in  certain  cases 322 

Villa  Lerdo,  legal  directory  of.     415 

Villa  Lerdo,  mercantile  directory 
of 488 

Visit  to  vessels  by  board  of 
health,  when  made 320 

Wafers  for  letters,  duties  on  ....    132 

Wagons,  duties  on 1 26 

Wall  paper,  duties  on 122 

War  and  navy,  see  Department 
of  War  and  Navy. 

Ward  line  of  steamers,  informa- 
tion as  to 508 

Waste  heaps  and  dumps  of  aban- 
doned mines  are  not  denounc- 
able 157 

Watches  of  all  kinds,  duties 
on 126 

Waters  extracted  from  mines 
subject  to  mining  code 138 


PAGE. 

Waters  from  underground  work- 
ing of  mines,  to  whom  belong..  140 

Wax,  duties  on 71 

Wax,  vegetable,  duties  on 79 

Wheat,  duties  on 77 

Wheelbarrows,  duties  on 126 

Wheels,  separate,  duties  on 128 

Whips  of  all  kinds,  duties  on. . .   131 
Weight,  gross,  see  Gross  Weight. 
Weight,  legal,  see  Legal  Weight. 
Weight,  net,  see  Net  Weight. 

Weight  of  coins 356 

Weights  and  measures,  tables  of  353 
Weights  of  packages,  how  desig- 
nated in  invoices 29 

Weights  of  packages,  how  stated 

in  certain  cases 30 

Wells,    Fargo  &   Co.'s   P^xpress, 

list  of  agents ....    491 

Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.'s  Express, 
local  tariff  from  City  of  Mex- 
ico   493 

Wick  ing,  cotton,  duties  on 97 

Wicks,  duties  on 82 

Wife  and  children   of  person  in 

prison,  domicile  of    317 

Wills  executed  abroad  by  a  for- 
eigner, how  regulated 315 

Wills  executed  abroad,  how 
rights  and  obligations  arising 

from  are  regulated 314 

Window  shades,  duties  on 130 

Wine-growingestablishments.  ex- 
empted from  taxation 201 

Wine,  red  or  white,  duties  on. . .    121 
Wines,  medicinal,  duties  on. ...   120 
Wire  cloth,  iron,  all   kinds,  du- 
ties on 90 

Wire,  copper  or  brass,  duties  on 

84,  85 

Wire,  iron  or  steel,  duties  on.. 87,  88 

Wine  measure,  equivalent 355 

Wood  pulp,  duties  on 79 

Wooden  articles,  duties  on   ....     8U 

Woods,  duties  on 79,  80 

Wool,  carded,  duties  on     69 

Wool,  manufactured  articles  of, 

duties  on 107 

Wool,  spun  goods,  duties  on ....    106 
Wool,  woven   fabrics  of,    duties 

on  106 

Work  in  mines  not  to  be  sus- 
pended   178 

Work  on  mine,  when  to  be  com- 
menced after  protection  is 
granted 148 


546 


GENERAL  INDBX. 


PAGE. 

Works  of  art,  duties  on 131 

Working  and  developing  mine^, 
authority  for ....  1 38 

Workings  carried  into  other  min- 
ing claims,  when  permitted ...  162 

Working  mines,  manner  of,  in 
conformity  with  the  Code 163 

Working  of  adventurer  tunnels 
in  mines,  how  effected 169 

Wrappings  or  casings,  not  ordi- 
nary, duties  on 66 

Wrappings  or  casings,  ordinary, 
what  are 65 

Writing  books,  duties  on 123 

Yarn,  duties  on 10 1 , 


Yarn,  cotton,  duties  on 96 

Yarn,  wool,  duties  on 106 

Yeast  of  all  kinds,  duties  on. ...    119 
Yucatan   railways,  extension   in 

kilometers 402 

Zacatecas,  legal  directory  of. ...  415 
Zacatecaa,  mercantile    directory 

of 489 

Zamora,  legal  directory  of 415 

Zarapes  of  silk,  mixed  with  cot- 
ton, wool,  etc.,  duties  on 116 

Zarapes  of   wool   of    any    kind, 

duties  on Ill 

Zinc,  articles  of,  duties  on 87 

Zone,  free,  see  Free  Zone. 


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